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Videos were released Tuesday of a deadly confrontation between Chicago police and a man who attacked them with a knife last month inside a South Side apartment.

GARFIELD PARK — A media outlet aimed at reshaping the narrative of Black Chicago has moved to the West Side, where it is opening a production studio this summer. The TRiiBE, an award-winning digital media outlet, last week opened its newsroom and headquarters in East Garfield Park. It will be accessible to TRiiBE...

Young people are scrambling, as Job Corps centers are shutting down in Chicago and across the country.

Chicago's Office of Inspector General says it has discovered problems with the city's Gun Offender Registry.

PILSEN — Pilsen neighbors and activists expressed a mixture of tension and concern one day after immigration agents made public arrests that witnesses and local leaders say were done without proper warrants. The arrests occurred about 8 a.m. Monday, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, as well as other...

WEST HUMBOLDT PARK — Nathaniel “Nate” Fejerang was known to his friends and family as a big teddy bear, always making people laugh and acting like the main character in the room, his girlfriend said. Chicago police shot and killed Fejerang, 19, Thursday on his block in...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A West Side crash that left a 25-year-old woman dead in late April is now being investigated as a homicide. Officers say the deadly crash, which claimed the life of 25-year-old Keyana Meeks, unfolded around 4:15 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, in the 1300 block of South Lawndale Avenue in North Lawndale....

For 64 of the 82 years Kaage's Newsstand has been around, Mike Kaage has been the man propped up in front from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. each day. Now, he says it's time to call it a day.

Chicago workers making minimum wage are set to get a raise starting next month.

In May 1963, an estimated 2,000 people marched to Oak Woods Cemetery on Chicago’s South Side. These protesters included Black undertakers and ministers, as well as NAACP officials. They carried signs: “No Jim Crow in Heaven.” “Discrimination in Life. Segregation in Death.”. In that era filled...