Race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. enters home stretch
theGRIO REPORT - By the end of the day Tuesday, there will finally be a winner to one of the most contentious Congressional races happening in the country...
One victim's harrowing account of 'modern-day slavery'
NBC Chicago - Alex Campbell was an expert of the underground world of human trafficking, known familiarly as pimping and prostitution.
Chicago district disappointed in Jesse Jackson Jr.
CHICAGO (AP) - Residents in this swath of sprawling Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs have brimmed with loyalty to Jesse Jackson Jr. over the past 17 years, giving him an enthusiastic majority each election...
Jesse Jackson Jr.: 'I'm sorry I let them down'
NBC Chicago - Jesse Jackson Jr. sent a message back to Chicago as he left a federal courtroom Wednesday after pleading guilty to misusing campaign funds.
Rev. Jesse Jackson says son under medical supervision
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says his former congressman son is under strict medical supervision as he struggles with bipolar disorder 'compounded by the stresses' of his legal troubles...
2 questioned in death of teen whose sister attended Obama speech
CHICAGO - Police are questioning two men in the murder of an 18-year-old Chicago woman who was killed Friday in a north suburb, officials said Sunday...
Jackson Jr.'s downfall tied to objects
CHICAGO (AP) - For all the talk of Jesse Jackson Jr. aspiring to be a U.S. senator or mayor of the nation's third-largest city, his career wasn't ended by attempts to amass political power...
Toi Hutchinson exits race for Jackson's US House seat
CHICAGO (AP) - A well-known Illinois state senator dropped her bid Sunday for the U.S. House seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr., narrowing the field and consolidating key support behind another Democrat in a race where gun control has emerged as a central issue...
Woman killed same day sister sat behind Obama
CHICAGO (AP) - An 18-year-old Chicago woman was killed on the same day her sister sat on the stage behind President Barack Obama, listening to him push for gun control legislation...
Obama tackles gun violence during Chicago visit
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama returned home to Chicago Friday and as expected, gave a spirited discussion on the gun violence issue troubling the city...
