Month: May 2023

A woman who works for a contractor at the Cook County jail tried to smuggle drug-soaked papers into the facility so they could be cut up and sold to inmates, officials said.

The Chicago man charged with possessing a pill-making machine and $1.2 million worth of meth and fentanyl faces new charges for allegedly driving a stolen car toward federal agents who tried to arrest him.

With a suicide rate higher than other big cities, Chicago’s police union has established a mental health wellness center for its members.

Exactly six years after he was shot and nearly killed by a Chicago police officer that he pinned between two cars, Kayin Wise was back in court Wednesday to face new charges.