Manny Alvarez does not like to call himself brave. But he does want to keep helping domestic violence survivors—any way he ...

In a case indicative of the justice system’s slowly changing attitude toward domestic violence, a judge Monday shaved more ...

The Cook County judge who presided over two order of protection cases in which the suspects went on to allegedly kill a woman ...

The bill will close a loophole that allows people accused of domestic violence to keep their guns after their firearm ...

Doctors delivered the baby, who was in critical condition, according to a police report obtained by the Sun-Times. A person of interest was being questioned, but no charges had been filed, police said ...

If you want to change your name in Illinois, you must be 18 or older and have lived in the state for at least six months.

The Illinois House and Senate have passed a bill that will make name changes for transgender people and victims of domestic ...

Police said a 35-year-old woman was fatally shot just before 5 a.m. Thursday. The shooting happened during a domestic ...

In its first major enforcement action under the Trump administration, ICE conducted a nationwide operation resulting in over 460 arrests, including in Illinois.

Marseilles Redmond, 44, had sought early release under an Illinois law that allows domestic violence survivors to make a case to a judge for a reduced sentence, though she faced obstacles from an ...

CHICAGO — In a case indicative of the justice system’s slowly changing attitude toward domestic violence, a judge Monday shaved more than three years off the sentence of a Chicago woman who ...