There are helpful things to do that don’t require lots of money or a big political fight, writes Jens Ludwig, director of the ...

According to a Northwestern University report, the efforts in 27 city and eight suburban communities served by the ...

A woman accused of shooting another woman during a fight on the city’s West Side this week is now facing a felony charge.

Police said the 14-year-old has been charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon, both felonies ...

Regular Tribune Opinion contributor Jens Ludwig, Pritzker director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, has a new book, ...

The Chicago Police Robbery Task Force addressed its progress for the first time this week, nearly a year after the formation ...

Dozens of people impacted by gun violence joined Chicago police for a walk to remember and to honor their loved ones on the ...

Cook County Judge William Stewart Boyd turned over two old guns at Immaculate Conception Church in South Chicago ... the gun at another officer after they responded to a call of a gang fight.

Officers were already on patrol just after 9:40 p.m. Friday in the 400-block of North City ... Chicago students. The incident also comes just a few days after a town hall to discuss safety and gun ...

25-caliber chrome handgun recovered at a Chicago police gun buyback ... the boy wouldn’t say where the gun came from, deferring to his attorney. “I got to fight and stay strong,” he told ...

Reducing Gun Violence: How the Community and Police ... Jr., Director of Community Policing, Chicago Police Department; Elvis Ortega, Lead Liaison for Street Outreach at the City of Chicago (Mayor’s ...