A 44-year-old Illinois man by the name of Willie Bell has been charged with first-degree murder and concealment of a homicide.
A Chicago tech entrepreneur is set to launch a yelp-like app which surveys interactions with the police.
A mother was fatally shot in Chicago. Authorities said she was caught in the crossfire while standing outside with her 1-year-old daughter.
August 2016 was Chicago’s deadliest month in nearly two decades, leaving the city’s streets riddled with shell casings and bloodshed from mostly African-American bodies. According to the Chicago Police Department’s crime statistics, an astonishing 474 people were victims of homicide in 2016. In August alone, there were 92 deaths, a number slightly lower than July 1993 […]
Chicago South Side educators are using innovative methods to reach their students. Winning a social entrepreneur award has opened new doors for PilotEd.
Update: Two brothers have been charged in the shooting death of Nykea Aldridge (Dwayne Wade’s cousin) in Chicago. Check out the video below for the full story.
Yesterday, Nykea Aldridge (Dwayne Wade’s cousin) was fatally shot in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood South Side Chicago) as an incident bystander while pushing stroller. Aldridge was a mother of four.
Dwyane Wade‘s cousin was shot and killed in Chicago Friday afternoon while pushing her 3-week-old baby girl in a stroller on the city’s South Side, reports the New York Daily News, precipitating the latest outcry against gun violence in a city wracked by violence. https://twitter.com/Robin42CD/status/769528602895396864 Nykea Aldridge, 32, a mother of four, was gunned down as she walked to […]
For Chicago-born and bred basketball star, Dwyane Wade, the violence in his city is a constant source of sadness.
In solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter and #StopTheViolence, Chicago rapper King Yella was shot during his video shoot yesterday.
Tennis star Serena Williams has been eliminated from the 2016 Rio Olympics.
A boy, 10, was nearly killed in Chicago's deadliest day of gun violence in 13 years. Nineteen people were shot.
