When Lanarris Webster went to prison in 2010, the name of the reputed Gangster Disciples hit man still meant something in the blocks around Homan Avenue and Huron Street on the West Side. By the ti… ...

Chicago Gangs Man jailed since he was 17 charged with 5 more murders — 'like he was killing someone every month' Charges filed this month allege Antonio Reyes, now 21, committed the five ...

Glenn Houston Jr. was fatally shot in a store on East 79th Street in Chicago on Dec. 23, ... according to a Tribune story detailing the devastating cycle of gang violence on Chicago’s South Side ...

James F. Short, Jr., one of the many sociologists in the University of Chicago's tradition of gang research, did the first major work of his career as the Black P Stones and Vice Lords were born.

Venezuelan migrants moving into Chicago’s South Side have caught the attention of the city’s gangs, with some fearing an impending turf war between local gangs and their Venezuelan ...

Another defendant strikes plea agreement in East Chicago gang case. Marc Chase , (219 ... in federal court as part of a murder and drug distribution case focused on the south side of East Chicago.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A federal jury convicted a Chicago man of committing a South Side murder to boost clout in a street gang, the Illinois Northern District U.S. Attorney's Office said. A video was ...

Rashad Britt grew up in the Henry Horner projects on Chicago’s West Side, known for gangs and violence. He started hanging out with the members of the Vice Lords gang for safety. “Just for ...

A Chicago man will spend 34 years in prison for killing another to increase his gang position and threatening a witness while in custody, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Federal, state and local law enforcement officials announced charges in a "significant" gang investigation Friday morning. Twenty four people are facing federal charges after an ...

The Gangs of Chicago. By Ta-Nehisi Coates. December 18, 2013. Share. Save. Just a gangsta, I suppose. (Photo by Author) I spent last week trooping through North Lawndale, on the West Side of ...