Data from the Chicago Police Department shows there were 25 homicides and 81 shootings across February, increases of 19% and ...

It was “improper” for the department led by Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson-Lowry to refuse to provide those records to ...

I use a lot of modern techniques without making it too intimidating," says Bar Bambi's Katie Renshaw, who has worked at many ...

Miten Patel, an ETHS government teacher, is the subject of one of five documentaries in the Firsthand: Democracy docuseries by WTTW, launching Monday. Credit: Teresa Crawford for WTTW Every day, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — For seven seasons, the people behind WTTW’s “Firsthand” documentary series have gathered to figure out what subject to ...

CHICAGO — For seven seasons, the people behind WTTW’s “Firsthand” documentary series have gathered to figure out what subject to focus their efforts. In previous years, executive producer Dan Protess ...

New docuseries explores the life, career, and ultimate downfall of Jeff Smith — a longtime staple of WTTW and a formative figure in Chicago public television. He was a big deal not only nationally in ...

CHICAGO — In his latest special for WTTW, Geoffrey Baer meets with a cross-section of workers around the city to get a behind-the-scenes look at what their jobs entail. “Chicago Works” tackles a ...

Chicago Works premieres Tuesday, December 9 at 7:00 pm on WTTW and streaming on the PBS app and at wttw.com/chicagoworks. One of the things I love about my job is ...

The consent decree was designed to correct the problems outlined by an investigation by the Justice Department — chiefly, that Chicago police were found to have routinely violated Black and Latino ...