Chicago court losses for Trump and ICE could spur Insurrection Act deployment

A gathering storm of a wider military deployment to Chicago with full arrest power is being considered by the White House.

Our Chicago: Local animal shelters desperate for fosters, overwhelmed with surrendered pets

Throughout the Chicago area, more people have been surrendering their pets. It is overwhelming shelters and rescues.

4 protesters arrested outside Chicago DHS facility as anti-ICE protesters unleash chaos: report

Several demonstrators were dragged out of a scuffle between Illinois State Police and anti-ICE protesters, local WLS reported ...

Chicago police say boy killed in Washington Park shooting, no one in custody

Chicago police said an unidentified male juvenile was found outside in the 6000 block of South Prairie Avenue in the city's ...

Local Politicians Are Defiant as National Guard Gathers Outside Chicago

Illinois Gov. says Trump ‘wants us all, in big cities, to get used to the idea that it’s OK to have military on the streets.’ ...

Visiting priest accused of sexually assaulting a child ‘many years ago:' Archdiocese of Chicago

A Catholic priest from Mexico has been accused of sexually assaulting a child during long-ago visits to Chicago, local church ...

Chicago man charged in Logan Square home invasion, sex assault, CPD says

Chicago police said a man is charged in a home invasion and sex assault in the city's Logan Square neighborhood last week.

National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local police

Trump is pushing to deploy the Guard to several U.S. cities. His administration claims crime is rampant in those cities, ...
Opinion

Katie Hill and Jens Ludwig: Curbing gun violence in Chicago doesn’t require that we first end poverty

Katie Hill is executive director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab. Jens Ludwig is the Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman distinguished service professor at the University of Chicago, Pritzker faculty ...