John Jones, Fayetteville's first Office of Community Safety director, sat down with the Observer to talk about his goals for ...

IMPD Chief Chris Bailey appeared in a video post Friday afternoon on X, once again calling for parents to step up.

Indianapolis city councilors face several challenges, including a proposal to strengthen the youth curfew, and calls for leadership change.

Can a club shut down following a shooting that takes a life reopen gradually months later this time as a BYOB “restaurant”? The answer in Chicago is a resounding yes, and the cost has been horrific.

Data shows the city has seen 43 homicides in the first half of 2025 — a 19% drop compared to the same period last year.

Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers, attorneys representing more than 900 survivors who have filed lawsuits said Wednesday.

Opinion by Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk after attending U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida: “Now more ...

A new master’s program will train Philadelphia Police Department officers to be better managers and innovate department-wide ...

A 9-year-old Koabie Mincey happened by his mother’s window in Newark one afternoon in the summer of 2008. What he saw beyond the walnut brown shade and black fire escape shook him. So much so, it ...

• It is not intersectionality. It is anti-intersectionality, because it erases every other war survivor who isn’t Palestinian ...

Since late April, nearly 10 major crimes involving guns have taken lives and injured dozens across the Grand Strand and Pee Dee, raising questions about adequate ...

Authorities say Manuel Quintero is a notorious Mexican Mafia figure nicknamed Snuffy long suspected of running rackets for the prison-based syndicate. The latest case against him involves an alleged ...