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On Monday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot stressed the need for parental accountability when it comes to young people staying off the streets late at night and adhering to the city’s curfew.

Moderate Democrats in Springfield are pushing a new bill to keep more police officers on the job, but Republicans aren't buying it.

One person was killed and a 16-year-old boy was among 17 others wounded in shootings in Chicago from over the weekend. Mayor Lightfoot addresses the situation.

One person was killed and a 16-year-old boy was among 17 others wounded in shootings in Chicago from over the weekend. Mayor Lightfoot addresses the situation.

One person was killed and a 16-year-old boy was among 17 others wounded in shootings in Chicago from over the weekend. Mayor Lightfoot addresses the situation.

One person was killed and a 16-year-old boy was among 17 others wounded in shootings in Chicago from over the weekend. Mayor Lightfoot addresses the situation.

“There are too many young people in this room that feel unloved, and we need to change that if we are going to change the trajectory of their lives,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.

Chicago’s murder total last year surged to levels not seen in a quarter-century, but embattled police Supt. David Brown has frequently noted a positive data point amid the spike in violence: His department “cleared” more murder cases in 2021 than in any other year in nearly two decades.

"Now she feels what every other citizen within the north side, the west side, south side and downtown is feeling… since she's been in office that hey, crime is here," Thornton said. "Now she has her own secret little patrol on top of her regular detail patrolling her house."

A Chicago police officer was injured and two people were arrested after a shootout and barricade situation Thursday morning in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.