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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 21 people have been shot, 4 fatally, in gun violence across Chicago so far this weekend, police said. Here's how the news is developing. A man was found shot to death on the ...

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 ...

Zelisa McCullom lives on the West Side block where a 16-year-old girl was among five people seriously wounded in a shooting over the Memorial Day holiday weekend in 2022. But this year, with four men ...

Advocates, survivors, and the Cook County State's Attorney shed light Tuesday on the crisis of domestic violence in the Chicago area. They testified at a Cook County Board hearing on gender-based ...

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

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 ...