Crime and Public Safety

Chicago police are searching for the person who smashed the windows of eight parked cars on the Northwest Side early Tuesday.

A man was shot during an attempted robbery Tuesday morning in the South Shore neighborhood.

Gunfire from outside killed a man inside a home Monday night in the Woodlawn neighborhood.

Chicago police are asking for the public's help in locating a 4-year-old girl who was abducted Monday morning from the South Side.

Nearly two weeks after a student brought a loaded gun to Glenbard East High School, parents are demanding answers, action, and greater transparency from the school district.

A growing number of election offices across the nation have been targeted with suspicious packages as early voting begins in several states.

A Tennessee woman attempted to hire an online hitman for close to $10,000 to kill the wife of a man she met on the dating website Match.com, according to prosecutors.

Ryan Routh, the man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a golf course, allegedly left behind a note saying that he intended to kill the former president.

A man was shot in the head in broad daylight in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood.

A Buffalo Grove man is accused of setting a fire inside a home last week. 

A jury found Ahmad Alissa guilty of 55 counts, including 10 counts of first-degree murder, in the 2021 King Soopers supermarket shooting in Boulder, Colorado.

A student was arrested this week for allegedly making a threat against fellow students at Minooka Intermediate School.

A suburban mayor was found guilty Monday of theft and official misconduct.

A veteran Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer who used his position to drug and sexually assault more than two dozen women while posted around the world was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on Wednesday.

The controversial ShotSpotter system has officially been taken offline. 

Police in Indiana are facing growing calls to release body camera footage related to the death of a northwest Indiana man. 

A Frankfort man has been sentenced to federal prison after selling stolen items through suburban businesses.