The 26th Ward went five months without a single murder earlier this year, and some parts of the city may hope to copy that ...

Police on Thursday were calling justified the early morning fatal shooting of a 17-year-old youth, who they said fired several rounds from a Tech-9 semiautomatic weapon at a Chicago officer in the … ...

Rios eventually ended up in a Humboldt Park gang. Several felony convictions led to short prison terms. “When I got in my late 20s and I started noticing that I ain’t getting no pension, ...

A reputed high-ranking gang member was shot to death Thursday night in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, according to Chicago police. Anthony Sipp, 39, was inside a car in the 3600 block of West ...

Unlike his predecessors, however, McCarthy says he isn't simply flooding hotspots for a few days or weeks. He vows to keep up the pressure on the city's most ruthless gangs long-term. More than 40 ...

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th) said the key to reducing violence is the involvement some who might not otherwise be invited to ...

Chicago police made a major gang bust this week on the city's northwest side. Ten suspected Latin King gang members were arrested on the 1600 block of North Spaulding Avenue in the Humboldt Park ...

Humboldt Park occupies 207 acres of green space west of downtown. While families feel safe in the park, many worry about the gang-ridden blocks nearby. Deborah Ward walks her dog once a day on a ...

‘Lil Neil had survived two shootings. But he was about to get shot again. The 32-year-old West Humboldt Park man burglarized an apartment in another part of the West Side, known as K-Town.

Joseph Thrane was in a black Saturn SUV with fellow Latin Kings flashing gang signs before he gunned down Ruben Feliciano in the Humboldt Park neighborhood May 24, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

It's an aging, one-time homeless shelter in Humboldt Park. ... "It was bad 20 years ago with the gang infestation. Now it's a quiet nice neighborhood," said Barajas.