Auburn Gresham

A 13-year-old boy was hospitalized after sustaining two gunshot wounds to his back in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the city's South Side, police said. The teen was riding a bicycle with others on the 8600 block of South Aberdeen Street just after 7...

In an attempt to call attention to the city’s increasing violence, a coalition of Chicago clergy announced an effort Friday to gather 100,000 signatures on a petition to support legislation that would require gun owners statewide to register their...

Police arrested about two dozen people who barricaded themselves inside the Woodlawn Mental Health Clinic on the city's South Side to protest its planned closing. Of the 23 arrested, 12 were expected to be charged and 11 were released without charges,...

By Lacy Schley/MEDILL NEWS SERVICE Breast cancer deaths are higher in the most racially and economically segregated Chicago areas, especially those with the fewest healthcare …...

Gunshots were fired in the direction of Chicago police officers late this afternoon as they were breaking up a fight in the South Side's Auburn Gresham neighborhood, police said. No officers were hurt, and none of them returned fire. The officers...

A roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review (WTTW-Ch. 11) Host Joel Weisman with Tina Sfondeles, Chicago Sun-Times; Mike...

In a twist on Biblical symbolism, the flock welcomed the shepherd back into the fold today, as the Rev. Michael Pfleger returned to St. Sabina Catholic Church on Chicago’s South Side. Parishioners and visitors applauded his return as pastor and...