Two people are dead after a gunman opened fire into a crowd hitting several people.

Life expectancy in the Windy City dropped by nearly two years from 2019 to 2020.

Life expectancy in Chicago fell by nearly two years during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic -- in line with national trends, a new report finds.

A prosecutor says no charges will be filed against the Chicago police officers who chased and fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez during foot pursuits within days of each other last year

The family of Irene Chavez, who died by suicide in Chicago police custody, has alleged officers neglected Chavez's "mental health needs."

Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability released videos and documents related to the death of Irene Chavez, a woman who died while in police custody.

Quilen Blackwell, founder, and president of Southside Blooms, says behind all the flowers, the group is all about preserving human life.

The city has invested over $10M in violence reduction strategies.

Officials say a synagogue and an affiliated Jewish school in Chicago were vandalized over the weekend with swastika images and antisemitic graffiti

Chicago school leaders are canceling classes for a fourth day in the nation’s third-largest school district, taking the dispute with the teachers union over remote learning and COVID-19 protocols into another week

Officials say more people were shot to death in Chicago and surrounding Cook County in 2021 than in any other year on record

The former cop gets to fight his conviction in the death of his third wife.

A Chicago pastor says he will camp out in a tent for three months, through one of the city’s notorious winters, to raise money for a child resource center

The city’s police union has defied Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s vaccine mandate requiring all city workers to report their vaccination status or face disciplinary action or risk losing their jobs.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city is prepared to deal with any fallout related to the vaccination requirement.

A battle pitting the mayor of Chicago and the superintendent of the police department against some officers defying a vaccine mandate heads to a courtroom on Wednesday.

Investigators say a man on a motorcycle who fired on officers as they tried to pull him over was shot and killed on a South Carolina road

The crane collapsed at a construction site and crushed at least one car. Some commuter train services were temporarily suspended.

Newly released police body cam footage shows the moments before a white police officer attempted to tackle a Black woman walking her dog in a closed park in Chicago.

Former President Barack Obama reflected on the gun violence that has plagued Chicago, saying reducing gun violence is a "generational project."

A well-known Chicago tombstone maker from the city's South Side has died.

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.