Crime and Public Safety – Page 39

Flags sit on top of the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Indianapolis. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Indiana voters asked to weigh constitutional amendment on bail

By Amy Lavalley

October 10, 2026 at 5:06 p.m.

Indiana voters are being asked to consider a ballot question that would widen a judge's...

In this image from video provided by WJET, police gather outside the scene of a shooting in Erie, Pa., on Friday evening, Oct. 9, 2026. (Matt Barnum/WJET via AP)

9 dead, including gunman, after shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania: ‘I have not seen anything like this’

By Jacqueline Ganun

October 10, 2026 at 12:02 p.m.

Eight people were killed Friday in a shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, police said.

Man found shot in hallway of Garfield Park building overnight dies from wounds

By Deanese Williams-Harris

October 10, 2026 at 9:54 a.m.

A 26 -year-old found shot multiple times lying in a hallway of a Garfield Park...

Nine Chicago-area hikers pose alongside volunteers with the Wolfe County Search & Rescue Team after they were rescued from a steep rock face around 2 a.m. Sunday in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge. (Wolfe County Search & Rescue)

9 Chicago-area hikers rescued on ‘steep, slick rock face’ in Kentucky as thunderstorm approached

By Rebecca Johnson

August 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Wolfe County Search & Rescue Team rescued the group, a task that involved a...

Police: 1 killed, 1 seriously wounded in McKinley Park shooting

By Tess Kenny

August 19, 2026 at 7:20 p.m.

Two men were wounded, one fatally, in a shooting on the city’s Southwest Side late...

FILE – Hayden Panettiere arrives at the 21st annual Critics’ Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar on Jan. 17, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Brian Hickerson’s family home visited by police amid Hayden Panettiere death probe

By Brian Niemietz

August 19, 2026 at 5:05 p.m.

Police were spotted at the family home of Hayden Panettiere’s boyfriend as investigators wonder if...

Cops who used tongue depressors to search man should be stripped of police powers, COPA says

By Caroline Kubzansky

August 19, 2026 at 11:40 p.m.

Regulators have recommended that two officers be stripped of their powers after finding that they...

2 dead in Wednesday shooting on West Side, police say

By Deanese Williams-Harris

August 19, 2026 at 1:36 p.m.

A 64-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man were fatally wounded late Wednesday morning in a...

2 critically injured in triple shooting on West Side

By Deanese Williams-Harris

August 19, 2026 at 10:01 a.m.

Two 16-year-old boys and an 18-year-old man were wounded in a drive-by shooting on the...

16-year-old boy fatally wounded in Little Village drive-by shooting

By Deanese Williams-Harris

August 19, 2026 at 8:29 a.m.

A 16-year-old boy was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting Tuesday night in the Little...

Woman fatally stabbed, man seriously injured in Little Village

By Deanese Williams-Harris

August 19, 2026 at 8:10 a.m.

A woman was pronounced dead after suffering multiple stab wounds Tuesday night inside a Little...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent walks past reporters following an interview with Fox News outside the White House, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Woman accused of plotting to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is sentenced to 6 years in prison

By Michael Kunzelman

August 18, 2026 at 5:04 p.m.

A Massachusetts woman who told police that she brought homemade firebombs to the U.S. Capitol...

Fans fight in the bleachers while the White Sox play the Cubs during the eighth inning of the City Series at Wrigley Field on Aug. 17, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

3 arrested at Wrigley Field during City Series, but none related to viral brawl in bleachers, sources say

By Caroline Kubzansky

August 18, 2026 at 4:49 p.m.

Just after the Cubs beat the White Sox in Monday night's City Series opener, Chicago...