Former Sec. of Education Arne Duncan takes new job in Chicago to help high school dropouts. He plans to create a program to teach them job skills to escape gang life.
Racial slurs heard over the Chicago Police Department's radio scanner may have come from sources outside the department, DNA Info Chicago reports.
A 16-year-old boy who vowed that athletics would be his path out of Chicago and away from its rampant violence was shot and killed Sunday evening in front of his home. Andre Taylor, a multi-sport athlete at Percy Julian High School, was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the forehead on his front lawn of his home on the city's embattled South Side, DNAInfo Chicago reports.
The man himself says he's going to drop not one, but three albums a year moving forward.
Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law William Balfour who was convicted of killing her mother, brother and nephew has spoken out for the first time since he was sentenced to life in prison in 2012.
Parents of former Little League baseball players from the Jackie Robinson West team in Chicago have sued multiple parties over scrutiny their children faced after they were stripped of their national title two years ago.
Vic Mensa is riding the high wave after playing some of his music during Kanye West‘s Yeezy Season 3 fashion show. Mensa is letting the whole world hear the track that he previewed at Madison Square Garden, entitled “Danger.” The party track is produced by Papi Beatz and channels Chicago drill mixed with a bit of […]
Matthew Williams, a young and vibrant activist who called for peace and justice in Chicago, was shot and killed on Saturday while inside a friend's apartment.
Thanks to her previous history with the law, a Chicago grandmother faces a minimum of six years in jail for allegedly kicking a police officer during a dispute.
An entire family of six was found dead in their Chicago-area home this week, including 10 and 13-year-old boys, The Chicago Tribune reports.
A jury deliberated for just over two hours Saturday, finding 27-year-old Donnell Flora guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery in the death of Endia Martin.
The officer who shot and killed Chicago teen Quintonio LeGrier is planning to file a lawsuit against the estate of LeGrier.
