Chicago Police To Shake Up Command Structure, Giving Districts More Control Over Detectives And Gang Units
Beck's overhaul is designed to give district commanders more direct authority for responding to violent crime.
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Beck's overhaul is designed to give district commanders more direct authority for responding to violent crime.
A Chicago police officer was injured in a hit-and-run in the Longwood Manor neighborhood.
A Chicago Police officer was shot Wednesday afternoon in the West Garfield Park neighborhood by a man he had just seen shoot and kill someone else, police said.
Interim Chicago Police Supt. Charlie Beck stripped former Cmdr. Ed Wodnicki of his police powers Tuesday, in connection with a high-speed chase in Indiana last year.
While taking finals, Whitney Young students were placed briefly on lockdown after reports of a man with a gun outside, but it apparently was a police training exercise that was not reported to school officials.
New trouble has come for a man who was seen on video that went viral getting body-slammed by a Chicago Police officer this past Thanksgiving Day.
Police said the officers were responding to a call of a car fire around 11:45 p.m., and had their siren and emergency lights activated as they were headed south on Pulaski Road.
Teens riding the CTA found guns pointed in their faces.
A little Yorkie who got lost in Chicago was saved by perhaps one of the most unlikely people.
Police say Rainge was not cooperative with detectives at the time of the shooting and that no arrests have ever been made.
Breaking news on the West Side tonight, a gunman shot a Chicago police car, as well as a passing car.
Officials are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to Fred Thompson's arrest.
If the union representing Chicago Police officers gets its way, the Illinois Supreme Court will allow for the destruction of all officer misconduct records older than five years.
A judge has denied a new trial to a man who claims he was tortured into a murder confession by Chicago Police detectives.
Four people were charged in connection with a crash involving a stolen vehicle.
Do you notice more police on the 'L' lately? You will.
Illinois State Police found no victim, no shooter but only shell casings.
The new facility includes a new roll call room, locker rooms with showers, a modern gym, interview rooms, and dedicated space for the airport's bomb squad, SWAT teams, and K-9 units.
Big changes are coming to the Chicago Police Department, according to interim Supt. Charlie Beck.
Alma Benitez says detectives accused her of lying about what she saw, and tried to convince her to change her account of the shooting of Laquan McDonald.
After the consent decree last year, following a scathing U.S. Justice Department report in 2016 calling for sweeping changes to CPD and how officers handle mental health issues.
"These individuals, the worst bad actors, they're not stopping. In fact, they want you to chase them," Chicago Police Cmdr. Sean Loughran said.
Each weekday, 1.5 million people use the Chicago Transit Authority. But lately, a rash of violent crime on CTA trains has robbed some commuters of their sense of security.
Several residents of the Lakeview community are pushing to get a big crowd at a Chicago Police community meeting Wednesday night.
A man who police said was a possible robbery suspect was shot by officers on Saturday on the South Side.
A former Catholic school teacher who is due in court on charges of molesting a child he was tutoring now faces additional charges in Evergreen Park.
The Justice Department on Friday released more documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files, more than a month after the original deadline to do so.
A Circuit Court judge ruled that Cook County misspent millions of dollars in funding for transportation.
Harvey Mayor Christopher J. Clark has died, city officials confirmed Friday
Dozens of federal agencies are set to see their funding lapse at midnight as senators work to finalize a deal on a package of spending bills.
The Justice Department on Friday released more documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files, more than a month after the original deadline to do so.
Dozens of federal agencies are set to see their funding lapse at midnight as senators work to finalize a deal on a package of spending bills.
President Trump says he is nominating Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, filling a powerful economic policy role as the president pushes for lower interest rates.
President Trump is suing the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for at least $10 billion, claiming the agencies unlawfully allowed an IRS contractor to leak his tax returns and those of his sons and company.
The deal comes ahead of the Saturday shutdown deadline, but it will also need the approval of the House, which isn't scheduled to return until Monday — and at least one Republican senator has pushed back.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
Skiing great Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Among the 25 films selected by the Library of Congress to be preserved for future generations are "The Big Chill," Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel," the Civil War drama "Glory," and John Carpenter's "The Thing."
In a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal, Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, revealed that the right frontal lobe of his brain was injured in a car accident 25 years ago.
Sales of tickets to NHL games jumped more than 20% after the hit HBO show debuted in the fall, according to ticket vendor.
Among the names missing when the 98th Academy Award nominations were announced were Ariana Grande, George Clooney, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and anyone associated with "Wicked: For Good."
The Justice Department released 3 million additional documents and photos from the Jeffrey Epstein files Friday.
A former Catholic school teacher who is due in court on charges of molesting a child he was tutoring now faces additional charges in Evergreen Park.
The two people found dead after an Oswego house fire and explosion have ben preliminarily identified by the Kendall County coroner.
Bursts of lake effect snow will continue on and off all day in Chicago before moving overnight into Northwest Indiana.
Morkes Chocolates in Palatine is a family-owned confectioner that has been making sweet treats for your Valentine since 1920.
Two people found dead in an Oswego house fire and explosion Thursday evening have been identified.
A former Catholic school teacher who is due in court on charges of molesting a child he was tutoring now faces additional charges in Evergreen Park.
Harvey Mayor Christopher J. Clark has died, city officials confirmed Friday
Cook County is now under a Winter Storm Warning as bursts of lake effect snow will hit the city, south suburbs and Northwest Indiana Friday and Saturday.
The Justice Department on Friday released more documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files, more than a month after the original deadline to do so.
A Lake County woman has a warning for other homeowners, after she said a contractor took thousands of dollars, destroyed part of her home, and then vanished, even leaving his tools behind.
The crash on June 7, 2024, killed 76-year-old Bernice Pawilan. The driver had a history of traffic offenses, and, in fact, wasn't supposed to be on the road at all.
A town hall meeting on Monday night addressed the concerns of residents paying higher water bills after being forced to use a private utility company.
As temperatures fell below zero in Chicago on Friday, tenants of a public housing complex in the East Garfield Park neighborhood said they were freezing inside their own homes due to insufficient heat.
Chicago is marking 30 years since it started its first citywide recycling program, which began with a problematic kickoff, and continues to lag behind other major cities in terms of performance.
Skiing great Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Norman Powell scored 21 points, Bam Adebayo had 20 points and 12 rebounds and the Miami Heat held on for a 116-113 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.
The Penguins beat the Blackhawks 6-2 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.
On the eve of SoxFest, White Sox manager Will Venable and general manager Chris Getz are anxious to get to camp in Arizona in a couple of weeks to build on last season's promising signs from young players like Chase Meidroth and Kyle Teel.
Led by a coach who is also one of the program's all-time great players, DePaul College Prep is trying to etch its name among the best in Illinois high school basketball history.
Brendan Banfield testified that he did not fatally stab his wife in 2023, but instead shot the man who did.
A jury has found a Wisconsin man guilty of forging threats against President Donald Trump in an attempt to get a witness against him deported.
A man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly impersonating an FBI agent and trying to free Luigi Mangione, according to federal court filings and a law enforcement source.
The former Loretto Hospital executive accused of defrauding the federal government out of $290 million has been arrested in Serbia.
A burglar broke into a restaurant in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood early Thursday and ripped out an ATM.
