Northbound Red Line trains to bypass Edgewater stations Saturday

Northbound CTA Red Line trains will bypass three stations through Saturday afternoon in Edgewater on the North Side.

CPD preps for the weekend as more protests are planned

Chicago police had a public safety drill downtown Thursday to test city workers' ability to quickly shut down streets and control crowds during large gatherings.

2 Chicago cops seriously injured in Chatham crash

Two Chicago police officers were injured in a two-vehicle crash Friday in Chatham on the South Side.

Woman hit, killed by Metra UP-NW train near Gladstone Park

A woman was struck and killed by a Metra train Thursday morning near Gladstone Park on the Union Pacific Northwest line.

Chicago School Board votes to renew contract with CPD, keeping SROs in schools

The Chicago School Board has voted to renew its contract with the Chicago Police Department, keeping School Resource Officers in schools, officials say. 

IDOT accused by ex-employees of racial discrimination

A group of current and former employees of the Illinois Department of Transportation are accusing the agency of a history of systemic racism, particularly in its operations in southern Illinois.

Following police shooting of Jacob Blake, Chicago students continue to call for defunding CPD

Black Lives Matter Chicago issued a statement following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. They tweeted, “This is why we won’t be silenced and this is why we are fighting to defund the police.”

CPS principal pens childrens book about COVID-19
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Chicago Public Schools Vanessa Johnson talks about her book 'No Hugs, No Bugs,' which encourages children to social distance with loved ones during the pandemic.

Protests at Whitney Young, UIC focus on relationship between students and police

Two protests Saturday focused on the relationship between schools, students and armed police officers. One was held at the University of Illinois-Chicago. The other was held at Whitney Young Magnet High School. There, speakers talked about the inequalities they've experienced at CPS.

Charges filed against alleged attacker in stabbings of 4 sleeping homeless men

A 28-year-old man faces felony charges in connection with the stabbings of four sleeping homeless men in recent weeks at Grant Park and on the CTA.

Demonstrators demand colleges cut ties with CPD

Demonstrators took to the streets near Loyola University Friday demanding the school cut ties with the CPD.

Cook County law enforcement receives new type of support from nonprofit

Law enforcment in Chicago and Cook County are receiving a new type of support, which is designed to improve their mental health and repair relationships with the community.

Lightfoot, Brown expand community policing initiative to 3 more districts

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Police Supt. David Brown are banking on community policing to pull the city through some tough times.

Students of color less likely to say they feel safer with police in schools, research shows
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Amy Meek, senior counsel for the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, elaborates on research that shows police encounters place disproportionate amounts of stress and anxiety on Black and brown students.

Chicago Police posting more photos, videos of suspects

Chicago Police posted on Wednesday a video on its website of a boy getting shot in the leg, the latest addition to a rapidly expanding collection of videos and photographs the department has made public in the hopes of solving shootings and recent incidents of looting.