Four people have been charged in the Chicago mass shooting that left 13 wounded, including a 3-year-old boy who was shot in the head, according to Cook County prosecutors.
In the wake of last Thursday's Back of the Yards mass shooting, Gov. Quinn said he'd be willing to discuss using state resources to help put down Chicago gun violence.
Bulls stars Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah, as well as Mayor Rahm Emanuel stopped by a special basketball tournament bringing factions of the community together to make peace on the streets.
Police crime statistics show that the shooting in the Back of the Yards neighborhood that left 13 people injured Thursday night is unusual only because so many victims were shot at one time.
There is fear near the Dulles School of Excellence, a South Side community school where students and teachers are told to go home immediately after class because of neighborhood gang activity.
Chicago police are searching the area for a gunman after a man was shot in the head Saturday afternoon in the 1200 block of North Orleans in the Old Town neighborhood.
Six-year-old Keyontae Mayes, who was shot as he sat in a car with his family on the city's West Side, was released from the hospital Thursday after doctors removed a bullet from his shoulder.
Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Chicago) says there are not enough trauma centers in the city, so he's created a new bill to get more money to build them in the places that need it the most.
Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is encouraging law enforcement agencies across the country to use the federal government's resources to crackdown on gun violence.
A local artist has been changing the landscape in several Chicago neighborhoods by adding art in unlikely places -- and hopefully sparking conversations. It's part of a movement that hopes to evoke peace and offer a solution to help stop the violence.