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Mary Ann Blakemore, who was burnt out of her public housing apartment by a boyfriend of her daughter's, subsequently sent to prison for attempted murder, sued the Housing Authority of Cook County.

South suburban woman who sued housing agency gets a new apartment

June 12, 2018 at 3:13 a.m.

After a nearly yearlong court battle, the Housing Authority of Cook County has provided a new apartment to a Chicago Heights woman who lost her unit when her daughter's boyfriend...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference March 5, 2016, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

In Chicago, Trump to face protest by Latino leaders

May 22, 2019 at 9:29 p.m.

A coalition of local Latino elected officials and leaders said Monday they are organizing a protest to counter Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's appearance at the University of Illinois at...

In Englewood, railroad presses on with freight yard project

June 11, 2018 at 4:31 a.m.

The neighborhood around Steven Rogers' house in Englewood has been transformed. The few houses that were on his block have been demolished and much of the community looks like a...

Sandra Edwards got her Portage Park apartment after taking the Chicago Housing Authority to court to obtain an extension on her housing voucher deadline. "I love my place," she said, "but it was a long, nasty chain of events to get here."

CHA voucher deadline costs hundreds a home: ‘In a blink, all hope was snatched from me’

June 12, 2018 at 2:20 a.m.

Even before she had the Chicago Housing Authority voucher she had waited seven years to get, Kiya Powell was searching for apartments. She downloaded an app on her cellphone that...

Attorney Victor Henderson addresses reporters at Henderson Adam on Feb. 12, 2015, about the Jackie Robinson West Little League All-Star team.

Parents of Jackie Robinson West players claim emotional distress in lawsuit

May 22, 2019 at 9:23 p.m.

The parents of former Jackie Robinson West Little League baseball players who captured national attention in 2014 with their winning season and a subsequent residency scandal appeared with their lawyer...

Lucy Aguilar lights candles Feb. 10, 2016, in front of a house in the Gage Park neighborhood where six people were killed a week earlier.

Grisly discovery in tidy brick home on quiet Gage Park street

May 22, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

A co-worker's concerns about a man who failed to show up at work led to a grisly discovery Thursday afternoon on Chicago's Southwest Side — six bodies found inside a...

Six found slain in Gage Park home, including child: ‘We don’t know what happened’

May 22, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

Hours after six bodies were discovered Thursday in a Gage Park bungalow, Noemi Martinez waited by the phone nearly 1,000 miles away in Texas, still not sure whether the victims...

Chicago police officers block an entrance to City Hall during a march though the Loop calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to step down Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 in Chicago.

Distrust of Chicago cops helps drive Emanuel’s low approval on crime

June 11, 2018 at 6:42 a.m.

A strong majority of Chicagoans don't think the city's cops treat all citizens fairly and believe a cover-up "code of silence" is widespread in the Police Department, helping drive a...

Distrust of Chicago cops helps drive Emanuel’s low approval on crime

May 15, 2019 at 3:20 p.m.

A strong majority of Chicagoans don't think the city's cops treat all citizens fairly and believe a cover-up "code of silence" is widespread in the Police Department, helping drive a...

Chicago tech project will make police misconduct complaints more accessible

June 11, 2018 at 5:22 a.m.

A Chicago organization that has worked to help make allegations of police misconduct more transparent and the data accessible to residents was given a grant Tuesday to expand its work....

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