Chicago is a city bursting with art, deep-dish pizza, iconic architecture — and yes, a reputation for crime that makes some ...

There are more than 33,000 organizations categorized as gangs that are active in the United States today. These include ...

A little over a week ago, a Chicago man was thankful to be unhurt after a tree fell on his car while he was driving in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood. Now, a woman from the South Side's Auburn ...

I truly believe in training kids in the trades. It will be a featured part of the community center I am building right now on ...

Can it be a coincidence that South Florida’s most powerful social media provocateur called for the resurrection of a decrepit ...

The Trace reports that violence prevention leaders say a city program, which could help bystanders save lives, is missing a ...

WGN's Shannon Halligan talks to Eden's Pastry Sous Chef Josephine Bozec about the bakery items being prepped on Easter Sunday morning at the restaurant in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood.

Charles K. Green, 44, was charged with murder and arson in the death Wednesday of CFD Capt. David Meyer, 54, during a fire in the Austin neighborhood.

A 36-hour+ SWAT standoff continued Saturday morning in the village of Fredonia, where authorities say a heavily armed man was barricaded inside a home on Fox Glen Road.

Karina Gonzalez and her daughter Daniela Alvarez were shot and killed after an order of protection was issued. A new Illinois ...

Police have connected the game to several incidents in the Chicago ... “Most community members are unaware of the ‘game’ and may call the police if they are afraid that their homes or ...