Patrick Elwood

1 week ago | wgntv.com | Patrick Elwood |Alonzo Small

CHICAGO (WGN) — In the heart of Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood, at 79th and Sangamon, you’ll find Leo High School, where the past and present are intersecting to make a better future for students attending the educational institution now in its 99th year. The 2025 Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Fair aims to help Leo Lions like sophomores Asa Harris and Justin Hunt consider the possibilities of entrepreneurship and more.

2 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Patrick Elwood

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling introduced a new strategic plan Monday that includes his vision of CPD in 2025. To the superintendent, who has been a police officer for 33 years, his vision of successful modern policing begins and ends with regular, ongoing training for everyone on the job, including himself. “My objective since I got here is the top-down effect. It starts with me,” he said.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Patrick Elwood

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling introduced a new strategic plan Monday that includes his vision of CPD in 2025. The Chicago Police Department Strategy for Organizational Excellence is a 59-page how-to manual based on best practices gathered from law enforcement across the country. It is also very Chicago-centric.

2 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Patrick Elwood |Lourdes Duarte

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago Police Department has used gun buybacks to get thousands of firearms off the street, but at least two of them have resurfaced at crime scenes, a joint investigation between the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Sun-Times found. One high profile case involved a Glock that was turned in at a St. Sabina Church event in 2023.

3 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Patrick Elwood

Posted: Mar 28, 2025 / 11:18 AM CDT Updated: Mar 28, 2025 / 11:18 AM CDT CHICAGO — At Lane Tech High School on the city’s north side, the future is now. Students are working toward their futures and one young man working for the betterment of all. Divine Favour Osuji is the 2025 National STEM Champion. STEM is short for science, technology, engineering and math.