Cook County state's attorney leads participants in Run to Remember

CHICAGO | Dozens of employees from the Cook County state's attorney's office participated in the May 4 Run to Remember.

Cook County state's attorney leads participants in Run to Remember

Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez led dozens of her employees on May 4 in participating in the Chicago Police Department's Run to Remember, a race along Chicago's lakefront that honors Chicago police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

March homicides drop dramatically in Chicago

CHICAGO | Almost exactly a year after Chicago's surging homicide rate caught the nation's attention, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy rolled out statistics Monday that showed a dramatic drop in the number of killings. At the same time, they tried to allay safety co…

Woman abducted from Hammond gas station, assaulted

HAMMOND | A woman was abducted from a Hammond gas station March 22 and sexually assaulted in Chicago, police said.

Chicago closer to settling police suits for $32M

CHICAGO | A Chicago City Council committee preliminarily approved settlements in two police misconduct cases Tuesday that would cost the city nearly $33 million, including $22.5 million to a California woman that apparently would be the largest to a single such plaintiff in the city's history.

Hegewisch crash near Ford plant backs up traffic for miles

CHICAGO | An early morning crash Tuesday in the westbound lanes of 130th Street near Torrence Avenue near the Ford Chicago Assembly Plant jammed traffic for miles on the Bishop Ford Freeway from Interstate 80/94 to the Dan Ryan merge, police said.

Another Chicago officer charged in towing scam

CHICAGO | A Chicago police officer became the 10th member of the force to be charged in what federal authorities say was a scheme to steer work to tow truck drivers in exchange for bribes.

Chicago sees fewer homicides this October

CHICAGO | As October brought grim news that there have already been more homicides in Chicago than all of last year, police say they have encouraging news.

Detective, commander offer differing testimony during Abbate trial

CHICAGO | A Chicago police detective and his one-time commander contradicted each other in dramatic testimony Tuesday at a potentially landmark trial focused on whether there's a secret code in the department dictating that officers rally around fellow officers accused of wrongdoing.

Abbate: Never asked fellow officers for favors

CHICAGO | A former Chicago police officer convicted for a 2007 beating of a female bartender says he never asked fellow officers to help make sure the episode would be hushed up.

Chicago police wound man on East Side

CHICAGO | The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating a police shooting that occurred just after 2 a.m. Thursday in the 11000 block of South Avenue M, police said in a news release.

Anti-violence initiative in Chicago clears hurdle

CHICAGO | A leader with an anti-violence group says a partnership with Chicago's police department to help curb violence is finally moving forward.

Second ex-Chicago cop changes plea to guilty in gang racketeering case

HAMMOND | A former Chicago police officer admitted to committing armed robberies in Illinois, Hammond and East Chicago for the Latin Kings street gang at a federal hearing Thursday morning.

Chicago police tout seizure of 8 tons of marijuana

CHICAGO | Authorities in Chicago on Thursday showed off eight tons of marijuana they found in a tractor-trailer, saying the drug seizure will help with efforts to combat gang violence in the nation's third-largest city.

Chicago mayor supports reducing pot penalty

CHICAGO | With the murder rate in Chicago climbing at an alarming rate, police may soon get some help keeping a lid on violent crime from an unlikely source: marijuana.

Chicago police get high marks for NATO protests

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy address the news media during a protest march to Boeing corporate offices for a demonstration during the NATO summit on Monday.

Chicago police get high marks for NATO protests

A Chicago police officer on Monday videotapes a verbal lashing from a protester outside President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago, on the final day of the NATO summit.

Chicago police get high marks for NATO protests

CHICAGO | The sight of Chicago police raising billy clubs against demonstrators was the kind of image that has dogged the city's police force longer than most of those who clashed with protesters have been alive.

Hegewisch man stabbed to death in his home; son in custody

CHICAGO | A 71-year-old Hegewisch man was found dead in his home with multiple stab wounds to the chest and arms late Sunday night in what police are calling a domestic incident.