Years later, Blagojevich still creates trouble for Democrats February 8, 2018 12:34 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A decade after the FBI began secretly recording then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s profanity-laced conversations, the…
Wiretap records Illinois governor hopeful’s comments on race February 7, 2018 12:30 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on newly released FBI wiretaps of Democratic Illinois governor candidate J.B. Pritzker and former Gov.…
Chicago police form task force to combat carjackings February 6, 2018 12:48 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department is leading a team of law enforcement agencies to combat the…
The Latest: Man’s girlfriend allegedly fainted helping FBI January 17, 2018 12:18 pm|CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on new filings in case of missing Chinese scholar (all times local):
Chicago police statistics show increase in carjackings December 30, 2017 1:57 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — Statistics from the Chicago Police Department show an increase in carjackings over the past two…
Chicago to pay $31M to 4 wrongly convicted for rape, murder December 9, 2017 1:56 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago has agreed to pay $31 million to four men imprisoned for…
The Latest: Illinois man gets 15 years in terrorism case October 19, 2017 7:00 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a suburban Chicago man convicted of seeking to join…
Illinois man to be sentenced in internet-sting terror case October 19, 2017 12:00 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man snared in a 2013 internet sting is being sentenced for seeking…
Crundwell documentary returns to northern Illinois October 13, 2017 3:35 pm|DIXON, Ill. (AP) — A documentary detailing former Dixon bookkeeper Rita Crundwell’s theft of nearly $54 million from…
Woman accused of threatening FBI mole in train-guns case October 10, 2017 12:14 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago woman is accused of urging Facebook followers to kill a gang member-turned-FBI…
Suspect in shooting of Illinois deputy arrested in Georgia October 9, 2017 11:35 am|ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Georgia in the shooting of a sheriff’s…
Charges made against two in Macomb U.S. Cellular store robbery October 5, 2017 7:00 pm|Two men arrested for a robbery in Davenport will have more charges brought against them for a similar…
Suspect in scholar’s disappearance charged with kidnapping October 4, 2017 12:27 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against a man accused in…
Chicago street gang indicted on federal racketeering charges September 22, 2017 11:47 am|CHICAGO (AP) — Federal racketeering charges have been filed against nine members of a Chicago street gang, alleging…
Fugitive Chicago police sergeant arrested after 15 years September 20, 2017 12:02 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago police sergeant wanted on federal drug and conspiracy charges has been arrested…
2006 Pritzker donation to Blagojevich raises questions September 7, 2017 11:32 am|CHICAGO (AP) — A 2006 donation from Illinois gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker to ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s re-election is raising…
Barbara Byrd-Bennett arrives at West Virginia federal prison August 30, 2017 1:00 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has reported to Alderson Federal Prison Camp, a minimum…
Chicago-area man on FBI most-wanted list arrested in Mexico August 29, 2017 11:16 am|CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a Chicago-area man who was on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list and…
25 years later, authorities press for help in Zywicki case August 23, 2017 11:31 am|LaSalle, Ill. (AP) — A quarter century since Iowa college student Tammy Zywicki was abducted in Illinois and found…
Head of FBI Chicago office retiring; taking security job August 22, 2017 11:45 am|CHICAGO (AP) — The head of the FBI in Chicago is retiring after more than 20 years with the…