Thieves smashed windows to break into multiple cars and steal their airbags overnight on Chicago's Northwest Side, police say.

A Chicago woman is speaking out after she says she was attacked in a downtown hate crime, describing a moment that has left her shaken and distrustful. For safety, she is identified only as Jada.

Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden faces fierce backlash after suggesting slain Loyola student Sheridan Gorman was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

A man was shot during an attempted robbery on Wednesday night in the West Rogers Park neighborhood.

The shooting death of an 18-year-old Loyola University student shows how much is at stake for Chicago universities in reducing violent crime.

A Saturday night hangout at Joliet's West Park turned into a crime scene when a 15-year-old boy was shot in the head and critically wounded, police said. A 14-year-old boy was also hurt in the same incident.

Chicago police are conducting a hate crime investigation after someone wrote a racist threat on the window of a Hyde Park theater run by Black women.

CHICAGO — With one month left in the year, Chicago is on track to have the lowest number of annual murders in more than a decade. Newly released crime numbers show 390 people were murdered through the end of November. That’s the lowest number since 2014.