Chicago city leaders have said crime is down, and all across violent crime categories, Chicago police data tell the same ...

When Chicago police responded to a shots-fired call at Riis Park in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on a May afternoon, ...

The mother of an 11-year-old boy who died protecting her from a knife attack appeared in court for the killer's sentencing ...

The National Night Out celebrates more than 40 years and encompasses more than 17,000 communities across the U.S.

Police beats that had ShotSpotter sensors saw an approximately 17.8% decrease in violent crime and a 37.5% decrease in ...

Organized retail crime is the worst kind of shoplifting because it involves systematically stealing a lot of valuable stuff.

Major Democrat-led cities struggle to fill their police departments, and the lack of officers is affecting safety and ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) – On the anniversary of the day she was killed, Chicago police officer Ella French was honored. The street in ...

The 41 arrests and 64 machine-gun conversion devices seized were the culmination of a two-month operation. The devices are ...

Chicago, ATF, and police crackdown on illegal gun trafficking, resulting in 41 arrests and the recovery of 171 firearms and ...

The grounds of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. became the site of a tragic incident in May 2025, when a gunman shot and killed two Israeli Embassy workers ...

In a devastating incident that has left a Chicago community reeling, an 11-year-old boy named Jayden Perkins lost his li ...