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Sharon McDaniel, left, a University of Illinois Chicago peer outreach specialist, embraces Nicole Ousley, a behavioral health and wellness coordinator, as the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago holds a “wellness day” for staff members on Oct. 21, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget offers boost to violence intervention with Chicago shootings down

October 21, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is asking aldermen to ramp up spending on community violence intervention and launch a new office aimed at decreasing gun violence, part of an effort he says...

People walk across the Main Quad on the University of Chicago campus on Oct. 14, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

‘We were extremely careful that night,’ says witness to alleged sexual assault at fraternity party near U. of C.

October 14, 2026 at 8:50 p.m.

As the sexual assault allegation makes national news, a witness recounted the precautions she and her friends took to protect themselves.

People enter and exit the office building at 55 E. Monroe St., where the Chicago Immigration Court is housed, on May 21, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Amid firings, individual immigration judges scrutinized by higher-ups on case management

October 14, 2026 at 3:45 p.m.

Recent changes show the federal government’s increasingly heavy hand in the operations of immigration courts in Chicago and beyond.

Chicago police officers keep watch at the CTA Green Line train station at Damen Avenue and Lake Street in Chicago, Friday. Oct. 9, 2026, following a fatal stabbing of a CTA employee Thursday, afternoon. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Kenwood man charged with murder in fatal Green Line stabbing of CTA janitor, Chicago police say

October 11, 2026 at 12:16 p.m.

A Kenwood man is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with Thursday’s fatal stabbing of a CTA janitor at the Damen Green Line station, according to police.

Chicago police officers keep watch at the Damen Green Line station on Oct. 9, 2026, following the fatal stabbing of a CTA employee the previous day. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Man in custody after Green Line janitor fatally stabbed, Chicago police say

October 9, 2026 at 4:22 p.m.

A Chicago Transit Authority janitor sustained multiple stab wounds to his neck at the Near West Side station in the 2000 block of West Lake Street.

Shawndel Brown, who owns a shop on the block and witnessed the attack, brings a balloon and stuffed animal to a memorial for 7-year-old Eddimar Hernandez-Chacon in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood, Oct. 5, 2026. Hernandez Chacon was stabbed to death Saturday while walking with her sister. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘It could have been anybody’: Chatham neighbors flock to show support for family of slain girl

October 6, 2026 at 4:18 p.m.

When Tashonda Porter first heard that 7-year-old Eddimar Hernandez Chacon had been stabbed to death on a busy South Side commercial strip, she thought of her own daughters.

Kezia Freeman leaves a stuffed animal and flowers at a memorial on Oct. 5, 2026, in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood where a 7-year-old girl was stabbed to death Saturday while walking with her sister. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Woman charged in ‘unprovoked’ stabbing death of 7-year-old girl

October 5, 2026 at 8:33 p.m.

Authorities have accused a 48-year-old woman of stabbing a 7-year-old girl to death, unprovoked, on Saturday morning.

Chicago police officers work near the scene where a 14-year-old boy was shot in the 6300 block of North Rockwell Street, Oct. 2, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Boy, 14, critically wounded in West Ridge shooting: police

October 2, 2026 at 4:44 p.m.

The boy was hit in the neck and taken to Lurie Children's Hospital in critical condition.

Chicago police Cmdr. Joseph Mark speaks with a federal immigration agent as they wait for a tow truck Aug. 24, 2026, in the 3200 block of South Wolcott Avenue in Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood after an earlier car collision. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Commander disciplined in ‘Blitz’ response moved out of patrol leadership

October 2, 2026 at 12:47 p.m.

Cmdr. Joseph Mark, who has overseen the Deering (9th) District since July 2024, will now lead the department's alternate response section.

Then-Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling chats with Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability Vice President Angel Rubi Navarijo as protesters disrupt the end of a CCPSA monthly meeting at Kelly College Preparatory High School on April 2, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

CPD oversight body beset with division over follow-up to Operation Midway Blitz

September 30, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The primary city agency mandated to act as a civilian-oriented check on Chicago police was divided as they sought accountability over Operation Midway Blitz.

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