William Lee

A person walks outside the Cook County Jail processing center at 27th Street and California Avenue in Chicago on July 21, 2022. A year earlier, on July 10, local rapper Londre "KTS Dre" Sylvester was shot dozens of times by gunmen shortly after his release from the jail.

Will Lee: Death of rapper shot dozens of times shows the cost of online fame that comes from beefs with rivals

July 30, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.

Walking out of Cook County Jail's intake center that drizzly Saturday night a year ago, Londre Sylvester smelled freedom for all of 100 steps before two gunmen made him the...

No bail for Uptown man accused of shoving woman from fifth-story window to her death

July 10, 2022 at 4:48 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Sunday denied bail to a North Side man who allegedly admitted to throwing a woman from the fifth floor window of his apartment building in...

Ciara Minaj Frazier, una mujer transgénero, fue asesinada en Chicago en 2018.

¿Por qué hay poca justicia en los homicidios de mujeres transgénero de color?

July 7, 2022 at 11:31 a.m.

Hablando entre lágrimas, Rosemary Gamble vuelve una y otra vez a las preguntas que le gustaría hacerle al asesino de su nieta: ¿Por qué lo hizo? ¿Qué pudo haberle hecho...

Members of the community attend an interfaith service on July 10, 2022, at Glencoe Union Church after seven people were killed on July Fourth during a mass shooting in Highland Park.

Purchase of rifle allegedly used in Highland Park massacre highlights limits of Illinois gun laws

July 6, 2022 at 8:52 a.m.

A day after a gunman fired 70 rounds into a crowd at the Highland Park Independence Day parade, concerns and questions began to emerge about the availability of high-capacity firepower...

Ciara Minaj Frazier, a transgender woman, was murdered in Chicago in 2018.

In Chicago, killings of transgender women of color often go unsolved. ‘There’s no justice,’ relatives say.

July 1, 2022 at 4:52 p.m.

Speaking through tears, Rosemary Gamble returns again and again to the questions she would like to ask her granddaughter's killer: Why did you do this? What could she have possibly...

Jonathan Jackson, candidate for the 1st Congressional District, talks with a supporter during the Northwest Side Progressives Rally and March at Humboldt Park on June 18, 2022, in Chicago.

With another son of Rev. Jesse Jackson likely headed to Congress, a storied and complicated political dynasty adds a new chapter

June 29, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.

Jonathan Jackson is poised to head to Congress, the latest chapter in his family's long, sometimes rocky political history in Chicago. Emerging from a field of 17 Democrats in Tuesday's...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks during a rally Friday in Chicago; at left is his son, Jonathan Jackson, who won a Democratic nomination to Congress from Chicago's 1st Congressional District.

Congressional races: Jesse Jackson’s son clinches nomination, Delia Ramirez wins and Danny Davis ahead in tight fight to keep his seat

June 29, 2022 at 9:41 a.m.

Jonathan Jackson, son of civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson, emerged at the top of a pack of contenders Tuesday night to nab the nomination to succeed U.S. Rep....

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