"The notion of a lawless downtown Canton is baseless and statistically unfounded," Mayor William V. Sherer II said in a ...

Homicides and shootings are falling fast in Chicago, but experts say deeper change is needed to close the gap with safer big ...

No charges have been filed against the man seen in the video instigating the fight on the Red Line. But it is an example of a ...

What's changed? The make-up of the Legislature, and the absence of a lawmaker who previously held the bill up in committee.

Because of its large size, international border, and booming metropolitan areas, Texas has always been a crossroads—of ...

Black Chicagoans do not feel a drop in homicides and shootings — because violence remains in their neighborhoods.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 37-year-old man was shot during a robbery on Chicago's Northwest Side Tuesday night, Chicago police said.

High school classmates and a coach remembered Shane Tamura as a talented running back. Recently, though, he was apparently ...

The victims of one of a string of car break-ins in Chicago's southwest suburbs on Wednesday shared the scary incident that happened to him and his wife, and video of the armed thieves.

Police are searching for a man accused of following a woman down the street in Brookline, Massachusetts, and say the suspect ...

Shane Tamura was remembered by high school classmates and a coach as a talented running back. Recently, though, he was ...