Rock Island County officials say they are helping U.S. Marshals search for Johnell Lamont Smith III, an inmate who escaped custody in Chicago on Nov. 12.

CHICAGO – A suspected teen serial killer taken into police custody has been charged with terrorizing people stuck in jail with him, according to court records and officials. Chicago city leaders, ...

A federal judge in Chicago has ordered one of the nation’s largest jails to do more to ensure social distancing by its 4,000 inmates to stem the spread of the coronavirus. But Judge Matthew Kennelly's ...