Murder of Oak Park Detective Allan Reddins is another line-of-duty tragedy
Oak Park Detective Allan Reddins was killed less than a month after Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez was shot to death ...
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The last time an Oak Park police officer died on duty
The last time an Oak Park police officer died in the line of duty, before Det. Allan Reddins died Nov. 29, was in 1938.
As she is sworn in, State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke decries violence and pledges new detention policy
Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke pledged to get “seismic things done” Monday morning as she took her oath of ...
New Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke vows to lower 'war zone numbers' of Chicago violence
The county's new top prosecutor highlighted Illinois' assault weapons ban as a key tool in tamping down the violence she says has "overshadowed" the region.
Illinois man charged in shooting death of detective
Authorities have charged a 37-year-old Chicago man with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a suburban police ...
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Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County receives $2.5M grant
Jeff Bezos, executive chairman of Amazon, and Lauren Sánchez, an American media personality, donated $2.5 million through the ...
Boy, 15, shot several times in East Garfield Park
CHICAGO - A 15-year-old boy was shot several times Sunday night in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. The teen was sitting ...