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Chicago police SWAT team members search a property in the 6300 block of South Bishop Street in Chicago after a police officer was shot and wounded nearby on June 1, 2022.

Cautious optimism as Chicago sees statistical decline in gun violence, even as downtown takes spotlight for crime in the first half of 2022

July 2, 2022 at 2:46 p.m.

Chicago enters the July Fourth weekend with some encouraging news: The unrelenting gun violence that the city has experienced over the previous two years continues to decline, with a double-digit...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul speaks after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a sweeping criminal justice and police reform bill Feb. 22, 2021.

State creates database for police to quickly sort and search information on illegal guns

June 29, 2022 at 5:51 p.m.

Illinois law enforcement leaders fighting a surge in gun violence announced Wednesday the launch of a searchable database they say will allow departments to more quickly access information on how...

Gubernatorial hopeful Darren Bailey and U.S. Rep. Mary Miller chat after receiving endorsements from former President Donald Trump at a rally at the Adams County Fairgrounds on June 25, 2022 in Mendon.

Downstate conservative Darren Bailey, boosted by Democratic ads and Trump endorsement, easily wins Illinois Republican nomination

June 29, 2022 at 7:06 a.m.

In a stunning rebuke to the state's GOP establishment, conservative Downstate lawmaker Darren Bailey won the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday following a late endorsement by former President Donald Trump...

La representante estatal Kelly Cassidy en una conferencia de prensa en Edgewater el 1 de noviembre de 2021.

Presas que dicen ser víctimas de violencia doméstica ven su lucha reflejada en un filme

June 20, 2022 at 11:25 a.m.

Dentro de una sala de recreación en el Centro Correccional Logan al sur del estado, una pantalla de proyector se inclinó ligeramente hacia adelante pero estaba lo suficientemente erguida ante...

State Rep. Kelly Cassidy at a news conference in Edgewater on Nov. 1, 2021.

‘We are not monsters’: Women in Illinois prisons who allege they were victims of domestic violence see their struggle in film

June 20, 2022 at 11:36 a.m.

Inside a rec room at the downstate Logan Correctional Center, a projector screen leaned slightly forward but was upright enough as an audience gathered in front of it to watch...

Chicago police monitor the movements of groups of young people on South Dearborn Street in downtown Chicago after a teenage boy was shot and fatally wounded near The Bean in Millennium Park and the area erupted in disturbances on May 14, 2022.

‘Our children are welcome everywhere’: Mayor Lightfoot and police leaders address safety concerns before holiday weekend

May 27, 2022 at 4:32 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other city officials rolled out summer safety plans Friday, trying to emphasize the joy that comes with the start of summer in Chicago even as crime...

Residents say a prayer with a Texas state trooper at the entrance of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Everyone in Uvalde seemed to know one of the children who had been gunned down. Or had gone to high school with their parents or grandparents. Some had lost several family members.

Políticos ponen de nuevo a Chicago como ejemplo de por qué el estricto control de armas no funcionará

May 26, 2022 at 9:58 a.m.

Para Aline Stern, del vecindario de Lincoln Square, fue difícil enviar a sus dos hijos a la escuela el miércoles, la mañana después de que un hombre armado de 18...

Gabriella Uriegas, a soccer teammate of Tess Mata who died in the shooting, cries while her mother, Geneva Uriegas, holds her as they visit a memorial outside the Uvalde County Courthouse in Texas on May 26, 2022.

‘Look at Chicago’: Politicians again use city as example of why strict gun control won’t work even as Texas school shooting jolts local parents

May 26, 2022 at 6:58 a.m.

Aline Stern of the Lincoln Square neighborhood found it difficult to send her two children to school on Wednesday, the morning after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in an elementary...

Dayvon Moore, de 19 años, centro, juega baloncesto con otros adolescentes y adultos jóvenes durante una reunión de Kids Off the Block en el vecindario de Roseland en Chicago el 17 de mayo de 2022. Anteriormente, Diane Latiker, fundadora de Kids Off the Block, habló con el grupo sobre la muerte de Seandell Holliday.

La violencia en el centro de Chicago deja a los líderes con un gran desafío

May 24, 2022 at 10:17 a.m.

Mientras el sol se ponía en Millennium Park un día después de la extraordinaria decisión del alcalde de limitar el acceso de los adolescentes al principal espacio al aire libre...

Dayvon Moore, 19, center, plays basketball with other teens and young adults during a Kids Off the Block gathering in the Roseland neighborhood in Chicago on May 17, 2022. Earlier, Diane Latiker, founder of Kids Off the Block, talked with the group about Seandell Holliday's death.

Millennium Park killing and mass shooting outside downtown McDonald’s raise massive challenges for leaders of a beleaguered city

May 22, 2022 at 1:03 p.m.

As the sun set on Millennium Park a day after the extraordinary move by the mayor to limit teens' access to the city's premier outdoor space, a janitor quietly swept...

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