NNPA NEWSWIRE — Gunshots rang out in the hallway near the chambers, and windows were shattered throughout the building. An unidentified woman inside reportedly was shot...
John Byrne and Juan Perez Jr., THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE CHICAGO (The Chicago Tribune) — Hunger strike protesters trying to save a high school ratcheted up the...
CHICAGO (USA Today) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday sought to distance the Chicago Police Departmentfrom two ex-Chicago police officers who posed more than a decade ago for...
SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press SARA BURNETT, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Rahm Emanuel won re-election Tuesday as voters in Chicago’s first mayoral runoff decided that, despite...
DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A few years ago, violence on Chicago streets thrust a recently elected mayor into the national spotlight as shootouts...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist Why is Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a neck and neck run-off for re-election? He enjoys national press attention,...
(Politico) – A runoff that was expected to be a slam dunk for Rahm Emanuel is turning out to be uncomfortably — even dangerously —...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel just got spanked. Despite a campaign war chest of more than $15 million and the support of...
SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel failed to capture a majority of the vote Tuesday in his bid for a second...
(Politico) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel touts his education reform agenda as one of his greatest achievements as he campaigns for reelection. It may also...
Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Citizen Founder of Armed Citizen Project Kyle ACP Coplen is preparing to establish a headquarters in Chicago and arm...
Special to the NNPA from the Chicago Defender Urban Prep Academy co-founder Tim King, second left, was joined by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, right, on Thursday, March...
[ABC News] The city of Chicago has seen an almost 25 percent increase in homicides in 2012, leading to the highest homicide rate there in years....