Statue dedicated to fallen Chicago police Officer Ella French
The fallen officer’s mother, Elizabeth French, was overcome with emotion as her daughter’s statue was unveiled at Wentworth Park on the Southwest Side.
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The fallen officer’s mother, Elizabeth French, was overcome with emotion as her daughter’s statue was unveiled at Wentworth Park on the Southwest Side.
What do you get when you combine kids, cop, and golf? Even more than you might imagine.
A Chicago man is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, for an incident on the South Side that involved freight train burglary, police shooting, chase and crash earlier this week.
The Trump administration is preparing to send armored vehicles and federal agents to Chicago in the coming days, as part of a major immigration enforcement operation. City officials briefed reporters Thursday, including Megan De Mar.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said the city is still in the dark about possible plans to deploy federal troops, despite President Trump’s recent threats to flood Chicago with members of the National Guard and ICE agents. Megan De Mar reports.
At least four people were killed and 19 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago during the weekend, according to police.
Chicago police officer Anthony Banks said he has been harassed since March, and has been called racial slurs and circled at his station.
Anthony Banks, an African American officer, said the harassment started back in March.
Police say it started with a call about some people stealing items from a train car in Englewood, but their investigation would soon end with five officers and two suspects in the hospital. As Sara Machi reports, one suspect remained at large late Wednesday.
Officers were pursuing the driver for hitting several Chicago police vehicles.
Chicago police are looking for a burglary crew they say have been targeting businesses in several neighborhoods on Chicago's West and Southwest Sides.
Chicago police said the child was inside the apartment when he suffered a gunshot wound to the head.
Police said the thieves have hit at least 16 times since Aug. 5, with the latest on Saturday.
Police said over a dozen burglaries were reported in the Garfield Ridge, Brighton Park, Bridgeport, McKinley Park, Scottsdale, and Armour Square neighborhoods.
Police said the suspect, only described as a male, entered unlocked cars or broke the side passenger window and took valuables from within.
Officer Krystal Rivera died in June after being shot by her partner, former officer Carlos Baker, while the two were chasing a suspect.
Rivera's family is demanding body camera footage from the night of the shooting be released and calling for a public investigation into the shooting.
The 9-year-old boy with autism who was critically injured when he fell down the stairs at a CTA Green Line station during a fight on the steps has been declared brain dead.
Chicago police said a 37-year-old man was attacked by a group of five or six people on a CTA Red Line train overnight.
At least five people, between the ages of 6 and 40, were shot during the weekend, according to police.
Chicago police said two men pulled their car into the police station after noticing someone with a gun inside a silver car next to them.
Chicago police officer Carlos Baker has been relieved of his police powers one day after a CBS News Chicago report about actions he took in the wake of an incident at a bar in Wicker Park.
Already under investigation for the on-duty shooting of his partner Krystal Rivera, Chicago Police Officer Carlos Baker may have misrepresented himself and violated department policy in the aftermath of a bar fight in Wicker Park last weekend.
More than a dozen kids, four UFC fighters, and several officers only had five minutes to play a game of chess in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood.
More than a dozen kids, four UFC fighters, and several officers only had five minutes to play a game of chess in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood. Shardaa Gray reports.
