“Historically, this area has been the dumping ground, not just for the state of Illinois, but for the whole Midwest,” said ...

Farming in the city is happening at Chicago's Altgeld Gardens on the city's Far South Side. At least 44 shot, 2 killed in Chicago weekend shootings: CPD At least 41 shot, 2 killed in Chicago ...

A massive commercial real estate project proposed for Chicago’s Southeast Side remains in limbo as its planners battle environmental activists over how best to rebuild the area’s economy. A group ...

Still, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison. He served seven years before Governor John Peter Altgeld commuted his sentence in 1893. Born in New York and raised in Germany, Oscar Neebe ...