The Illinois childhood home of Fred Hampton, the iconic Black Panther Party leader who was fatally shot during a 1969 police raid at his apartment, has...
An appellate court judge has agreed with Jussie Smollett's lawyers and granted the actor's release while he appeals his sentence.
In a video posted to Jussie Smollett's Instagram page, Jocqui revealed that his brother is being held in the psychiatric ward in the Cook County jail.
Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in Cook County Jail.
Chicago police is seeking the public's help in finding missing 11-year-old Laila Weaver who was last seen on Saturday.
Kierra Coles is a postal worker who was about three months pregnant when she went missing on Chicago's South side on October 2, 2018.
Melvin Van Peebles, the pioneering African-American auteur behind the 1970s films Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, has died.
Suzzanne Douglas, a legendary actress who spent decades captivating audiences with iconic roles, has passed away.
Brenda Myers-Powell was pimped out, left for dead, then survived to fight for other girls.
A shooting in Chicago has claimed the life of a 7-year-old girl and seriously injured her father.
