Andy Grimm
Staff reporter
Andy Grimm is a staff reporter covering courts.
Marie Henderson, 82, still runs a family business in West Garfield Park that had its beginnings in the 1960s.
The MAAFA Redemption Project offers a yearlong program of job training, psychotherapy and counseling.
Single mom Caprisha Norfleet has lost a boyfriend to gun violence in West Garfield Park. She is moving with her two boys out of the area, but that also means leaving the community where she grew up.
Terry Ferguson pleaded guilty to selling guns, drugs to undercover ATF agents.
Convicted of offering to bomb U.S. buildings for $2 million and ordering the murder of a rival drug dealer, the 76-year-old El Rukn founder was denied release under legislation allowing judges to consider “compassionate release” for aging inmates.
Guzmán López se declaró inocente de los cinco cargos en su contra.
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 33, is charged with taking over a ruthless Mexican cartel that trafficked drugs into Chicago and the U.S.
Residents in the Palmer Square neighborhood want a city ordinance to protect American elm trees dating to the 19th century that are among the handful that survived Dutch elm disease.
Alexander Villa was convicted of gunning down Lewis during the armed robbery of a convenience store at Division Street and Austin Boulevard, where Lewis was working as a security guard.