State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke says Hoover, 75, took advantage of “misguided public policies and disinvestment” and ...

In a new South Side Chicago--based novel, former gang boss Harold "Noonie G" Ward explores the hard truth that leaving the block doesn't mean the block leaves you. CHICAGO, Jan. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ ...

President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, a former Chicago gang leader and drug kingpin serving a life sentence at a supermax prison in Colorado. The commutation, first reported by ...

In a wide-ranging exclusive TV interview with the ABC7 I-Team, Todd Smith revealed his priorities as the new leader of DEA ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood is home to the self-proclaimed “gangster gardener.” Edgar Florentino is using seeds as a path to redemption. He works along 48th and Seeley, a ...

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 ...

Before gangsters were glamorized by movies and myth, they were known (and feared) as shadowy figures carving out power in cities like Chicago and New York. From prohibition-era mobsters slinging ...