A federal jury found Labar Spann guilty of racketeering conspiracy, murders and extortion. Prosecutors said Spann helped lead a violent criminal operation on Chicago’s West Side for two decades. He ...

President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former Chicago gang kingpin Larry Hoover. Hoover was convicted of operating a criminal enterprise in the late 1990s while imprisoned on a murder ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang was convicted Monday of racketeering conspiracy, two murders in aid of racketeering and extortion, the U.S. Attorney's Office, ...

In this documentary, Jamali Maddix investigates a dramatic new era for Chicago’s infamous gang underworld. The gang leaders of old have been put in prison, throwing the streets into chaos of warring ...

A federal grand jury has indicted six alleged members of a South Side Chicago street gang, accusing them of running an operation that committed armed robberies and carjackings, murdered rivals, and ...

A federal grand jury has indicted six purported Chicago gang members for racketeering conspiracy, accusing the gang of involvement in 13 homicides as well as spates of other violence across the city ...

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When discussing the problems of violence in Chicago, people should focus beyond gangs, Mikki Kendall writes at The Toast. Kendall argues that the city “needs healing and access to resources and ...

CHICAGO — As Chicago enters the tail end of another explosive year for gun violence, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is trying to help quell the bloodshed by pushing an ordinance that allows the city to sue gang ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The new top enforcer for the Drug Enforcement Administration's Chicago Field Division spent more than 20 years on the front lines in the city battling cartel influence in the ...