A federal jury convicted six alleged leaders of the Hobos street gang of a racketeering conspiracy in the biggest gang trial in recent Chicago history. The verdicts followed a three-month trial of ...

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 ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 10, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. A crowd gathers outside of Schofield Co ...

This undated photo in a court filing provided by the United States Attorney’s office in Chicago, shows Paris Poe’s back tattoo that reads “The Earth Is Our Turf”, and Hobo. Poe is one of six ...

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 ...

A federal judge in Chicago will not permit prosecutors to present evidence of the alleged gang ties of a Chicago man charged with issuing a bounty for the killing of Border Patrol Commander Gregory ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seventh-grader Rene Guillen was on his way to a candy store with a group of friends who had just spent the day cleaning up their neighborhood when he was shot to death on the street. On Easter Sunday, ...

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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 ...