Chicago saw eight homicides in the first six days of 2025, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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

Six shooting deaths on the South and West sides, a fatal stabbing in Little Village and a vehicular homicide in Chicago Lawn.

The organization UCAN Chicago​ aunched REACH 21—a program with a goal of helping kids through mentorship, education, ...

Less than 4% of reported rapes, sexual assaults, and child sex abuse allegations in certain cities across the United States ...

In a case indicative of the justice system’s slowly changing attitudes toward domestic violence, a Cook County judge on Monday reduced the sentence for a Chicago woman who said she shot and ...

Last month, two Chicagoans and a Rockford-area man were killed while visiting family in Mexico. The son of one Chicago man ...

Use the table below to look up how the number of gang crimes reported in your neighborhood compared to the rest of the city.

Karina's Bill passed the Illinois House by a 80-33 vote. It would require police to confiscate guns within 96 hours from ...

State lawmakers plan to introduce legislation this week that would make Illinois the first state to fully decriminalize sex work.

Violence Interrupters Executive Director Tio Hardiman is demanding top city officials do more to keep riders safe.

Illinois state law already allows anyone seeking an order of protection to seek a "firearm remedy" which would allow police to remove guns from an alleged abuser's home. Karina's Bill would close a ...