Chicago teen fatally shot by cops
NBC Chicago - A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot late Sunday by a police officer, marking the third police-involved shooting in Chicago since Friday...
41 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
theGRIO REPORT - In one of the most violent weekends Chicago has seen since the temperature has risen, seven people were shot dead and at over 40 were wounded in incidents, police said...
Murder rate is down, but does Chicago feel safer?
theGRIO REPORT - This week, the nation’s third-largest city reached a milestone it hadn’t seen since the 1960s as murders dropped by 34 percent compared with the same time in 2012. ..
Woman reunites with 'fairy godmother' after 27 years
NBC Chicago - A mother of six traveled to Fort Worth to thank the woman who gave her a home when she was a young, pregnant immigrant with no money and no home nearly 30 years ago...
Gunman, aiming for mom's boyfriend, shoots 9-year-old
NBC Chicago - A 9-year-old boy remained in critical condition Thursday after he was shot in the chest while riding in a car with his mother on Chicago's South Side, officials said.
White supremacist gets 10 years for attack on black family
NBC Chicago - A federal judge has sentenced a suburban Chicago man to the maximum 10 years in prison for setting fire to the home of an African-American family that moved onto the street of his residence...
Chicago blues musician Piano C. Red dies
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago blues piano player Piano C. Red, who performed with Muddy Waters, B.B King, Fats Domino and Buddy Guy before being paralyzed in 2006, has died...
Chicago gang members: We deserve to be saved, keep hospital open
NBC Chicago - Gang members are among those flocking to save a South Side Chicago hospital that claims it could be forced to close for lack of funds...
Chicago teen killed when strangers crashed family party
NBC Chicago - An 18-year-old man was shot and killed in weekend violence that wounded at least 12 others across Chicago.
Hadiya Pendleton's sweet 16 party
NBC Chicago - Family and friends gathered Sunday night to celebrate what would have been the 16th birthday of Hadiya Pendleton, who was fatally shot in January...
