Monday, January 19, 2026

Search results for keyword: Crime found in 936 News.

crime
  • by david hall
Murder on South Side leads to racketeering charge for purported Rack City gang members

Rack City, a faction of the Black P Stone Nation also known as the Racketeers, claims territory around West 93rd and South Halsted streets. For years, they’ve been in a violent rivalry with a Gangster Disciples faction known as the Princeton Park GDs, authorities say.

education
  • by david hall
120 Chicago public schools could lose after-school programs this summer

Illinois mistakenly overspent its latest round of funding and will run out of money for hundreds of programs that serve about 15,000 kids in Chicago. The programs' advocates encourage state lawmakers to intervene.

police-reform
  • by david hall
Police must 'not lose focus' on reform as Democratic Convention nears, former federal prosecutor warns

The police department’s troubled response to the protests and unrest in the summer of 2020 looms over preparations for the convention in August.

news
  • by david hall
Person fatally struck by Metra train in suburban Bartlett

About 5:20 a.m., Metra reported "extensive delays due to a pedestrian incident." The person struck died due to their injuries, according to Bartlett police.