Just when you think you’ve seen it all! A catering cart at Chicago’s O’Hare airport spins out of control while workers try to stop it. How does this even happen?! Details please! lol Thank goodness everyone is okay. Kudos to the man who stopped the cart dead in its tracks. Check out the crazy footage […]

Just when you thought we could put a end to the Jussie Smollett case it looks like the Chicago Police aren’t done just yet. Chicago PD has now released documents regrading Jussie’s text message history. The messages show that he did have contact with the two Nigerian brothers and was looking for drugs from them. […]

Chicago's hometown hero, Chance The Rapper, led thousands to an early voting site on Monday evening after his "Parade To The Polls" concert.

A fired Chicago law clerk explained why she pretended to be a real judge. She's not allowing the controversy and possible criminal charges to get in the way of her campaign for judge.

Chicago public schools announced a record high graduation rate. The teachers union applauded the students, community organizations, and educators for more than a decade of hard work.

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Chicago's murder rate has spiked to a 20-year high and one city alderman blames it on residents speaking out against injustice.

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August 2016 was Chicago’s deadliest month in nearly two decades, leaving the city’s streets riddled with shell casings and bloodshed from mostly African-American bodies.  According to the Chicago Police Department’s crime statistics, an astonishing 474 people were victims of homicide in 2016. In August alone, there were 92 deaths, a number slightly lower than July 1993 […]

Chicago South Side educators are using innovative methods to reach their students. Winning a social entrepreneur award has opened new doors for PilotEd.

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Dwyane Wade‘s cousin was shot and killed in Chicago Friday afternoon while pushing her 3-week-old baby girl in a stroller on the city’s South Side, reports the New York Daily News, precipitating the latest outcry against gun violence in a city wracked by violence. https://twitter.com/Robin42CD/status/769528602895396864 Nykea Aldridge, 32, a mother of four, was gunned down as she walked to […]

For Chicago-born and bred basketball star, Dwyane Wade, the violence in his city is a constant source of sadness.

In solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter and #StopTheViolence, Chicago rapper King Yella was shot during his video shoot yesterday.

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Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson is recommending that seven police officers be fired for filing false reports in the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald. The city’s inspector general and outside counsel also reviewed reports, along with videos and other evidence, and found that the officers involved violated Rule 14 of the Chicago Police Department’s Rules […]