A nearly three-year upswing ended last summer, WBEZ finds. The first three months of 2025 had the fewest robberies of any ...

The Cook County suburb of Richton Park amended the ordinance that forced Diamond Jones out of her rental home, and housing ...

A Chicago alderman has changed his proposal to impose an earlier teen curfew in the downtown area. Alderman Brian Hopkins’ ...

In the book, you describe the limits of conventional approaches to reducing gun violence. From the left, the strategy has ...

Regular Tribune Opinion contributor Jens Ludwig, Pritzker director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, has a new book, ...

On the cusp of what has historically been a violent season for Chicago, Police Superintendent Larry Snelling has released a ...

A person of interest is in custody in an attack last November against two Jewish students at DePaul University.

Mayor Brandon Johnson defended Chicago’s sanctuary city status before the House oversight committee on Wednesday. He argued ...

Though Carlos Burruel, 44, remains hospitalized, he told the Sun-Times he is hoping to meet Scotty McKinney, who pulled him ...

For far too many youths, especially those from Black and Latinx communities on the South and West sides, opportunities are of ...

The loved ones of those lost to violence came together to grieve and also heal as they ask for the violence to stop.

CHICAGO - Four people, including two teenagers, were shot in separate incidents between Friday night and early Saturday morning across Chicago. One person died as a result of being shot. The victims ...