The finalists are for the city's Office of Community Wellness and Safety, which houses programs that are meant to reduce and prevent violence.

LGBTQ+ youth in the United States lose a suicide lifeline due to federal cuts. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s “Press 3 Option” connected callers with counselors trained to support young LGBTQ+ ...

The city of Chicago is connecting more young people with work than it has in years. The mayor’s office recently announced ...

While city staff said the program had been a long time coming, the vote eerily came on the same night that a 14-year-old boy was injured in a shooting in ...

A new batch of complaints filed Tuesday include 107 new cases of alleged sexual abuse at Illinois Youth Centers and the Cook ...

CHICAGO — 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.

Another 107 people filed complaints Tuesday against the state for allegedly allowing rampant sexual abuse in Illinois ...

Columbia’s Office of Violence Prevention Advisory Committee met Tuesday for the second time, as city leaders and law enforcement work to build collaborative strategies to address violent crime. So far ...