Family Of Woman Who Walked Onto Eisenhower Sues State Police
A lawsuit is being filed Thursday against Illinois State Police and the Village of Westchester for the handling of a woman's drunken driving arrest last September.
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A lawsuit is being filed Thursday against Illinois State Police and the Village of Westchester for the handling of a woman's drunken driving arrest last September.
A 34-year-old woman is facing drunken driving charges, after two Illinois State Police troopers were injured while pulling her out of her burning sport-utility vehicle on I-94 in Dolton over the weekend.
About 10 people marched with the family of 15-year-old Stephon Watts Saturday, demanding sanctions against the Calumet City police officers who shot the autistic teen to death.
It's been months since a 45-year-old man died one week after North Chicago police officers allegedly beat him during an arrest, but Lake County authorities have yet to issue an autopsy report. Attorneys said Wednesday an independent autopsy proves Darrin Hanna died from police brutality.
More than 700 people attended a funeral service in Dolton for the 15-year-old boy with autism who was shot to death February first by Calumet City Police.
A Chicago man charged with DUI after allegedly crashing into a parked State Police car, killing a civilian keeping warm inside after a crash, was ordered held on $1 million Sunday in DuPage County.
Officials filed charges against a motorist accused of killing a man and hurting an Illinois State Police trooper Saturday in a wreck on the Eisenhower Expressway in west suburban Addison.
A missing 2-year-old girl from Racine, Wis., was found with her father on the city's Southeast Side Wednesday morning, after the girl's mother was killed in a homicide.
A 25-year-old woman whose rape kit went untested for 10 years sues the city of Harvey.
Significantly more Chicagoans are arming themselves with guns.
A wrong-way driver was arrested early Monday morning after nearly hitting a state trooper making a traffic stop on the Kennedy Expressway.
One person was hospitalized early Tuesday after a crash on the Kennedy Expressway.
The 24-year-old Glenview man charged with driving the wrong way on the Edens Expressway while drunk earlier this week apologized Friday for putting other motorists in jeopardy.
A 24-year-old man was arrested for drunk driving early Thursday morning after driving 11 miles in the wrong direction on the Edens Expressway through Chicago and the northern suburbs.
Drew Peterson says Illinois State Police need to apologize to him for suggesting he might have killed his fourth wife, Stacy.
Two men and a woman, all southwest suburban Crest Hill residents in their 20s, are dead after the car they were traveling in struck construction equipment on Interstate 80 in New Lenox early Saturday.
The Illinois State Police are looking for a few good men and women.
The family of a Chicago woman who was struck and killed on the Eisenhower Expressway last week has filed a lawsuit against Illinois State Police, who dropped the woman off at a gas station a couple hours after she was arrested for drunk driving.
Many Chicagoans will be hitting the road for the last holiday weekend of the summer Friday, and police will be out in force to make sure the roads stay safe.
Illinois State Police say contrary to an accusation, a state trooper did not cause a crash that left a motorcyclist dead last week on the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway.
Two months after Illinois began requiring that all passengers wear seat belts, the head of the state police is giving troopers some wiggle room in enforcement.
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway over the weekend, but there are differing stories being told about what caused the accident.
A woman, her son and another man were killed Sunday morning when their car was rear-ended by an SUV while they were stopped in the center lane of the Bishop Ford Freeway.
An Illinois State Police trooper was hospitalized with minor injuries Wednesday morning, following a crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway.
An Illinois State Police trooper was injured Friday morning in a crash on the Stevenson Expressway.
