Christopher Roundtree’s murderer may get away because people won’t speak up. The shooter gunned down the…
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Organization gives Chicago failing grade for efforts to end youth violence
On Feb. 5, The Black Star Project, a community group dedicated to improving the lives…
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Users reflect on benefits, harm of illegal drugs
“To feel something different.” That is how four illegal drug users described their aim when…
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Firearms Working Group to help craft concealed carry law in Illinois
Illinois Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon announced the members of her new bipartisan Firearms Working Group on…
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Beware of Cell Phone Snatches in South Loop
The 1st District Police have issues an alert about a rash of cellphone snatches in…
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Chicago suffers deadliest January in more than a decade
This month has been the deadliest January in Chicago since 2002, a year that ended…
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Sexual Assaults in South Loop
A 56-year-old woman was sexually assaulted and held up at gunpoint outside her South Loop…
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Update for reporters, activists on youth violence in Chicago
Many of our readers are reporters or people who are engaged in work in their…