TOM SCHUBA: Becoming a father during the pandemic has changed my outlook toward covering public safety particularly when crimes involve young children. So when a woman was accused of drowning her nephew, a sense of doom stuck with me.
Amid the soaring number of shootings and murders in Cook County over the past two years, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said her prosecutors won’t “cut corners” because of pressure to tamp down crime.
Newly obtained emails shed light on the frustration of some members of the Chicago Police Department after a suspect in a high-profile murder case was released,.
In a city where street violence has once again become common, it was still shocking front page news. In just 10 months, more than 20 New York City children have been victims of gun violence, doubling data from the same time period just two years ago, according to the New York City Police Department. The […]