The pilot program focuses on youth and equips them with conflict-resolution, emotional-control and peer-mediation skills.

Chicago ended 2024 with a $161 million deficit. And a state bill boosting benefits for police and fire pensioners through ...

The UCAN Chicago program, who works with underserved youth, hosted a peace pledge Wednesday in response to the typical ...

The UCAN Chicago program, who works with underserved youth, hosted a peace pledge Wednesday in response to the typical ...

A teen was shot and critically injured Sunday at a park on the city's Far North Side, police said. Witnesses told ABC7 a children's soccer game was taking place at the time of the shooting.

Gun violence is highest in Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, where organizers say tackling poverty is the only way to create ...

Jobs for young people have grown by 40% under Mayor Brandon Johnson, who pitched the program as a key anti-violence ...

Through the first six months of 2025, Chicago recorded the fewest number of homicides in a decade. Several community ...

Students at East Chicago Central High School attend Project Outreach Prevention's Peace, Love & Unity tour Thursday, April 30, in celebration of National Youth Violence Prevention Week.

Attendees had gathered to celebrate the release of an album by Chicago drill rapper Mello Buckzz, whose legal name is Melanie Doyle. The medical examiner’s office last week identified the four dead as ...

County data show that Chicago could be on track to record fewer than 500 homicides this year, which would be the lowest total ...

Myesha Watkins, who has led Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance for the past five years, will take over as administrator of the ...