Mayor Harold Washington is buried in a cemetery that was once for “whites only.” Protests and legislative fights desegregated ...

I am leading Project H.O.O.D. as it builds a center in Chicago to inspire change, offering programs in STEM, arts, and entrepreneurship for a brighter future for local youth.

Pastor Corey Brooks, Founder and Senior Pastor at New Beginnings Church of Chicago and the Founder and CEO of Project H.O.O.D, joins John Williams to talk about the progress he’s making in ...

As police were dispersing a late-night gathering of young people, a gunman drove by and opened fire on the crowd, Chicago ...

Black Lives Matter street murals appeared in cities across the U.S. following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna ...

Pfleger was assigned to lead St. Sabina Church in 1981, becoming the youngest pastor in the archdiocese. The Archdiocese of Chicago ... Officials of the Illinois Holocaust Museum also spoke ...

George Ryan's corruption case overshadowed a nationally historic move to halt the state’s death penalty and empty its Death Row amid concerns of widespread misconduct in capital cases.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A former South Side pastor and retired Chicago ... years-old she told two members of the church, including a minister, who notified Jones' wife. The church then allegedly put ...

CHICAGO — The body of a South Side ... Beard, an assistant pastor at New Israelite Missionary Baptist Church in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, was last seen June 2 in Joliet.

“We just lost an amazing man, a dedicated husband, an amazing father and an awesome man of God committed to his church,” said Rev. Chenier ... The Illinois State Police and Chicago Police ...

Illinois, according to the Chicago Police Department. Beard was the assistant pastor at New Israelite Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago. Rockdale crews search for the vehicle belonging to ...