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

An attack on a CTA train has a local outreach group taking action. Volunteers with the nonprofit Violence Interrupters said ...

Prosecutors dropped their case last week against Dana Briggs, a 70-year-old Air Force veteran initially charged with felony ...

The decision to halt disaster assessment work came amid the immigration crackdown in Chicago. Officials worried FEMA’s ...

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Police in Illinois can now choose to connect juveniles accused of domestic violence with help instead of arresting them. The change comes from a new law led by Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A woman is dead after being hit by a CTA train on Chicago's Northwest Side early Friday morning, police said. Police said the woman, whose age was not immediately known, was found on ...

CHICAGO — (TNS) President Donald Trump this week ignored several consecutive years of decreases in Chicago’s violent crime and instead credited “Operation Midway Blitz” for the continuing downward ...

Federal funding being used for local domestic violence aid is coming to its end, leaving victims, survivors and domestic violence organizations with worries. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget proposal ...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that violent crime in Chicago has fallen sharply since the start of a federal crackdown known as “Operation Midway Blitz,” crediting the Department of Homeland ...

As President Donald Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz” drags into its third month, federal immigration enforcement activity has swept the city’s youngest residents up in the chaos. At schools and day ...