Police Supt. Larry Snelling: ‘Once you know it’s time to go, then it’s time to move on’ www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/14/l...

We spoke with sex workers in the city's red light district and rode along as sheriff's police targeted prospective johns near Midway Airport. Our story on the state of prostitution and sex trafficking enforcement in the Chicago area: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/13/l...

Pierce-Sherrod’s five adult children point to a still-contested “will” that, they say, makes clear their mother’s final wishes. Her widower, represented by former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, argues that the will is fake.

NEW: Six months after the death of Harold’s Chicken Shack CEO Kristen Pierce-Sherrod, the question remains: Who owns the iconic Chicago restaurant brand? The future of Harold’s Chicken Shack empire may soon be determined by a Will County probate judge. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/09/h...

Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling has announced his retirement, effective July 15 www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/01/l...

Almost a year after a deadly mass shooting at her album release party, rapper Mello Buckzz faces gun charge www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/22/m...

JUST IN: The Tribune has obtained video of an undercover ATF-led sting that led to two suspects being shot in Country Club Hills. Charges were abruptly dropped after the footage contradicted a sworn complaint by federal agents www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/19/c... @samjcharles.bsky.social

Federal charges were dropped against 3 men accused of robbing undercover agents during a gun sale in Country Club Hills — which ended with two suspects being shot — after videos surfaced that called the law enforcement account into question. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/19/c...

A business formerly tied to a small funeral parlor on the Northwest Side was improperly awarded a city contract last year worth millions of dollars to transport bodies for the Chicago Police Department, a newly filed lawsuit alleges. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/14/c...

A pretty cool day at the office. Chicago Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/04/p...

Police Superintendent Larry Snelling defends CPD’s response to ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ during heated forum www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/03/p...

With a voluminous, years-in-the-making study of the Chicago Police Department’s officer deployment methods finished, CPD must now decide which changes to enact first in its effort to more effectively respond to emergencies across the city. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/01/n...

The end may be near in the yearslong legal saga stemming from a bizarre shooting in the bleachers during a White Sox home game in August 2023. But more than two years after the shooting, the central question remains: Where did the gunfire originate? www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/25/w...

A Skokie woman said ICE detained her for nearly 48 hours after landing at O’Hare. But is it true? www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/11/o...

CPD residential searches fell sharply after the 2019 Anjanette Young raid. Superintendent Larry Snelling said today that, with a new policy set to take effect this year, residential search warrants will soon increase. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/10/s...

CPD residential searches fell sharply after the 2019 Anjanette Young raid. Superintendent Larry Snelling said today that, with a new policy set to take effect this year, residential search warrants will soon increase. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/10/s...

Judge denies expungement in former CPD officer’s murder case www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/09/j...

A Chicago Police officer previously shot in the line of duty — who publicly rebuked his former union — has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city, alleging that he was kept from joining the police department’s SWAT unit because he is Black. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/05/c...

Charged, acquitted and sued, former CPD Officer Pierre Tyler now seeks expungement in murder case chicagotribune.com/2026/02/26/c...

NEW: The Chicago police officers involved in the March 2024 shooting of Dexter Reed were largely cleared of wrongdoing by investigators with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, city records show. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/o...

A federal judge has dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a veteran police misconduct investigator against the city and the former chief administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability who resigned last year. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/04/j...

Records reviewed by the Tribune show the April 2, 2019, murder of Jiaerra Harris was the first of at least 5 intertwined shootings that involved gang conflict, a deadly attempted carjacking downtown, a mass shooting at a subsequent memorial and the murders of two witnesses.

The Chicago Police Department's homicide clearance rate reached 71% last year, its highest mark in more than a decade. This story is about how one of CPD's most effective investigators cleared a 2019 cold case tied to at least 4 other shootings. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/30/o...

Records reviewed by the Tribune show the April 2, 2019, murder of Jiaerra Harris was the first of at least 5 intertwined shootings that involved gang conflict, a deadly attempted carjacking downtown, a mass shooting at a subsequent memorial and the murders of two witnesses.

The Chicago Police Department's homicide clearance rate reached 71% last year, its highest mark in more than a decade. This story is about how one of CPD's most effective investigators cleared a 2019 cold case tied to at least 4 other shootings. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/30/o...

BREAKING: Jury acquits Chicago man accused of soliciting murder of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino

Seven people were shot and killed across the city in less than 18 hours on Sunday. City violence data shows it was just the fourth January day to see at least seven murders since 1991.

Despite cold, Chicago matches rare January mark with seven homicides in a single day www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/c...

Sorry, the explainer is dead www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/sorr...

This week, the city’s Office of Inspector General published an interactive data portal that allows anyone to see which CPD officers are most often accused of misconduct and identifies which other officers faced accusations related to the same incident. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/15/c...

Chicago Police officials this week said more civilian investigators will join the department’s Bureau of Internal Affairs as the office works to finish investigations more quickly and decrease its backlog of pending cases. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/c...

Chicago and Cook County saw another steep decline in fatal opioid overdoses last year, records show, four years after a recent peak in such cases during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/07/o...

Federal and state prosecutors now say a single gang faction on Chicago’s South Side committed 14 murders and shot at least 18 other people in just two years as part of a brazen crime spree meant to tighten the group’s grip on the West Chatham neighborhood. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/03/p...

Chicago violence continued to plummet in 2025 despite high-profile crimes www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/29/2...

“Privately made firearms” are now the sixth most common make of gun recovered by CPD, topped only by familiar brands such as Glock, Taurus, Smith & Wesson, Sturm & Ruger and Springfield.

Chicago Police, once again, recovered about 1,000 guns each month in 2025. Among them: hundreds of untraceable 'privately made firearms' — ghost guns www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/22/c...

Four Corner Hustlers boss Labar Spann convicted — again — of racketeering and murder www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/g...

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Number of unresolved CPD discipline cases crawls toward 500 during court fight www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...

The Chicago Police Department on Friday released 13 heavily redacted body camera videos depicting the initial response to a crash and shooting in Brighton Park involving federal immigration agents that ended in tear gas. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/c...

Two Chicago police officers who started a drunken daytime brawl at a Wrigleyville pizza restaurant in 2019 reached settlement agreements with the city that allowed them to keep their jobs after each served a one-year suspension. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/2...

Two Chicago police officers who started a drunken daytime brawl at a Wrigleyville pizza restaurant in 2019 reached settlement agreements with the city that allowed them to keep their jobs after each served a one-year suspension. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/2...

A CPD sergeant has filed a federal lawsuit against the city — seeking class status to represent scores of CPD officers — alleging CPD’s internal affairs improperly pauses investigations when the same allegations are raised in litigation www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/c...

‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling on Wednesday said the use of tear gas by federal immigration agents has lessened after he spoke with leaders from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/t...

911 calls in Chicago are down sharply over the last two months since the start of "Operation Midway Blitz" The decline is largest in Little Village www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/9...

Nanci Koschman, long-grieving mother, dies 21 years after her son was killed by Mayor Daley's nephew chicago.suntimes.com/koschman/202...

‘Not how any of us want to live’: Judge orders Border Control Cmdr. Gregory Bovino to appear in court every day to report any immigration enforcement incidents www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/j...

Eight years after he was acquitted of a murder charge, a South Side drill rapper with close ties to Chicago musician Lil Durk was shot to death in Little Village over the weekend. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/t...

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino accused of violating judge’s order by throwing tear gas at crowd in Little Village Thursday www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/f...