South Side

Burns, Pfleger, Emanuel and Lee on Chiraq The sides weigh in about Spike Lee's  plans to call his next movie “Chiraq” — an urbane depiction of Black-on-Black...

CHICAGO (WLS) --Founded on May 5, 1905, by Robert Sengstacke Abbott, the Chicago Defender was a platform to denounce racism experienced by African Americans."His...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has chosen his hometown of Chicago to host his future presidential library, two individuals with knowledge of the...

A great deal of the attraction to the Windy City centers around the restaurants and nightlife culture. In the African American community, a long...

Soon Chicagoans and tourists will be able to visit six museums, all in the same day, and without having to worry about parking. A free...

A 23-year-old man has been charged in connection with a police-involved shooting. Neven Woods, of the 8900 block of S. Cottage Grove Ave., has been charged...

A third suspect has been arrested in the grisly murder of Jose Reyes, the Chicago man who went missing in May and whose dismembered body was discovered in a South Side backyard this weekend. Milton Miranda was arrested in Morristown, New Jersey on Saturday for aggravated assault, assault and possession of a weapon, the Star-Ledger reports. Miranda ...

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Jesse Owens spent much of his post-Olympic life in Chicago. As Chicago Public Schools endures a PR nightmare over parent protests, "safe passage" violence and budget woes, the...

Four people were wounded Monday afternoon and evening in separate shootings on the South Side. About 6:50 p.m., a 23-year-old man was shot...