Crime and Public Safety

A former FBI special agent tells FOX News that these sleeper cells could be targeting the nation's rural areas since they're "not well protected."

Two Chicago Park District employees were seriously injured by a firework Saturday morning at Humboldt Park beach.

Chicago police say a group of up to 10 people has been robbing victims in Lake Meadows. Here's what to know.

A major drug and firearm investigation in one Chicago neighborhood has led to federal charges against seven people. Here's what we know.

Police are searching for a man accused of breaking into a Roscoe Village residence early Sunday and sexually abusing two teenage girls.

Detectives are seeking the public’s help identifying two people in connection with the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old woman in the city’s Chatham neighborhood earlier this year.

A homicide investigation has been launched after a man was found dead early Tuesday morning in the Avondale neighborhood, according to Chicago police.

An apparent shooting in the parking lot of Six Flags Great America in north suburban Gurnee on Monday night left no injuries, police said.

Former "16 & Pregnant" star Whitney Purvis is accused of supplying a drug combination that led to a Georgia man's fatal overdose.

A suspect tried to enter the McHenry County Courthouse in the northwest suburbs with a weapon on Monday afternoon.

A retro gaming store in the city’s Ashburn neighborhood was broken into again, and the owner says this one hurts more than ever.

A suspect was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting death of a 46-year-old man on Saturday morning.

The driver who struck and killed a 15-year-old boy in a hit-and-run crash in Crystal Lake was found dead two days later at a home in Woodstock, authorities said.

Authorities are searching for a 13-year-old girl who was last seen on Chicago’s West Side in late June, police said.

A Colorado teen has been sentenced after pleading guilty to robbing a woman at gunpoint in downtown Downers Grove earlier this year, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Sightseers are impacting rescue and recovery efforts by first responders in the Kerrville area, says the police department. Residents and visitors are being urged to avoid the area.