Chicago Sun-Times

More details are emerging in the scandal surrounding former Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson, according to a new report indicating that more Chicago police employees are under investigation for an alleged cover-up to protect him. Susan Carlson reports.

Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Thursday announced plans to retire from his post as the city’s top cop after less than four years leading the department.

Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson may be retiring, but he’s not done working, he said moments after his major announcement.

A Chicago Board of Trade trader has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the killing of a friend he’d known since childhood. A Cook County judge sentenced 38-year-old Michael Pelko on Friday for 37-year-old Izat Morrar’s July 2017 slaying.

A jury handed a rare loss to federal prosecutors Monday by acquitting a man who had been accused of threatening the FBI and trying to force his way into one of its suburban satellite offices late last year.

A Chicago police oversight agency has recommended the firing of an officer who shot his friend and lied about it.

With a few days to go before the expected start of the trial for two purported gang members accused of killing 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, a Cook County judge has locked up three witnesses whose testimony is crucial to prosecutors.