Chicago neighborhoods where community violence intervention is most active have some of the largest declines in gun violence ...

Community violence intervention has demonstrated its effectiveness. Continued support doesn’t require a job-killing head tax.

In early 2025, the Trump administration revoked the protections schools had from immigration enforcement. Chicagoans like ...

Fixing Chicago’s schools is the surest way to stop youth violence. Softening education standards will perpetuate the harm.

Trump reacts to Chicago violence Weekend violence in Chicago’s Loop has drawn the attention of President Donald Trump. A teenager was killed and eight other people were injured in two shootings Friday ...

How does a city joyously celebrate holiday traditions in the face of the sudden shock of youth gun violence on its busiest streets? That has been the question confronting Chicago this past weekend as ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The violent and deadly holiday weekend prompted public officials, the business community and anti-violence groups to redouble their commitment to making investments to address the ...

Chicago experienced a spate of gun violence over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend during which 102 people were shot, including at least a dozen fatally, according to police reports.From July 3 ...

A woman was fatally shot in Chicago; a man is in custody, and charges are pending. The victim was found with multiple gunshot ...

Chicago police are investigating a double homicide in the city's Albany Park neighborhood. Officers responded to a call of shots fired in an alley near Leland and Troy just before 11:30 p.m. Friday ...

Delphine Cherry looks out from her favorite spot in her home Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Hazel Crest, Ill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Delphine Cherry knows as well as anyone how intractable violent crime ...

FBI found violence levels in Chicago increased 24 percent last year. — -- On a chilly Saturday, 20 volunteers sat in a movie theater-turned-church located on Chicago’s South Side, taking detailed ...