As Highland Park High School students head back to class Wednesday for the 2023-24 school year, a new "weapons detection system" will be in place across the building at certain entrances, officials ...

A suspected gunman climbed a fire escape, positioned himself on a roof above a Fourth of July parade and fired more than 70 rounds from a high-powered rifle. In April 2019, police in Highland Park, ...

It's been almost two months since Kimberly Rubio's 10-year-old daughter Lexi was killed along with 18 other children and two teachers in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, ...

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- The Highland Park City Council passed a resolution calling for the state and federal governments to ban all semi-automatic weapons, high-capacity ammunition cartridges and ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The mayor of Highland Park, Illinois, where a gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July parade, testified before Congress Wednesday to call for a ban on assault weapons. Nancy ...

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Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering met with Attorney General Merrick Garland this week as she pushes for a nationwide ban on assault-style weapons. The meeting came during what was her second recent ...

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The following items were taken from Highland Park police department and Lake County court clerk reports, news releases and records. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Rommel Rios, 27, ...

Hundreds of people, including survivors of the Highland Park Fourth of July Parade shooting, marched at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to pressure legislators to enact a federal ban on assault weapons.