James Glasgow

Drew Peterson wants a federal judge to reverse his 2012 murder conviction in the drowning death of his third wife.

A man from south suburban Tinley Park was found guilty of a first-degree murder charge Thursday for beating his wife to death with a weight-lifting bar six years ago.

A Joliet man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting his young son’s teenage babysitter while she was sleeping at his home.

The sister of Stacy Peterson, the 23-year-old Bolingbrook mother of two who remains missing after vanishing more than 10 years ago, claimed Wednesday to know the location of Peterson’s body and said she has sonar images to prove it.

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed after a pregnant mother and her three children were killed in a car crash last summer in Beecher, the Daily Southtown reported Thursday.

Lawyers for former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson are asking the Illinois Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to uphold his first-degree murder conviction in the 2004 drowning death of his third wife.

The use of hearsay testimony to convict former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson in the death of his third wife was proper, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday in upholding the conviction.

A man facing reckless homicide charges in connection with a crash last month in Will County that killed a pregnant woman and her three children as she drove them to Bible camp was released on bond Friday.

A man charged in a fatal crash that claimed the life of a Beecher mom and her children has been released on bond.

The defendant in a fatal Beecher crash that claimed the lives of a pregnant mother and her three children had his bond reduced significantly Friday, according to the Will County State’s Attorney.

The defendant in a fatal Beecher crash that claimed the lives of a pregnant mother and her three children was brought into a Will County courtroom Wednesday morning in a wheelchair. He entered a not guilty plea to more than a dozen counts of reckless homicide.

The driver who allegedly caused a crash that ended in the death of a woman and all of her children in Beecher made his first court appearance. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup has more.

The mother of a 25-year-old man charged in a crash that killed a pregnant woman and her three young sons near their south suburban Chicago home last month spoke out about her son ahead of his first court appearance Wednesday.

Charges were filed Tuesday against the driver in a crash that killed a pregnant mother and her three young sons near their northern Illinois home, officials said.

Charges were filed Tuesday against the driver in a crash that killed a pregnant mother and her three young sons near their northern Illinois home, officials announced. Trina Orlando reports.

Funeral services were held for a pregnant mother and her three young sons who died last week after their vehicle collided with another near their northern Illinois home. Authorities say a pickup truck driver involved in the crash received a traffic citation but that was dismissed this week.

Six-year-old Owen Schmidt died this morning from injuries he suffered in a car crash Monday. Owen’s pregnant mother Lindsey Schmidt also died in the crash, as did his two brothers Caleb and Weston.

A raid in the southwest suburbs Tuesday netted 200 grams of cocaine, 31 guns—including what appears to be WW2-era machine gun—and the arrests of 16 people, many of whom are suspected gang members, the Will County state’s attorney’s office said.