Matt Masterson Thu, 11/05/2026 - 13:09 Shootings and homicides continue to decline across Chicago in 2026, as the city is once again on pace for historic lows, new data shows.
This story is being copublished by Invisible Institute and the Chicago Reader The Chicago Police Department has rewritten an internal policy that allowed officers to easily close missing persons cases they did not solve.
All three judges who hold slim margins as of Wednesday morning received negative ratings from at least one of the 14 local bar associations that review judicial performance.
Six businesses, all restaurants, were broken into overnight in a series of smash-and-grab burglaries in Rogers Park on the city's North Side, according to Chicago police.
The Chicago man who pled guilty to fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl in Portage Park on the city's Northwest Side three years ago will serve a lengthy prison sentence.
A man was arrested on Chicago's South Side after he allegedly assaulted a woman and crashed his car following a police chase that began in northwest suburban Palatine on Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
Instead of doing time behind bars — some have put in the time —sometimes years—with intensive treatment, regular court appearances, and case management.
Felony charges have been filed against a man accused of battering a Chicago firefighter during a confrontation involving first responders on the city's South Side over the weekend.
An investigation is underway on Tuesday morning after a man was found dead on the city's Northwest Side after suffering burns to his body and injuries to his head.
The former head of the FBI in Chicago has filed a bombshell lawsuit against the city's top federal prosecutor and top Justice Department officials, accusing them of engaging in a politically motivated…
