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News & Politics, Feature Mar 2, 2021
The murder Chicago didn’t want to solve

In 1963, a Black politician named Ben Lewis was shot to death in Chicago. Clues suggest the murder was a professional hit. Decades later, it remains no accident authorities never solved the crime.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, 1963, 24th Ward, Ben Lewis, Benjamin F. Lewis, murders, murder investigations, Chicago Police Department, CPD, West Side, Arthur X. Elrod, City Council, Richard J. Daley, Danny Davis, Fred L. Mitchell, Eugene Belton, Ella Lewis, Thomas “Shaky Tom” Anderson, Jimmy “Kid Riviera” William, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Gilbert, Dean Angelo Sr., J. Edgar Hoover, organized crime, Lenny Patrick, Lawndale, Herman Glick, Chicago Outfit, Allen Dorfman, Lenny Yaras, Dave Yaras, Mark Vogel, Gus Alex, Daniel Longoria Sr., Wayne A. Johnson, Joe Kolman, Sharon Patrick, 29th Ward, Luis Agostini, cold cases

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Sep 26, 2019
The Herguth files

A Sun-Times reporter gathers the FBI’s files on the famous and infamous.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Bob Herguth, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Chicago Sun-Times, Saul Alinsky, Mike Royko, Ernest Hemingway, Paul Newey, J. Edgar Hoover, mobsters

Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2018
Tammy Duckworth will be the first senator ever to give birth, and other Chicago news

Also, Legionnaires' Disease might be a problem in the state capitol.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Senate, Congress, George Papadopoulos, Donald Trump, Robert Mueller, FBI, Russia, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Legionnella, Legionnaires' Disease, state capitol, Illinois Capitol, Springfield, Anna Valencia, Bridget Gainer, Rahm Emanuel, Election 2019, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Cook County, Norge Ski Club, skiing, Olympics, Winter Olympics, Bonci Pizza, restaurant openings, West Loop

Blogs, Bleader Jan 14, 2018
Patti Blagojevich slams Rauner's campaign ad using Blagojevich FBI wiretap, and other Chicago news

Also, public health officials warn passengers about a possible measles exposure at O'Hare.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Patti Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Election 2018, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, immigration issues, Lindsey Graham, David Perdue, Tom Cotton, public health, Illinois Department of Public Health, measles, O'Hare International Airport, Obama Presidential Center, Curtis Duffy, Grace, restaurant closings

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2017
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Former president Barack Obama reports for Cook County jury duty, and other Chicago news

Also, Chance the Rapper slams Emanuel's plan to build $95 million police training academy.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, jury duty, Cook County, Barack Obama, Daley Center, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Chance the Rapper, Rahm Emanuel, City Council, Jeffrey Sallet, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Illinois senate, Bruce Rauner, Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois General Assembly, David McSweeney, Abraham Lincoln, Ed Burke, Chicago history, Dusek's Board & Beer, New York pizza, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2017
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Chicagoan, former Trump aide pleads guilty to making false statements to the FBI, and other news

Also, a Lakeview poke shop closes just five days after its grand opening.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Robert Mueller, Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, George Papadopoulos, Rick Gates, Russia, DePaul University, gun violence, Chicago Police Department, Jeffrey Sallet, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pat Dowell, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, filming, TV shows, Empire, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Gail Peck, missing people, Chicago Bears, Zach Miller, NFL, New Orleans Saints, restaurant closings, poke, FireFin Poke Shop, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2017
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Emanuel criticizes Trump administration’s response to Las Vegas massacre: ‘Take responsibility and accountability for something,’ and other Chicago news

Also, Las Vegas gunman's notorious bank-robber father lived in Chicago.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, Bruce Rauner, Las Vegas, gun control, gun violence, Joseph Ferguson, Chicago Police Department, inspector general, Stephen Paddock, Benjamin Paddock Jr., Sheboygan, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Most Wanted list, Eddie Johnson, CPD, Mark Wahlberg, Blase Cupich, UIC Pavilion, Catholic Church, (re)Encounter, Jason Aldean, Kyle Harris, Las Vegas shootings, Las Vegas massacre, Route 91 Harvest Festival, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 20, 2017
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Rahm: Chicago's overwhelming disdain for Trump has made his mayoral job easier, and other Chicago news

Also, former Bear Charles "Peanut" Tillman is training to join the FBI.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, Wheaton College, college football, hazing, Garry McCarthy, Election 2019, Brian McCormack, Chicago Police Department, Charles Tillman, Peanut Tillman, Chicago Bears, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dave Wannstedt, Kenneka Jenkins, Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center, Bottled Blonde, Timothy Fitzgerald, drug house, Berrien County, Michigan, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2017
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Chicago deposits $20 million into the city's last black-owned bank, and other news

Also, after the release of video, Kenneka Jenkins's family and friends ask the FBI to investigate her death in hotel freezer.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Kurt Summers, Illinois Service Federal Savings & Loan Association, homelessness, immigration issues, Rockford, Kenneka Jenkins, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Rahm Emanuel, climate change, environmental issues, Paris Climate Agreement, Donald Trump, Stranger Things, The Upside Down, Netflix, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 4, 2017
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Emanuel urges Trump to increase federal gas tax, stop slamming Chicago, and other Chicago news

Also, Standard & Poor's calls the Illinois house's actions a "crucial step" to end budget stalemate.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago Transit Authority, mass transit, Standard & Poor's, state budget impasse, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois senate, Federal Bureau of Investigation, fireworks, Fourth of July, Cook County, taxes, sugary beverage tax, refugees, Peterson Garden Project, Girl Forward, cooking, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 11, 2017
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Local FBI chief under consideration for interim FBI director job, and other Chicago news

Also, a mayoral aide says that CPS needs $596 rather than $129 million to finish 2016-2017 school year.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, James Comey, Donald Trump, Michael Anderson, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Carole Brown, Mike Quigley, Richard Nixon, Russia, Blair Holt, Annette Nance-Holt, CTA, gun violence, honorary street signs, Julian High School, Proco Joe Moreno, gentrification, Chicago Housing Initiative, Somos Logan Square, Taylor Gourmet, restaurant openings, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Video

Arts & Culture, Feature Mar 5, 2015
At Mad Mobster's peculiar crossroads of real and imagined horrors

As geeks descend on this weekend’s Wizard World Comic Con Fan Fest, we wade into the morally murky serial-killer culture of a far more unusual convention, the Mad Mobster True Crime & Horror Expo.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Feature, Mad Mobster True Crime & Horror Expo, horror, crime, Mad Mobster, conventions, fan conventions, Mad Monster, Gunnar Hansen, Kyle Skogquist, Impaler, movies, fiction, reality, Kevin Blanchfield, horror movies, actors, Brad Dourif, Kane Hodder, Jason Voorhees, Virginia Curry, Richard Castaldo, Columbine High School, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Steve Railsback, William Forsyth, John Wayne Gacy, Dennis Rader, Ed Gein, serial killers, paraphernalia, memorabilia, collecting, Eben McGarr, ethics, celebrity, Kyle Kuchta, documentaries, John Borowski, Carl Panzram, H.H. Holmes, Jeffrey Dahmer, murderers, Macabre, Hart Fisher, murderabilia, Aileen Wuornos, panel discussions, William Harder, MurderAuction.com, eBay, Andy Kahan, Crime Victims Office, exhibits, Jesse James Hollywood, Nicholas Markowitz, Charles Manson, monsters, John Russo, Jon Polito, Wednesday 13, Murderdolls, David Fincher, Richmond Arquette, Charles Fleischer, Roy Hazelwood, Levi Tinker, Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold

News & Politics, Feature Apr 23, 2014
Trapping El Chapo: Chicago's public enemy number one

What the case against Vicente Zambada, son of Sinaloa cartel leader El Mayo, reveals about the federal government's efforts to take down overseas drug suppliers—including the biggest of them all.
- By Jason McGahan
- Tags: Feature, Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, extradition, El Chapo Guzman, Mexico, Jack Riley, Mike Braun, prison, U.S. attorney's office, convictions, Vicente Zambada, El Mayo Zambada, Metropolitan Correctional Center, Sinaloa cartel, drug trade, drug trafficking, drug dealing, drug dealers, Pedro Flores, Margarito Flores, Little Village, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, federal trials, U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Humberto Loya Castro, informants, federal prison, crime, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Chicago Reader, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S.-Mexico relations, witnesses, defendants, Ruben Castillo, judges, Edgar Manuel Valencia Ortega, Matthew Kennelly, Alfredo Vasquez Hernandez, WLS-TV, Chuck Goudie, Tomas Arevalo, Damon Cheronis, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Oak Park, Proceso, protective orders

News & Politics, Feature Jan 31, 2014
Dismantling the stigma of guns

Gerald Vernon believes conceal-and-carry laws and responsible firearm owners are crucial to keeping people safe—especially in the communities hit hardest by crime.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, guns, firearms, Gerald Vernon, south side, conceal-and-carry laws, conceal-and-carry class, gun safety, handguns, Thomas Brandon, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, gun ownership, background checks, FOID cards, firearm owner identification cards, gun regulations, Illinois General Assembly, state laws, Illinois state police, Cook County, NRA, National Rifle Association, self-defense, race, Princeton Park, Center for Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, Personal Protection Consultants, crime, Annals of Internal Medicine, IllinoisCarry, Valinda Rowe, Tuley Park, Chicago Park District, RIchard M. Daley, gun control, Michael Pfleger, U.S. Supreme Court, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Richard Posner, gun training, Kwame Raoul, firearm safety, Karl Hubert, Second Amendment

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Apr 3, 2013
A history of gang violence: The Almighty Black P Stone Nation

A conversation about the five-decade evolution of a Chicago street gang
- By Mara Shalhoup
- Tags: Lit Feature, Natalie Y. Moore, gang rivalries, gang territories, gang boundaries, Lance Williams, Almighty Black P. Stone Nation, Lawrence Hill Books, Blackstone Rangers, Black P. Stone Nation, interviews, Gresham Elementary School, Garret Morgan school, Mahalia Jackson school, Blackstone, Mara Shalhoup, segregation, gangs, Al Sampson, crack, Martin Luther King, Jr., LSD, Lords, Stones, and Disciples, gang coalitions, inter-gang relations, gang violence, neighborhoods, south side, west side, school districts, school closings, history, Blackstones, Stones, WBEZ, Vice Lords, Northeastern Illinois University, Eugene "Bull" Hairston, Jeff Fort, Gangster Disciples, poverty, war on drugs, war on terror, war on poverty, violence, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, black power, civil rights movement, crime, activism, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, federal government

Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2012
The dirt on Ol' Dirty Bastard

The FBI on ODB: Was he a criminal mastermind?
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Wu-Tang Clan, Ol' Dirty Bastard, hip-hop, the feds, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, ODB

Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2009
Blago's Still Got Game

Governor Blagojevich files his latest campaign contribution statement, minus the stuff that was, you know, seized by the FBI.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Clout City, Illinois State Board of Elections, Governor Rod Blagojevich, pay to play, Illinois Politics, Federal Bureau of Investigation

News & Politics, Our Town Jan 25, 1990
The Last Hours of William O'Neal

He was the informant who gave the FBI the floor plan of Fred Hampton's apartment. Last week he ran onto the Eisenhower Expressway and killed himself.
- By Michael Ervin
- Tags: Our Town, William O'Neal, Ben Heard, Mark Clark, Fred Hampton, Edward Hanrahan, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, state's attorney's office, Black Panthers, Black Panther Party, William Hart, federal witness protection program

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In 1963, a Black politician named Ben Lewis was shot to death in Chicago. Clues suggest the murder was a professional hit. Decades later, it remains no accident authorities never solved the crime.

A Sun-Times reporter gathers the FBI’s files on the famous and infamous.

Also, Legionnaires' Disease might be a problem in the state capitol.

Also, public health officials warn passengers about a possible measles exposure at O'Hare.

Also, Chance the Rapper slams Emanuel's plan to build $95 million police training academy.

Also, a Lakeview poke shop closes just five days after its grand opening.

Also, Las Vegas gunman's notorious bank-robber father lived in Chicago.

Also, former Bear Charles "Peanut" Tillman is training to join the FBI.

Also, after the release of video, Kenneka Jenkins's family and friends ask the FBI to investigate her death in hotel freezer.

Also, Standard & Poor's calls the Illinois house's actions a "crucial step" to end budget stalemate.

Also, a mayoral aide says that CPS needs $596 rather than $129 million to finish 2016-2017 school year.

As geeks descend on this weekend’s Wizard World Comic Con Fan Fest, we wade into the morally murky serial-killer culture of a far more unusual convention, the Mad Mobster True Crime & Horror Expo.

What the case against Vicente Zambada, son of Sinaloa cartel leader El Mayo, reveals about the federal government's efforts to take down overseas drug suppliers—including the biggest of them all.

Gerald Vernon believes conceal-and-carry laws and responsible firearm owners are crucial to keeping people safe—especially in the communities hit hardest by crime.

A conversation about the five-decade evolution of a Chicago street gang

The FBI on ODB: Was he a criminal mastermind?

Governor Blagojevich files his latest campaign contribution statement, minus the stuff that was, you know, seized by the FBI.

He was the informant who gave the FBI the floor plan of Fred Hampton's apartment. Last week he ran onto the Eisenhower Expressway and killed himself.

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