Chicago IL

Most of the time, when an incident involving the police circulates online, the narrative usually focuses on officers being in the wrong. This time, however, the roles appeared to be reversed. A strange and unsettling interaction in Chicago, Illinois showed a man aggressively harassing two police officers as they sat...

Glock Inc. has announced it will stop making its current pistol models that can be modified with 'Glock switches.' This decision follows legal action from the City of Chicago. A Cook County Circuit Court recently denied Glock’s request to dismiss a lawsuit from the city. The lawsuit claims the company allowed its...

Members of the Chicago Board of Education say they’re “re-considering” their search for the district’s next chief executive officer, following criticism about the search’s secrecy, including the signing of a non-disclosure agreement.

Faith leaders on Chicago's South and West Sides are condemning the Cook County property tax system, calling it immoral and unjust, as it unfairly targets Black homeowners with sharply higher bills.

CHICAGO - A Chicago man was charged in connection with stabbing a man and fighting two others this October in the Old Town neighborhood. Tyshaun Stampley, 43, was arrested Monday and charged with three counts of aggravated battery in a public place and two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, all...

CHICAGO - A woman was wounded Monday night when she was struck by gunfire while standing outside a business on the South Side, police said. The shooting happened around 8:10 p.m. in the 1100 block of East 47th Street, according to Chicago police. The woman was hit once in the...

A 38-year-old man was found shot to death early Monday in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood, according to police. Officers discovered the man unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head around 6 a.m. in the 10900 block of South State Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene as investigators began working to piece...

A Chicago man who twice landed in police custody this year with contraband like counterfeit postal keys, stolen mail, credit cards, and methamphetamine has been sentenced to three concurrent four-year prison terms after pleading guilty to burglary charges. Andrew Trotter, 45, entered the pleas before Judge Aleksandra...

Two weeks after the Crusader published an investigation into the nation’s broken system for tracking deaths in police and correctional custody, another man has died inside Cook County Jail and, as of press deadline, the cause remains unknown. Martinez Duncan, 24, died Nov. 20 after a fire broke out...

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