The Mendez family is suing the City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department, accusing officers of violating their civil ...

A 2-month old baby is safe after an attempted kidnapping on Chicago's North Side. Chicago police said the incident happened ...

Chicago’s latest budget challenge involves lawsuit settlements over police-related incidents. The city has already reached ...

A suspect was charged with a hate crime for a November attack on two Jewish students who were demonstrating in support of ...

Downtown Ald. Brian Hopkins told colleagues he would stand down after "working with the superintendent's office" on a ...

Chakib Mansour Khodja, an Algerian national who lived in Chicago, has been charged with 18 crimes in five cases of sexual ...

A new Chicago curfew plan has support from some officials and pushback from civil rights groups. Here's what we know.

Chicago remains plagued by gang violence, high-powered weapons and open hostility toward police. Yet, when an officer-involved shooting occurs, public discourse often ignores the exhaustion imposed on ...

The off-duty Chicago police officer who died inside the city's 18th District station overnight has been identified as Malissa ...

A proposal to give Chicago police the power to enforce temporary curfews for unaccompanied minors during chaotic public events is moving forward, with some growing support—even from those who were ...

The team charged with overseeing the federal consent decree — set in place in 2019 — found the department made “significant ...

An investigation is underway after a series of garage fires in Lincoln Park Wednesday morning, the Chicago police and fire ...