Arriving officers knocked on an apartment door and were confronted by a man who pulled out a knife and lunged at officers.

Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) said the wooden or plastic traffic barriers currently recommended for permitted street fairs and ...

Chicago saw a slight decrease in murders and shootings in 2024, with 573 murders and 2283 shooting incidents, compared to 620 ...

As grant money dries up, violence prevention group leaders worry about how they will continue their work amid signs of ...

Chicago police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at a Family Dollar store on the city's South Side on Thursday night.

Funded by the state as part of a pilot program created by the Illinois General Assembly in 2022, Waukegan is one of four cities in Illinois participating along with Peoria, Springfield and East ...

DES PLAINES, Ill. (CBS) — A woman was charged accused of threatening to "shoot up" an elementary school in a social media post back in September. Esmeralda E. Vargas, 18, of Des Plaines, was charged ...

Police said the robbery happened in the Bucktown neighborhood's 1900-block of West Cortland Street around 10:45 p.m. A 26-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk when a group of armed males got out ...

The Chicago Police Department has increased patrols near Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago after a Tesla ...

Chicago police say they have no intelligence about planned attacks like what happened in Las Vegas and New Orleans, but the ...