The Mendez family is suing the City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department, accusing officers of violating their civil ...

Downtown Ald. Brian Hopkins told colleagues he would stand down after "working with the superintendent's office" on a ...

Chicago remains plagued by gang violence, high-powered weapons and open hostility toward police. Yet, when an officer-involved shooting occurs, public discourse often ignores the exhaustion imposed on ...

At least 18 people have been shot, four fatally, in gun violence across Chicago so far this weekend, police said.

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by ...

Social media posts and text messages claim a large group of teens are expected to gather in downtown Chicago Friday night in ...

The trooper was taken to an area hospital. The extent of the trooper's injuries was not known Wednesday night.

A suspect was charged with a hate crime for a November attack on two Jewish students who were demonstrating in support of ...

About 9:20 p.m., officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 800 block of West Lill Avenue, near the intersection of Lill and Halsted. When officers arrived, they discovered a 28-year-old man ...

Chakib Mansour Khodja, an Algerian national who lived in Chicago, has been charged with 18 crimes in five cases of sexual ...

A proposal to give Chicago police the power to enforce temporary curfews for unaccompanied minors during chaotic public events is moving forward, with some growing support—even from those who were ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke unveiled charges against a man prosecutors say terrorized women in the city ...