Councilman Randy Niemeyer believes Lake County's 1.5% income tax rate could be reduced to 0.5% or less as soon as 2028 with little impact to government services.

The July Fourth weekend gave Chicagoans some reason for encouragement on violent crime. And some reason for despair.

A violent Independence Day weekend has Chicagoans worried about violent crime, but it was a spike and not a trend. Crime is ...

Despite horrific crime scenes like the deadly mass shooting in River North last week, violent crime is down in Chicago ...

Data tracked by CBS News Chicago shows aggravated assaults, aggravated batteries, arsons, burglaries, motor vehicle thefts, ...

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by ...

The first two years of NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race were accented by rain, but maybe the third edition will be a charm for ...

Can a club shut down following a shooting that takes a life reopen gradually months later this time as a BYOB “restaurant”?

Fourteen people were injured and four were killed in a drive-by shooting outside a lounge in Chicago's River North ...

People in some areas of the U.S. may want to stock up on their own sparklers, Roman candles and fountains, because the ...

The University of Chicago Crime Lab's Policing Leadership Academy tackles some serious topics like how to make data-driven decisions or how to help officers handle on-the-job trauma. But for one ...