Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduced an anti-gang ordinance that allows the city to sue alleged gang leaders.

How two sisters created “loving lunches” to help Chicago's homeless population.

At least eight children and teenagers were shot in Chicago over the Labor Day weekend.

The superintendent of police addressed the issue of violence against Chicago's youth during a press conference Monday.

A Chicago police lieutenant has become the fourth member of the department to be arrested on felony charges in recent weeks

Chicago officials are accusing DoorDash and Grubhub of harming the city’s restaurants and their customers via high fees and other deceptive practices when delivery and takeout business became essential to the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic

Chicago's watchdog agency has concluded in a scathing report that the gunshot detection system the police department uses rarely produces evidence of gun-related crime in the city

In Chicago, at least 52 people were shot between 6 p.m. on Friday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday, nine of them fatally, according to the Chicago Police Department.

A family in Chicago is suing the Chicago Police Deptartment after officers pointed firearms in the direction of their kids during an alleged wrongful raid.

Steve Winters and Regina Evans are suing the Chicago Police Department over a 2019 mistaken raid where officers burst into their apartment, guns drawn, looking for possibly armed suspects nearby.

Police said the suspect was killed after aiming a gun at officers.

A Black family is suing the Chicago police department, saying officers broke down their door and pointed guns at two small children while searching the place and then tried to cover up that they had no evidence to justify the raid

Fifty-five people were shot across the city leaving seven dead.

Annette Nance-Holt discusses her historic role and how she plans to lead the department.

Dozens of people are asking a court to throw out their convictions on drug charges because they say they were framed by the same former Chicago Police sergeant who judges have determined shook down dozens more

Chicago's top cop unveils new gun violence fighting plan after 56 shot, 11 killed in one weekend.

Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown announced that a 50-person team will work with the ATF to help rid the city of illegal guns.

4 children, 2 adults wounded in Chicago drive-by shooting at party

Authorities say law enforcement officers in Chicago have fatally shot a 33-year-old man after pointing a gun at them

A 28-year-old man suspected of shooting three law enforcement officers in Chicago on the city's South Side has been arrested.

Authorities are questioning a potential suspect after a shooter opened fire on an unmarked vehicle carrying two federal agents and a Chicago cop.

Officials say two Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and a Chicago police officer were shot in an unmarked car on Chicago’s South Side.

Two ATF agents and a Chicago police officer were shot Wednesday morning while driving onto an expressway on Chicago’s South Side.

Chicago police say 100 people — including two officers — were shot in the city during the long Fourth of July weekend

The 9-year-old was hospitalized in critical condition in Chicago.

The force of the impact caused the train’s front car to partially derail.

TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION: Drone footage shows extensive damage to houses in Chicago suburbs after a "large and extremely dangerous tornado" touched down.

A police report says a mass shooting that left four people dead and four others wounded at a house on Chicago’s South Side was believed to have been carried out by two people who shot all but one of the victims in the head

New video surfaced of the officer, who fatally shot Anthony Alvarez two months ago, appearing to hold a gun during a separate road rage incident.

As pandemic restrictions are lifted in the Windy City, people are celebrating the community getting back on its feet with its signature pizza and historic landmarks.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's seven-member board gives citizens oversight power on on police department policies.

2 police officers among 48 people shot in Chicago in violent weekend

Footage shared by Chicago firefighters shows a cat jumping out the fifth-floor window of a burning apartment building, and then walking away unscathed.

A Chicago cat may now have only eight lives after jumping out of a fifth-floor window to escape an apartment fire

The leader of Chicago Public Schools is leaving the post later this year and is saying it's time for “the next chapter.”

The city has had 87 homicides -- 31 more than during the same period last year.

Newly released video shows that a 22-year-old Chicago man who was fleeing from police had his back turned and appeared to have a gun when an officer fatally shot him

Former President Barack Obama's library and center are expected to become major tourist attractions and moneymakers for Chicago's South Side.

Protests continue in the name of Adam Toledo, while an attorney from the police union defended the actions of the officer who pulled the trigger.

The newly released video showed 13-year-old Alex Toledo and 21-year-old Ruben Roman Jr. walking through a Chicago neighborhood around 2:30 a.m. Police body cam video showed officers chasing the two.

Toddler was shot in the head while riding in a car on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive

Police say a 21-month-old boy is in critical condition after being shot in the head while riding in a car along Chicago's famed Lake Shore Drive

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she has ordered the police department to capture and bring to justice whoever provided the 13-year-old boy the handgun he was carrying last week when he was fatally shot by a police officer

Chicago officials have revealed that the person who was fatally shot by police during an "armed confrontation" earlier this week was a 13-year-old boy.

Chicago officials have revealed that the person who was fatally shot by police during an "armed confrontation" earlier this week was a 13-year-old boy.

The Chicago suburb of Evanston has approved the first phase of a landmark $10 million reparations program that will give housing grants to Black residents.

Police were called to the scene on Sunday morning and discovered 15 people shot, according to authorities.

Two people are dead and several more injured after a gunman opened fire at a party on Chicago's South Side, according to police.

Chicago will tone down the city’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations this year due to the pandemic, but the 59-year tradition of dyeing the river green continues on.

Chicago’s mayor is proposing changes in the way police serve search warrants