A Chicago police officer shot a man during an “armed encounter” in the Austin neighborhood early Saturday morning, according to authorities. The shooting happened about 3 a.m. in the 5200 block of West Ohio Street, in an alley south of Ohio Street and east of Lockwood Avenue. Police responded...

Bond was set at $100,000 for a man connected to two major police incidents Wednesday, including a fatal shooting of a woman by police in Gurnee. Jordan Huff, 37, of Antioch Township, faces felony charges of aggravated fleeing and eluding and criminal damage to state property, and misdemeanor...

An Indiana middle school student armed with two handguns opened fire inside his science classroom Friday, authorities said, wounding a classmate and a teacher whose swift intervention was credited with saving lives. The shooter, who had asked to be dismissed from the class before returning...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to build a new $95 million police and fire academy hit a speed bump this week when aldermen delayed approval of using $20 million from the sale of city-owned land for part of the cost of the academy. The City Council reconvened Friday to vote on the proposal...

At least two people have been killed and three people have been wounded in shootings since the Memorial Day weekend began Friday afternoon, Chicago police said. Most recently, officers responding to a call about a person down about 1:25 a.m. Saturday in West Englewood found a man facedown in...

Housing segregation in the Chicago area continued its gradual decline between 2009 and 2016, a new study shows. A study released Thursday by Apartment List, a website devoted to apartment listings, painted a picture of a metro area that remains significantly segregated but slowly is becoming...