A man pleaded guilty Monday to the murder of an 18-year-old artist and athlete on Chicago's Southwest Side in 2021, court records show.

The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago ...

The city appears on pace to hit Mayor Johnson’s 2025 goal: fewer than 500 murders for the first time in a decade.

The 20 homicides recorded throughout the city last month were the fewest for any month in Chicago since February 2015 while ...

The recent show of force in Streeterville might serve as a metaphor for the state of the current response to Chicago’s crime ...

The 17-year-old was arrested on Friday in the 1500 block of South Loomis Street by members of the Area 1 Homicide ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson and police Supt. Larry Snelling said city and department initiatives — like a robbery task force — have ...

A man was charged with firing several shots at family members while intoxicated Saturday evening in Evanston, according to police. John Ross Sr., 57, was charged with two felony counts of attempted ...

In 2021, a record year for homicides in ... in recorded history in the first quarter of 2025. Chicago also reported a drop in homicides in the first few months of 2025. Violent crime spiked ...

Two Muncie men, Darnell D. Edwards and Marquis D. Jackson Jr., have been charged with murder in a 2021 triple homicide. The victims, three men from Detroit, were found shot to death in a Muncie ...