Robert Johnson had been behind bars since he was a teenager. He was freed Thursday night after a jury overturned his murder conviction. There was no physical evidence or witnesses who tied Johnson to ...

After nearly 30 years, a man who was wrongly convicted of a murder in Chicago was able to walk free Thursday night.Robert ...

The Chicago Police Board gathered Thursday night for its monthly meeting at CPD headquarters, the first since the head of the ...

Robert Johnson was 16 years old when he was arrested in 1996 on charges of murder, home invasion and armed robbery and was ...

The backstage drama days before she resigned included a threatened no-confidence vote by a city oversight panel that could ...

The department has lost about a quarter of its staff in the last year. Other signs point to problems at DCASE, which helps ...

Robin Moore initially had one purpose: learn more about the life of her grandfather Reginald Moore. She never expected that mission to take her to a grassy field in a remote part of Canada, where ...

A 43-year-old man is being released from prison Thursday after he was wrongfully convicted of murder when he was just 16, a ...

Over the past decade, the job description for the mayor of Chicago has included a new duty: responding to Donald Trump. The question before Brandon Johnson is, how does the freshman mayor come out ...

The mayor's top attorneys have insisted on sitting in on investigative interviews that might embarrass city leaders, ...

Both showed glimpses of becoming stars in the NFL, just as they were in college, but now it’s up to first-year head coach Ben Johnson to maximize the potential of Chicago’s recent first-round ...

Johnson's Lions offense under head coach Dan Campbell was second in yards, first in first downs and first in scoring. They were sixth in rushing and second in passing. Along the way, Johnson ...