A lawyer for a group of Chicago police officers has filed a petition requesting a special prosecutor in the case of an “anti-police activist” and campaign worker for Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, charged with battery of two of the officers.

The Chicago police union has reached its limit with the local media’s portrayal of the Chicago Police Department as little more than a gang of armed racists.

Martin Preib sees Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case as just the latest example of a pattern of misguided actions she has taken since assuming office.

The union that represents the Chicago Police Department is organizing a protest Monday to express its outrage over the dismissal of charges against Jussie Smollett, the television actor accused of fabricating a report that he was the victim of a hate crime.

The Jussie Smollett case keeps getting stranger by the minute, with word now circulating that Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx never formally recused herself from the case as has been widely reported.

Former Chicago alderman and mayoral candidate Bob Fioretti is looking for answers in the wake of all charges dramatically being dropped against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.

If Empire actor Jussie Smollet did actually make a false police report about allegedly being attacked last month, justice demands that he be prosecuted.

Cook County Health (CCH) urges legislators to take action to reduce gun violence on the first anniversary that claimed 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Rafael A. Mangual says he wonders if Chicago would be in good hands with Toni Preckwinkle as its next mayor.

Our upcoming Chicago mayoral election is about the tale of two cities; the difference between whether our government gives its helping hand to the neediest or gives handouts to the wealthiest among us. Whatever your neighborhood, you know someone who is hurting from the repeated failure of City Hall to actually solve problems.

One speaker talked about his uncle, whose spiral into addiction led him to steal the family's Christmas presents – twice.

A witness who testified at union leader Jerry Morrison’s battery trial that Morrison did not strike off-duty Chicago police officer David DiSanti in June of last year was not present when the alleged attack occurred, a source told the Chicago City Wire.

After a 20-minute trial, Cook County Judge Donald Panarese Jr. on Wednesday found powerful Illinois union leader Jerry Morrison not guilty of a misdemeanor battery charge against an off-duty Chicago police officer.

Cook County Health (CCH) and the Office of the Chief Judge (OCJ) are expanding their efforts to reduce the prevalence of opioid addiction in the Adult Probation Department (APD) in Cook County.

Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) strongly denied that he had anything to do with an alleged attack on two campaign petition circulators who were collecting signatures for rival 28th Ward candidates.

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) says it’s adding an “additional shift” to its SWAT force, giving the city around-the-clock protection against acts of terrorism, hostage takings and other public-safety crises demanding a rapid police response.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Corporation Counsel Ed Siskel, Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Commissioner (BACP) Rosa Escareno, and Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Julie Morita, MD today to announce that the City of Chicago will file suit against eight online sellers of e-cigarette products for illegally selling their products to Chicago youth.

"The media in Chicago is fiercely anti-police,' said Martin Preib, vice president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police. "So much so that it's almost impossible for a police officer to get a fair trial in Chicago."

A Chicago area newspaper that specializes in minority reporting is questioning whether eight black city council members were bought off with campaign donations in a $5 million legal settlement paid in a teenager's 2014 shooting death by a city police officer.

"There will be an appeal," Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham told the Chicago Tribune. "Mark my words, there will be an appeal. We do think Jason has a tough road to go but he is not standing alone."