The City of Chicago's Inspector General's Office said a law meant to help police track gun offenders is not being enforced.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An 18-year-old was shot while sitting in a vehicle on the city's Southwest Side on Tuesday morning. The shooting happened at about 8:57 a.m. in the 2400-block of West 21st Street, ...

A 32-year-old man was shot while driving on DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Streeterville Tuesday morning, Chicago police said. The man said he was driving south in the 700-block of North DuSable Lake ...

The parents of a 10-year-old boy with epilepsy who died after choking on food during lunchtime at school have sued the ...

Chicago’s Office of Inspector General published a new report that found numerous issues with the city’s Gun Offender ...

Authorities are actively searching for the girls' father, Travis Decker, 32, who is wanted for three counts of first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping.

The inspector general’s report cites WGN Investigates reporting in 2023 that showed how difficult it was for people required to register to actually do so.

Crime in and around Hyde Park is on the decline, according to an end-of-year report from Kyle Bowman, chief of the University ...

Just before 2 a.m. on Saturday morning, Chicago police said patrolling officers were trying to disperse a large gathering in ...

Chicago police are looking for a pair of armed robbers who are targeting nail salons in downtown Chicago. Police said the two suspects have been involved in two incidents so far, one on May 28 in the ...

This time last year, anyone could find detailed data on Chicago’s felony charges online, today none of that is public.

Teens were among seven people injured in a drive-by shooting at a large gathering early Saturday in Auburn Gresham, police ...