Two Chicago Tribune staffers spent the 4th of July weekend with a close-up view of Chicago's escalating gun violence.
Tribune reporter Peter Nickeas and photographer E. Jason Wambsgans...
As of late, many people have weighed in on the gang violence in Chicago. We are under a microscope (after all we are Obama's hometown), to make it even more interesting our Mayor was his former Chief of Staff -- Rahm Emanuel. Our city has become an emblem for liberalism, a favorite for the media to focus on. And what do they write about? Gangs of ...
CHICAGO — Lawyers for Rod Blagojevich filed an appeal just before a midnight deadline Monday that challenges the imprisoned former Illinois governor's corruption conviction and 14-year prison term, including on grounds the trial judge allegedly committed a litany of errors. The 100-plus page filing with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in ...
CHICAGO -- This city, where violent street gangs shoot it out dozens of times a week despite some of the nation's toughest restrictions on guns, now faces a new challenge: Well-meaning citizens with the legal right to hit the streets with loaded firearms, whenever they want. As Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn mulls whether to sign off on eliminating the the country's last concealed carry ban, the question in Chicago is whether it will matter in the crime-weary city. Will a place that long had some of the nation's tightest restrictions on handguns be more at risk? Or will it be safer with a law that can only add to the number of guns already on the street? ...
