The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

The Chicago Police Department continues to make progress in a court-ordered revamp, but longstanding problems with manpower continue to hold it back.

An Illinois House committee is conducting hearings on a wide-ranging gun legislation that includes a ban on semi-automatic weapons

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

The teen was charged with possessing a concealed weapon, a high-capacity magazine and metal-piercing bullets, according to Chicago police.

The unidentified 58-year-old female officer was found Thursday morning in the 5800 block of North Northwest Highway.

I don’t ever want to hear another politician offer “thoughts and prayers” after a mass shooting. I don’t ever again want to look into the eyes of parents of dead first- and second graders, as I did in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012. I don’t ever want to attend another funeral…

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One of my latest “what’s that all about?” moments began with a mass shooting in May outside the McDonald’s at State Street and Chicago Avenue.

Two drive-by attacks minutes and blocks apart in Ravenswood left two people dead and a 15-year-old boy wounded.