State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke says Hoover, 75, took advantage of “misguided public policies and disinvestment” and ravaged Chicago’s neighborhoods with his creation of the Gangster Disciples.

A day after Donald Trump’s stunning decision to commute the federal life sentence of Larry Hoover, lawyers for the Chicago-born Gangster Disciples founder were singing the president’s praises while ...

CHICAGO — A day after President Donald Trump’s stunning decision to commute the federal life sentence of Larry Hoover, lawyers for the Chicago-born Gangster Disciples founder were singing the ...

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump has commuted the federal life sentence for infamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, abruptly ending Hoover’s yearslong quest to win early release under the ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. In a new South Side Chicago--based novel, former gang boss Harold "Noonie G" Ward explores the hard truth that leaving ...

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. Within the pages of Altgeld, the ...