Leaders from various groups helping disrupt crime met to discuss what has been going on this summer in Chicago, and how to ...

The city of Chicago saw a historic drop in homicides in the first half of the year, a trend that has largely been mirrored ...

The City Council needs 34 votes to override Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of an ordinance that would allow the police to enact ...

Leaders say the expansion will help them meet ambitious goals of reducing shootings, even as President Donald Trump pulls ...

How long will Chicago align its policies and imagination with the racial stereotype that young Black folks aren’t children and are somehow inherently dangerous and other?

A violent Independence Day weekend has Chicagoans worried about violent crime, but it was a spike and not a trend. Crime is ...

Chicago's proposed "snap curfew" ordinance, which would allow Chicago police to impose a youth curfew anywhere in the city on as little as 30 minutes' notice, is back in the spotlight at City Hall.

ABC7 is tracking gun violence across Chicago throughout summer 2025. 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co. North Suburbs West Suburbs South Suburbs NW Indiana Welcome, Mickey ...

The Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago (SC2) program, which began in February 2024, has resulted in a 39% decrease in shootings and a 40% decrease in shooting victims in the ...

A mass shooting in River North Wednesday night ripped off a scab on Chicago’s violence that was just beginning to form.

On "Our Chicago," we talked with two leaders in the fight to reduce gun violence about the successes and what still needs to be done.

Just weeks after a deadly mass shooting left four dead and 14 others injured outside of a business in River North, the owners have announced they are closing the doors for good. In a ...