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Harold Richardson, from left, Vincent Thames, Terrill Swift and Michael Saunders were convicted of a 1994 rape and murder but later were cleared. The City Council easily approved a $31 million payment Wednesday to four African-American men whose murder and rape convictions were overturned...

Prices in city’s high-end suburbs have fallen, but agents insist it’s unrelated to rising crime rate Chicago’s lakeside Hugo Cox DECEMBER 14, 2017 Financial Times Crime in Chicago is a popular topic for Donald Trump. In January, the US president promised, via Twitter, to “send in the Feds”...

ehh, one did. Besides community service probation will also be had.

It has been 30 years since Chicago bid farewell to the mayor who broke the Democratic machine and became a beacon of hope for thousands. In remembering the man and the moment, those close to him reveal how keenly his loss is still felt. A police officer outside the mayor’s office wipes away...

The six photographers in the Black Chicago exhibition cover the period from 1940 to the present. None has followed the same path and none has the same way of looking at things. Each one presents a different image of the African-American community, who came to Chicago from the Deep South with the...

Why Chicago area residents pay millions for water that never reaches their taps By Patrick M. O'Connell, Cecilia Reyes, Ted Gregory and Angela Caputo PUBLISHED: OCT. 25, 2017 Steve Smiley points to a steady flow of water pouring into a playground in west suburban Maywood, convinced he knows...

Why our water rates are surging – and why black and poor suburbs pay more By Ted Gregory, Cecilia Reyes, Patrick M. O'Connell and Angela Caputo PUBLISHED: OCT. 25, 2017 Lake Michigan water rates have been surging throughout the Chicago region in recent years, squeezing low-income residents and...

“On what should have been one of the happiest days of his life, plaintiff Joseph Baskins was instead subjected to a nightmare that would last three years,” An Illinois man claims three intoxicated, on-duty Chicago cops made racist comments and attacked him and his fiancée in a City Hall...

The Panthers and The Bears enter Week 7 trending in opposite directions. The Bears are coming off a rare victory against the Ravens, while Carolina is hoping to bounce back from a home loss against the high flying Eagles. The Bears will be hoping to continue their winning ways behind the Rookie...

The newsreel won't embed: http://cbsloc.al/2wvF0FI New census statistics show the Hispanic population grew by 17,000 in a one-year period. For the first time, Hispanics are the second-largest ethnic group in the city. Meanwhile, the African-American population is shrinking, with 42,000 moving...

As he mulls a third term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has collected $3.1 million in high-dollar contributions. Nearly 70 percent has come from donors who have benefited from actions at City Hall. As Mayor Rahm Emanuel ramps up his campaign fundraising toward a possible third term, he continues to rely...

What kind of world do we live in :mindblown: Here's the video of her so-called "BEST FRIEND".

A Chicago Public Schools teacher has been charged with dealing ammunition and gun accessories — and is accused of trying to buy handguns for a felon who was secretly working for the feds, authorities announced Wednesday. The teacher was identified as Brent Turpin, 53, an Englewood elementary...

:lawd: I been a fan since he dropped The Bible mixtape a couple years ago, his delivery was kinda weak but his flow lyrics and beat selection was always dope. I just heard this the other day though and he stepped his delivery up, his new shyt is fire :dj2: Definitely one of the best young...

Fukking Animals in Chicago:mjpls: Man held in Chinese scholar's kidnapping was grad student at U of I Yingying Zhang was about a month into a yearlong appointment at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign when she disappeared June 9, 2017.

Spending so much time listening to regional hip-hop, it's funny how hood culture is for the most part the same but there are a few things that different regions have very different perspectives on. Like in Detroit/New Orleans rap being a "shooter" isn't really a big part of their rap versus...

Trump's main man in Chicago --who aint actually from Chicago-- hit us hard with the "top gang thugs" qoutable and the legendary "lower that body count" :banderas: Pastor Scott had been having a hard time, because he owed Ghandi like $500,000+ in back rent: :mjlol: He was paying his rent...

Lil Marcuz is dude that pulled up on kyyngg. He's a Chicago rapper/ singer. He's JoJo world.

Teen charged in 4 murders at Chicago fast food restaurant So allegedly the suspects dad got killed, and in less than 24 hours ol boy finds 4 of the dudes who was involved and murks them all at once :damn: Boy is 19:damn::snoop: And then they saying some pregnant lady and her man got killed later...

That time again brehs :smugfavre: Tickets | WWE NXT TakeOver: Chicago - Rosemont, IL at Ticketmaster "The Messiah of The Backbreaker" Roderick Strong vs Eric Young WWE United Kingdom Championship Match Tyler Bate (c) vs "The Bruiserweight" Pete Dunne NXT Tag Team Championship...