The crime numbers are shaping up to be the story of the summer in the city. Through this past weekend, homicides are down 30% from the same time period last year in Chicago.

MADISON, Ill. — Investigators have activated the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis after first responders found a man's body in an Illinois intersection.

At about 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Madison officers responded to a shots fired call and found a man laying dead in the intersection of Washington and Wayne Lanter avenues in Madison.

On Feb. 5, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a relatively terse 23-page complaint accusing the combined governments and officials of violating the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit alleged the "so-called" sanctuary policies at issue provide non-citizens "safe havens from federal law enforcement detection."

Data has not determined the impact of cashless bail on crime rates. But experts say it is incorrect to claim that there is an adverse connection.