A Chicago police officer was shot Thursday evening on the South Side, CPD officials confirmed to ABC7. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch The shooting happened at East 82nd Street ...

U.S. Attorney's office expands Project Safe Neighborhoods to cover Chicago's downtown and CTA system for crime prevention.

The video in the player above is from WGN’s Mike Lowe and his report from 2022 marking the 40th anniversary of the crime. CHICAGO (WGN) – In 1982, seven Chicagoland residents died out ...

The burglaries happened in the morning and evening hours on Monday and Tuesday in the Norwood Park, Jefferson Park, Wildwood, ...

Cook County is in the midst of a "domestic violence crisis." That's the message shared with the ABC7 I-Team by State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke and survivor advocates working to put an end to the ...

The U.S. Justice Department program started in 2001 to try to secure stiffer prison sentences for gun offenders. Up to now in ...

A long-running federal anti-violence program will be expanding to downtown Chicago and mass transit for the first time this ...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois on Wednesday announced the expansion of its Project Safe ...

A man from Illinois pleaded guilty to being involved in a scheme to get contraband into FCI McDowell. According to a press ...

According to Chicago Police Department data, there were 36 homicides recorded throughout May 2025, a total that’s down 38% ...

An immigration judge postponed a bond hearing for Ramón Morales-Reyes, 54, of Milwaukee, and rescheduled it for June 10.

More than 28 abandoned and boarded up schools in one Midwest city contribute to urban blight — and in some cases have served ...