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Late last month, Chicago prosecutors dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, leaving city officials enraged over their waste of time. As a result, the city fired off a warning letter to Smollett and his team, demanding he reimburse the city the cost of investigating the case.  But now, after seven …

Chicago Police Officials are so outraged by the Prosecutor’s decision to drop all charges against Jussie Smollett that they plan to bill him for wasting their time. “The City of Chicago will be sending Mr. Smollett a bill,” said Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. Cops plan to bill Jussie for …

Two women have filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago and the Chicago police department after their home was mistakenly raided during a child’s birthday party. On Feb. 10, the home of Kiqiana Jackson and Stephanie Bures was raided while their family was celebrating the birthday of a four-year-old …

Just hours after prosecutors dropped all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett for allegedly filing a false report, Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel condemned the decision and insisted that the “Empire” actor staged the alleged hate crime.  In a press release, following Smollett’s own public statements, Emanuel called out prosecutor Joe Magats …

The face of Chicago is in for a dramatic change with the city’s candidates for mayor. The Chicago Tribune reported Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle have taken their marks in the race for the mayoral seat. Unofficial results showed the ladies beat out a packed choice of 14 candidates before …

Chicago Police Superintendent, Eddie Johnson, told ‘Good Morning America’ host, Robin Roberts, that there are numerous pieces of new evidence that “Empire” star Jussie Smollett staged his own hate crime. However, he did add, “Let me just put this out there first and foremost right now that he still has …

R. Kelly has reportedly been indicted on charges of sexual misconduct with underage girls between the ages of 13 and 16. A Cook County judge has issued a no-bail warrant for the arrest of Robert Sylvester Kelly, well known for his stage name “R. Kelly,” the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The …

In bizarre news, a CBS news team from Atlanta got their car keys stolen while chasing an R Kelly story. The crew was in Chicago looking into Kelly’s studio that has allegedly been housing his sex cult victims. Johnathan Carlson, the chief investigative reporter, tweeted the events at 3 a.m …

Last month, singer, songwriter and producer R. Kelly was hit with over 60 building code violations, due in part to Kelly’s unauthorized built-in sauna, steam room, bar and other residential amenities inside his controversial Chicago recording studio.  However, despite the violations and subsequent fines over the residential structure of the …

Candice Payne is the South Side Chicago entrepreneur who spearheaded the effort in making sure nobody suffered in the bitter weather the city has been enduring this week.  Payne said she never wanted attention but as a brutal cold front swept across Chicago earlier this week, the city’s homeless were …

On Wednesday, Fox temporarily suspended production on its hit show, “Empire.” However, according to E! News, the suspension was not directly linked to the anti-gay, racist incident, involving “Empire” star #JussieSmollett, that occurred on Tuesday morning.  Instead, the network stopped production on the musical series, as well as its hit …

Several elements change in a relationship once you have kids, and Kim Kardashian says her sex life with Kanye West is one of them.   Kardashian opened up about her sex tape with #RayJ during an interview with American author and screenwriter Bret Ellis and revealed that since having children …

Today marks 50 years since Olympic medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in Black Power, solidarity, and protest. It was October 1968 in Mexico City, when the country, much like today, was divided. Martin Luther King was assassinated; the country was still in the middle of the …

On Monday, Kanye West announced his decision to move back to his hometown of Chicago, for good. However, at the time, further details were not immediately clear, including whether his wife and kids would join him on his new journey.  But, just days later, a source close to ‘Ye’s reality …

“And you say Chi City!” Ye is coming home again. In the wake of the controversy surrounding Kanye West, in his support of Donald Trump and his push for free and forward thinking, the Chicago-bred rapper is back to the music.  In fact, on Monday, ‘Ye announced he’d be returning …

-blogged by @theRealAlexisDanielle At least 72 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, with at least 12 people murdered. The numbers exemplify a violent surge that has crippled the city for years. 39 of those shootings took place during a 24-hour period between Saturday and Sunday. One shooting took …

On Sunday, Chicago police released a portion of the body-cam footage from an officer involved shooting that left a 37-year-old barber dead, and sparked widespread violent protests. Initially, details were scarce, with many furious at the thought of another black man shot dead by police. However, in an attempt to …

Early Friday morning, video surfaced of a coach in #LaVarBall’s Junior Basketball Association putting hands on one of his players.  According to USA Today, the incident occurred during a timeout with 1:24 left in the game between Chicago and Seattle. With Chicago down 110-95 in the 4th, Chicago Ballers head …

A 3-year-old will be receiving $2.5 million in settlement money after officers pointed a gun to her chest and assaulted her handcuffed mother in front of her. On Wednesday, Chicago’s city council approved the amount of settlement money for an incident that took place back in 2013. In 2014, Aretha …

The Guardian reports that more sexual misconduct allegations have come to light about R&B hitmaker R. Kelly. After reports in July 2017 surfaced about the singer allegedly running a “sex cult,” where he kept women hostage against their will and controlled their lives, the singer is now being accused of “training” a …