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Murder charges have been filed against a man in connection with the shooting death of Janay McFarlane, 18, who was gunned down Friday just hours after her sister stood on stage with President Barack Obama as he delivered an address against violence.
Drew Peterson's feuding current and former lawyers, Steve Greenberg and Joel Brodsky, squared off in court today as the defense seeks a new trial. WBBM's Mike Krauser reports it was not the showdown that some were expecting.
A man was charged with first-degree murder for the shooting death of a man on New Year's Day in South Side Bronzeville neighborhood.
Antonio Lewis, 29, is accused of fatally shooting Maurice Vortes on Sept. 29, 2011, in the 1500 block of South Kedzie Avenue
Pictures and memories. It's all Melissa Leon has left of her sister's youngest child, Layla.
A day after a 40-year-old attorney was convicted of killing former Chicago Bulls player Eddy Curry's ex-girlfriend and 10-month-old daughter, the woman's mother was urging other victims of domestic abuse to take charge of their lives.
The Sun-Times is reporting: After four hours of deliberations, a Cook County jury found a 40-year-old lawyer guilty Tuesday of killing the ex-girlfriend of former Chicago Bull Eddy Curry and his 10-month-old daughter.
Bond has been denied for the two purported gang members allegedly responsible for gunning down a 15-year-old honor student two weeks ago.
Two Chicago men have been charged with the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old high school honor student who was gunned down at a Kenwood neighborhood park late last month, only days after marching at President Obama's inauguration.
Two people are in custody and being questioned about the murder of Hadiya Pendleton.
A man wanted in connection with the November murder of a Chicago man in Wisconsin was captured Saturday, police said.
Valparaiso Police Department Detective David Castellanos later disagreed on the stand with the defense's contention that Nicholas Prochno, 30, of Wheeler, led police away from investigating abandoned houses and directly to the body.
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said Friday the search for the killer of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton is at a critical point, but he said he can't reveal any details, at the risk of jeopardizing the investigation.
Michelle Obama is planning to attend the funeral of a teenager who was shot and killed about a week after she had performed at the president's inauguration.
Khiyona Winfert lost her 15-year-old son, De-shon, last year. He was her only child.
Three suspects in the first murder in Aurora in more than a year appeared in bond court Monday in the death of an 18-year-old Aurora woman, whose body was found burned beyond recognition Saturday morning.
As Kenwood neighborhood residents gathered at a local high school to remember a slain honors student Friday, a group of Chicago ministers announced the reward for information helping find Hadiya Pendleton's killer has risen to $30,000.
Brian Cooper, of Plainfield, Ill., is accused of strangling Alisha Bromfield at a Door County resort last summer. The couple was on the peninsula for a wedding.
Quovadus Mahomes, 17, was arrested just minutes after he gunned down Devin Common and injured the men Common was walking with Tuesday afternoon in the 7400 block of South Champlain Avenue, Cook County prosecutors said.
A man has been charged with murder for fatally shooting his brother during a "domestic" dispute outside a South Side Englewood home Friday afternoon.
A 27-year-old man convicted of second-degree murder for his role in the 2005 beating death of a UIC student, was deported Tuesday to his native Lithuania.
Bond was denied on Sunday for a Northwest Side man charged with murder and arson for setting a fire that killed his girlfriend Wednesday inside the Northwest Side apartment they shared.
Two west suburban men have been charged with the murder of a 41-year-old Melrose Park woman outside of her home.
An Illinois man accused of killing eight people from two states during a 2008 spree was given a second life sentence Wednesday, this time in the death of a 93-year-old man.
The suspects and victims appear to be friends, and hung out frequently.
