CHICAGO (AP) — A reputed Chicago mob hitman convicted in the 1972 slaying of a union official has died in prison, a state spokeswoman says. Harry Aleman was 71. Aleman died Saturday afternoon at Hill ...

January 26, 2009 (CHICAGO) Chicago mobster Paul Schiro was sentenced to 20 years in prison in part for a murder that the jury never said he committed. At 71, Paul Schiro looks nothing like the feared ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 24, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Cook County Circuit Judge Frank Wilson ...

The Chicago Outfit was a force in the city for decades, believed to be behind hundreds of unsolved murders, but is the mob still active today? The answer is yes, but not in the way you'd expect.

CHICAGO -- If Oscar nominee "The Irishman" was embodied as a Chicago mobster, he would already have been killed for making too many mistakes. The Chicago Outfit has a long and bloody history of ...

Thursday marks 50 years since the murder of in infamous Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana. Giancana, known as "Momo," was 67 when he was murdered at his home in Oak Park, Illinois. As recounted by the Mob ...

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