4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (676+ words) One year ago, the federal government launched Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Four days later, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Silverio Villegas González in Franklin Park after he dropped his children off at school. And a…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (805+ words) Opinion: Chicago exceeding the standard in community violence intervention Chicago Tribune Over the course of our careers, we have observed violence prevention efforts in large cities across the country. We’ve worked with professionals from both law enforcement and community violence…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (743+ words) As Northbrook prepares to usher in a new chapter for its law enforcement with a revitalized police station now in the works, the village’s public safety team is undergoing another major change: a new chief of police. Having spent over…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (346+ words) An East Chicago man is on trial this week, charged with allegedly shooting a teen dead who snuck in his apartment to have sex with his daughter. Robert Allison, 51, is charged with murder and a gun enhancement in the May…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (104+ words) Chicago Tribune A 28-year-old man was fatally wounded Friday night during an argument in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 11:15 p.m., officers responded to Holy Cross Hospital for a walk-in gunshot victim. The victim was involved in an argument…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (585+ words) Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday condemned the weekend’s mass shooting in Washington Park, saying the city must continue his administration’s crime-fighting efforts. Joining police and other city leaders for a news conference in the park’s fieldhouse, Johnson nodded to the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (610+ words) The city of Chicago is suing South Chicago Chapel weeks after dozens of mishandled human remains were discovered at the South Deering funeral home. In a housing complaint filed Friday in Cook County Circuit Court, the city’s Department of Buildings…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (659+ words) Demetrius Sandifer came to Washington Park Saturday to see some old friends. Sandifer, 42, described the gathering in the park, a block or two north of University of Chicago Hospital, as a reunion for former residents of the Robert Taylor Homes,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (197+ words) Chicago Tribune The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago police statistics. Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (700+ words) As Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza strode toward the camera in an empty lot, she gave credit for Chicago’s plunging violence, but not to the man she’s hoping to succeed. Homicides have dropped because “Chicago has the best trauma surgeons,” while…...