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A man accused of leaving the scene of a fatal accident that killed three people — including his sister — on the Near West Side was denied bail.

A man was charged Tuesday with leaving the scene of a fatal accident that killed three people Sunday on the Near West Side.

Three people were killed in a crash Sunday evening in the Tri-Taylor neighborhood on the Near West Side, a Chicago fire official confirmed.

Three people were killed in a crash Sunday evening in the Tri-Taylor neighborhood on the Near West Side, a Chicago fire official confirmed. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

At least 10 men had their drug convictions vacated Monday marking the fourth mass exoneration tied to notorious Chicago police sergeant Ronald Watts and his tainted tactical unit.

At least 10 men had their drug convictions vacated Monday marking the fourth mass exoneration tied to notorious Chicago police sergeant Ronald Watts and his tainted tactical unit. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

Here’s a look at some of the key players in the murder trial of white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke for the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.

A community in Morgan Park rallied around a Catholic elementary school Monday, hopeful they will be able to keep its institutions’ doors open as the fundraising deadline quickly approaches. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria has the details.

A community in Morgan Park rallied around a Catholic elementary school Monday, hopeful they will be able to keep its institutions’ doors open as the fundraising deadline quickly approaches.

Authorities vacated the convictions of seven more people arrested by notorious Chicago police sergeant Ronald Watts and his tainted tactical unit, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced Friday.

One of the men wrongfully accused by disgraced former Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts is suing the city, just under a year after he and more than a dozen others saw their convictions overturned in Cook County’s first mass exoneration.

In an extraordinary move, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx did something Monday which isn’t often done in Chicago’s criminal justice system.

At least 18 men are expected see their convictions overturned Monday in Cook County Criminal Court. It will mark the second, and largest, mass exoneration linked to a tainted tactical unit which operated for more than a decade on Chicago’s South Side.

18 former inmates are set to be exonerated in the coming days. It’s the second round of mass exonerations linked to a rogue unit of Chicago police officers, and NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers has the latest on the case. 

Chicago has already paid out well over $670 million in police misconduct cases in the past 15 years, but that expenditure could skyrocket due to current and future lawsuits from people who say they were framed by former Sgt. Ronald Watts or Detective Reynaldo Guevara.

After more than ten years in prison, Anthony McDaniels says he should now be set free because the only officers who convicted him are too tainted to be called as witnesses.

Amidst a snowballing scandal in the Chicago Police Department, a man convicted on gun charges says he should now be freed, because even prosecutors say the officers who built the case against him cannot be trusted.

NBC 5 Investigates has learned that the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office has written the Chicago Police Department, submitting a list of police officers no longer deemed credible to serve as witnesses at criminal trials.