Crooked contracts, bribery, shady characters. In 1951, millions tuned in to watch the Kefauver organized crime hearings, showing the power of television.

CHICAGO — A man was shot while driving Sunday afternoon in Lincoln Park. Just after 12:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of West ...

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a death ...

CHICAGO — A man was shot while driving in Humboldt Park Sunday night. Just before 9:45 p.m. a man, 24, was driving in the 1500 block of North Karlov. According to police, a male suspect, who was ...

A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed on the North Side Saturday night, Chicago police said.

Examiners later determined that she suffered multiple injuries due to assault, and her death was ruled a homicide.

Police say Justin Ward followed Ahmed Khan into Crave Cookies on Friday night as Khan recorded him yelling racial slurs and allegedly spitting on him.

Wyteria Jones’ life is as mysterious as her 1982 disappearance. The married mother of five was last seen in late September/early October at the Douglas Hotel in Elgin, an offsite residential facility ...

Shocking homicide case rocks Colorado community as 11-year-old accused of killing younger brother. Juvenile justice system faces rare legal challenge.

A severe weather front sweeping across much of the eastern half of the U.S. has dumped heavy snow around the Upper Midwest, spawned thunderstorms in the South and is threatening several mid-Atlantic s ...

Gas prices in the Peoria area have increased 29.8 cents from last week, with the average price of gas now at $3.68 a gallon, ...