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Lil Durk is now fighting racketeering charges. Here's why. (UPDATE)

Just weeks before Durk's murder-for-hire trial was supposed to start, prosecutors added racketeering to the mix. Here's how ...

Chicago rapper Lil Durk acquitted in one case but still faces RICO charges stemming from Chicago slaying

Two days after his stunning acquittal on murder-for-hire charges in Los Angeles, Chicago-born rapper Lil Durk posted a photo ...

Who is Larry Hoover? Lil Durk case sparks talks about underworld and rap - ‘GOAT of Chicago’

Larry Hoover's name has resurfaced in discussions about Chicago's rap scene after social media posts connected the imprisoned gang leader to the family history of rapper Lil Durk. Hoover was one of ...

Caroline Kubzansky

Tribune. She previously worked as a general assignment reporter and started her career covering the northern suburbs. A ...
Chicago Defender

PATS Program citywide relaunch to enlist 1,000 churches to pray around 1,000 Chicago Schools

Pastor Chris Harris will announce the 2026–2027 “One Hour of Power” campaign at a September 5th press conference at Bright ...
Christianity Today

I Joined a Violent Chicago Gang. Then a Church Moved onto the Block.

My gangster life began in elementary school, but a relentless youth minister helped deliver me from evil. I stood motionless in front of the mirror, filled with anger, as drugs flowed through my veins ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover's bid for freedom is now in Gov. JB Pritzker's hands

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Chicago Sun-Times

Broadview reckons with spotlight it never wanted

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Black Enterprise

Larry Hoover, Gangster Disciple Founder, Seeks Prison Release, Former Mob Prosecutor Co-Signs: ‘He’s Grown Up’

"Larry Hoover poses no risk of danger to the community," John Gleeson says. Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover is getting support from a former New York mob prosecutor as he petitions an Illinois ...
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Texas Gang Member Marked as Most Wanted Fugitive

A Texas man and known gang member has officially been added to Texas' 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List. Texas Department of Public Safety is offering up to $5,000 for any information that could lead to ...
WNEP-TV

‘What you stole from us’: Scenes from the courtroom as pair are sentenced for shooting a Scranton police detective

SCRANTON, Pa. — Kyle Gilmartin will pray. The wounded Scranton police detective told a crowded Lackawanna County courtroom on Tuesday that he’s going to pray for the two-year-old son of Jeremiah ...
Yahoo Finance

Reformed Gangster Disciple Leader Harold "Noonie G" Ward Returns to Chicago's Most Notorious Neighborhood in Fourth Book, Altgeld

In a new South Side Chicago–based novel, former gang boss Harold "Noonie G" Ward explores the hard truth that leaving the block doesn't mean the block leaves you. CHICAGO, Jan. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - ...