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May 1, 2025
Suit Settled in Teen Suicide that Led to Illinois Law Change
The suicide of Corey Walgren, a suburban honor-roll student, raised sensitive questions about how to confront students suspected of recording and sharing sexual images and helped spur changes in Illinois law. 
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Suit Settled in Teen Suicide that Led to Illinois Law Change
May 1, 2025
Opioid Settlement Would Divide Money Based on Local Impact
The multibillion-dollar settlement that the maker of OxyContin is negotiating to resolve a crush of lawsuits over the nation’s opioid crisis contains formulas for dividing up the money among state and local governments across the country, The Associated Press has learned.
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Opioid Settlement Would Divide Money Based on Local Impact
May 1, 2025
Police: Shootings, Murders Fall in August
More than 40 people were shot in Chicago, eight fatally, over Labor Day weekend. Despite that, police say the total number of shootings and murders for August are at their lowest point since 2011.
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Police: Shootings, Murders Fall in August
May 1, 2025
Social Worker Shares Intimate Stories from Chicago’s Mental Health System
What is the connection between mental health, trauma and Chicago’s high homicide rate? A new book by Jonathan Foiles aims to answer that question.
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Social Worker Shares Intimate Stories from Chicago’s Mental Health System
May 1, 2025
Walmart Introduces New Gun Restrictions But Will They Help?
Walmart has won praise from gun control advocates for its decision to discontinue sales of certain gun ammunition and request that customers no longer openly carry firearms in its stores. But whether the moves will translate into fewer guns on the street remains an open question.
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Walmart Introduces New Gun Restrictions But Will They Help?
May 1, 2025
April 2020 Trial Date Set in R. Kelly’s Federal Case in Chicago
A judge has set an April 27, 2020 trial date in R. Kelly’s federal case in Chicago that accuses the R&B star of child pornography and obstruction of justice.
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April 2020 Trial Date Set in R. Kelly’s Federal Case in Chicago
May 1, 2025
Jussie Smollett’s Attorneys Detail Why Civil Suit Should Be Tossed
Attorneys for the former “Empire” actor claim that simply filing a police report doesn’t typically result in an investigation as extensive as the one Chicago police undertook earlier this year, which cost $130,000.
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Jussie Smollett’s Attorneys Detail Why Civil Suit Should Be Tossed
May 1, 2025
Bus Driver Fired, CTA Sued After Cyclist Struck by Bus in River North
A Chicago Transit Authority bus driver who racked up more than a dozen traffic tickets before working at the agency is out of a job and facing a lawsuit, along with his former employer, following a nonfatal June crash that sent a Chicago cyclist to the hospital.
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Bus Driver Fired, CTA Sued After Cyclist Struck by Bus in River North
May 1, 2025
Judge: Drugmakers, Others Can Face Trial Over Opioids Crisis
A federal judge overseeing litigation related to the nation’s opioid epidemic ruled Tuesday that lawsuits targeting Purdue Pharma and other drug companies can move to trial even as the OxyContin maker tries to reach a settlement.
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Judge: Drugmakers, Others Can Face Trial Over Opioids Crisis
May 1, 2025
Head of Suburban Autism Center Charged in $3M Fraud Scheme
Latrice Harrell, executive director of The Champion Center for Autism Inc., faces the possibility of decades in prison after allegedly submitting $3 million in fraudulent insurance claims over the course of three years.
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Head of Suburban Autism Center Charged in $3M Fraud Scheme
May 1, 2025
Trial to Begin in 9-Year-Old’s Killing That Shocked Chicago
Jury selection will begin Friday in the murder trial of two of three men charged with carrying out the November 2015 attack on Tyshawn Lee, a smart fourth-grader who prosecutors say was killed by gang members to send a message to his father, a purported member of a rival gang.
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Trial to Begin in 9-Year-Old’s Killing That Shocked Chicago
May 1, 2025
Judge Rejects Decorum Order in Marlen Ochoa-Lopez Murder Case
A Cook County judge has rejected a so-called gag order in the case of a mother and daughter who allegedly murdered pregnant teen Marlen Ochoa-Lopez and cut the baby from her womb.
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Judge Rejects Decorum Order in Marlen Ochoa-Lopez Murder Case
May 1, 2025
OxyContin Maker Reaches Tentative Opioid-Crisis Settlement
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a tentative deal Wednesday with about half the states and thousands of local governments over its role in the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic.
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OxyContin Maker Reaches Tentative Opioid-Crisis Settlement
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