Robuta

A Villa Park teenager is facing felony charges for allegedly making violent threats against their Chicago high school last week.

Aaliyah Stewart talks about what she hopes to accomplish in her new role as the Gary Police Department Violence Prevention Coordinator.

Join us in offering first chances to the men and women most prone to experiencing the trauma of gun violence. Let's reduce gun violence together.

Mar 1, 2023 - On a brisk and sunny February morning, 22-year-old Keyon Pass approached a microphone in a packed South Shore ballroom to tell his story of survival. “I’d...

President Barack Obama will be returning to his adopted hometown of Chicago on Friday to talk about his plans to reform gun control laws and future

As of yet, no major policy solutions have been forwarded by Democratic state leadership to slow the bleeding in America's third-largest city.

Dataset about the personnel, use of force, and complaints in the Chicago Police Department - chicago-police-violence/data

FOX 32's Dane Placko reports...

CBS 2's Steven Graves talks to community leaders who are looking at the tragedy here as an avenue to enact change on a broader scale.

As the number of shootings goes up, police are making fewer and fewer arrests for those violent crimes, leaving a staggering number of cases unsolved. Police...

You've heard what they think, now we want to know what you think!

Four people fatally shot on a commuter train in the Chicago area Monday appeared to be attacked while asleep in their seats. A suspect has been taken into...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel talks about why he did not push sooner to hire more police to curb escalating violence in his city.

Nov 24, 2025 - 'Outnumbered' reacts to violent incidents in New York City and Chicago, raising increased concern over blue city bail policies and policing.

The focus turned to combating the gun trafficking that the lawmakers say brings the bulk of Chicago's illegal guns here from Indiana and Wisconsin.

The incidents occurred between Saturday afternoon and early Sunday in various areas of the city.

Why did it take nearly four years for Illinois reporters to start covering the story with gusto?

Nov 4, 2025 - A Chicago violence prevention program is pairing cognitive behavioral therapy with intensive mentoring and wraparound support to help high-risk teens avoid...

An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago, by Alex Kotlowitz (Nan A. Talese, 304 pp., $27.95) Chicago has become an international byword for violence....

This has been a summer of blood, sweat and tears in Chicago. The city has been scorched by historic heat, and the homicide rate has soared. Chicago's gangs...

Families affected by gun violence gathered together Tuesday with Rep. La Shawn Ford to call for peace.

A 3-year-old boy who was shot while riding in a car with his mother and a man who was shot by police during a pursuit were among six killed by gunfire over the...

Chicago police talked about security for New Year's Eve Monday night while looking back at crime levels for 2018.

This comes as one North Side alderman is calling for people not use public transit at night until CTA can prove it's safe.

An alderman's push to stop violence was met with questions Monday about police cooperating with ice agents.

This weekend's shootings in various cities further demonstrate an upward trend of violence in urban areas since the beginning of 2020.

Father Michael Pfleger is set to lead anti-violence protesters on a march that will shut down a mile-long stretch of the Dan Ryan Saturday morning.

Members of the community gathered at the South Shore Cultural Center to share ideas on how to stop the spread of crime. Anti-violence groups and city leaders...

In all, more than 2,150 people have been shot since the start of the year.

Our nonprofit newsroom’s Chicago reporting team seeks to cover the effects of gun violence at the community level — going beyond the number of shootings.

It?s an unusual solution to Chicago?s violence problem. Starting Sunday night at midnight a church on the city?s west side is staying open for 21 days.

Nonviolence Chicago's mission is to end the cycle of gun violence in Chicago through community violence intervention. Our critical work heals and restores...

The KLEO Center's 10th annual fundraising gala will celebrate a decade of existence on Oct. 39 while raising fund for domestic violence awareness.

A group of Florida high school shooting survivors started their nationwide bus tour registering young voters to help accomplish their vision for stricter gun...

Five people were killed and 30 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago over the weekend.

President Donald Trump has promised to dispatch federal authorities to Chicago if the city doesn't do more to address violent crime.

Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso, who had five years on the job, came from a family of public servants

The city plans to move 200 police officers off desk duty to bolster the size of street patrols.

A special hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee was held in Chicago on Monday to investigate the city?s skyrocketing gun violence and what can be done to...

Residents of a Chicago neighborhood say that gun violence has gotten so out of hand that they are hiding their children for safety purposes. What are the...

Pastor Corey Brooks tested his faith by spending 100 nights on Chicago roof to raise awareness about issues in the South Side.

The death toll was decidedly low in Chicago this weekend with only one killed, but another 18 were wounded in incidents throughout the city.

A Southwest Side home is helping young men escape Chicago violence and turn their lives around.

Oct 29, 2024 - Toward the end of spring last year, Gina got a call that her daughter Bianca was admitted to the University of Chicago Medicine’s trauma center. A person...

A group of mothers who have lost children to gun violence is calling on Governor JB Pritzker to declare a state of emergency for Chicago.

The force will target "violent offenders who have no regard for human life," said the Illinois State Police director.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with WBEZ reporter Natalie Moore about the increased violence, the mistrust of police and the lingering effects of the migration of...

Last weekend, 36 people were shot in Chicago, and 13 of the victims were Chicago Public Schools students. This school year alone, more than 20 CPS students...