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April 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Since Chicago topped 500 murders in 2012, followed by Hadiya Pendleton’s death in February, the city’s gun…
April 10, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama made a deeply personal entrance into the gun debate Wednesday...
April 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Late Tuesday evening, with 99 percent of precincts reporting, she lead Republican candidate Paul McKinley with 70…
April 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Since the Illinois Senate passed its same-sex marriage bill on Valentine’s Day, proponents and opponents of the…
April 9, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) - While Democrat Robin Kelly is widely expected to capture Tuesday's special election for former U.S. Rep. Jesse…
April 8, 2013
NBC Chicago - Chicago resident Janet Strickland was charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of armed…
April 8, 2013
NBC Chicago - The city of Chicago will reportedly pay a $55,000 settlement to a woman who claimed she was…
April 5, 2013
NBC Chicago - AmeriCorps on Thursday pulled two of its National Civilian Community Corps teams out of New Orleans following…
April 2, 2013
NBC Chicago - President Barack Obama on Tuesday endorsed Robin Kelly in the race to replace Jackson, who resigned from…
April 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Dubbed the deadliest city in America, Chicago showed signs of improvement through the first quarter of 2013,…
April 1, 2013
CHICAGO - Three months after Chicago notched the most murders in the nation, officials are touting a dramatic downturn in…
April 1, 2013
NBC News - Several teens were arrested after dozens of mob groups began attacking pedestrians on Chicago’s downtown Magnificent Mile…
April 1, 2013
NBC Chicago - Urban Prep Academy is continuing its record of success...
March 28, 2013
CHICAGO - As Chicago continues to struggle with gang violence, the city plans to bring in the big guns for…
March 27, 2013
NBC Chicago - Chicago rapper Chief Keef is proving to be a lightning rod in more ways than one.
March 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - As students of the third-largest school district in the nation enter their second day of spring break,…
March 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - While many 13-year-olds could have been tucked away in their beds early Thursday morning, at least one…
March 21, 2013
NBC Chicago - Seven people were injured in an overnight shooting at a record release party at a nightclub in…
March 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Six-month-old Jonylah Watkins laid lifeless in a pink dress as her parents saw her 3-foot casket close…
March 19, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) - A 6-month-old baby who was killed when a gunman fired at minivan in Chicago was on her…