Fox filmed 'Empire' in a Chicago jail. Now inmates are suing Cook County.
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Oct 17, 2017 8:22 AM - The lawsuit claimed the network encouraged Cook County officials, who are also being sued, to shut down several vital areas of a juvenile jail while filming scenes for "Empire" -- to the detriment of the inmates.
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FBI: Aurora man used popular video app to seek child pornOct 17, 2017 6:38 PM - An Aurora man accused of enticing at least four girls to take pornographic images of themselves on musical.ly, a social medial network, has been arrested.
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Cook County felony prosecutions broken down by race, location in new reportOct 17, 2017 10:17 PM - Suburban Cook County has more DUI cases than all of Chicago, with 901 to the city's 797 in 2016. But Chicago leads in homicides, with 383 cases presented for prosecution last year compared to 120 from the Cook County suburbs. That's part of a report issued Tuesday by Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx that also includes data about the race of defendants in felony cases. -
Former coroner's perjury trial delayed until next yearOct 17, 2017 7:21 PM - The perjury trial of former Lake County Coroner Dr. Thomas Rudd has been delayed until January, following the indictment of its first special prosecutor and health-related problems of his replacement. -
Colorado teen killed young siblings to be alone, police sayOct 17, 2017 6:36 PM - Police say a 19-year-old accused of stabbing his two young siblings to death and wounding his father in Colorado told investigators he carried out the attack so he could be alone in the house
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Authorities: Woman was driving drunk when she crashed into pond, left sonOct 17, 2017 4:06 PM - Bond was set at $500,000 Tuesday morning for a Cicero woman accused of crashing her SUV into an Aurora pond early Sunday and leaving her 6-year-old son in the submerged vehicle. -
Police report: DuPage judge said bullet hole caused by screwdriverOct 17, 2017 8:10 PM - DuPage County Judge Patrick O'Shea told property managers he was hanging a mirror in his bedroom last month when he accidentally punched a hole with a screwdriver in the common wall with an adjoining apartment. It wasn't until nine days later, when his neighbors discovered a spent bullet on the floor of their apartment, that authorities discovered the hole actually was caused by a shot fired from O'Shea's handgun, according to a Wheaton police report obtained Tuesday by the Daily Herald through a Freedom of Information Act request. -
Mother on killing her disabled daughter: 'She stayed asleep'Oct 17, 2017 9:21 AM - In an interview Daily Herald, Bonnie Liltz, the Schaumburg mom convicted in the 2015 death of her seriously disabled daughter, talks about her time in prison and her possible return. "I apologized to my family. I apologized to God. ... I just didn't know what else to do," she said. -
DuPage County judge removed from bench after reckless conduct arrestOct 16, 2017 4:10 PM - DuPage County Judge Patrick O'Shea has been removed from all his judicial duties after his arrest Friday on a reckless conduct charge in Wheaton. Wheaton police Monday said O'Shea, 67, was arrested on a warrant stemming from Sept. 15 when he is accused of "acting in a reckless manner when a loaded gun was discharged within his residence." -
Naperville cops hunting three in armed robberyOct 16, 2017 6:06 PM - Naperville police are hunting for three men involved in an armed robbery Sunday night at a business along Route 59, authorities said Monday.
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