CHICAGO - Two Illinois districts were ranked among the top 10 in the nation in a new study; a Chicago mother was accused of stabbing her 7-year-old son after he made a mess in their Rogers Park home, ...

An Illinois woman was accused of stabbing her three young children at their home, and one of the kids allegedly told hospital ...

A woman found in an Illinois apartment with “no signs of life” was beaten to death by her 20-year-old son, Illinois police said. The 43-year-old mother, identified as Elizabeth Peralta-Guadalupe, was ...

The three women lived in Illinois cities that have adopted what are known as crime ... son, diagnosed with a severe intellectual disability, constantly called 911 for issues like losing his mother ...

Learn five crucial facts about the Bonnie Woodward murder case as ABC’s "20/20" may be considering featuring the shocking ...

United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon sentenced Valencia Franklin of Lynwood, Illinois, to 24 months in prison ...

A 19-year-old suspect in the Little River party-boat shooting arrested Thursday in Illinois waived extradition and will be ...

Jacqueline Villasenor agrees to six-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter, gets credit for years on electronic ...

The bill comes after Brand, on parole, allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend and killed her 11-year-old son a day after his ...

According to the Mayor, one fallout from state changes will be $6-8 million lost in revenue from the grocery sales tax. Illinois law allows communities to reinstate the 1% fee, but some area leaders ...

The mother of a man shot outside the Royal Hookah Bar has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the bar and the company that ...

Police identified the suspect as Elias Rodriguez, a Chicago man in his early 30s, in a shooting that killed two Israeli ...