One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among President Donald Trump’s most recent presidential commutations. The puzzling move raised questions about whether Larry Hoover will be freed ...

Larry Hoover, in prison since 1973, faces the parole board with his wife, Winndye Jenkins, at the Dixon Correctional Center on on Feb. 7, 1995, in Dixon, Illinois.

In initial mock drafts following the pre-draft combine, there seemed to be a slim chance of Illinois’ Will Riley sneaking into the lottery as a top-14 pick. After making fitful but significant ...

Dr. Lance Williams, Professor of Urban Community Studies at Northeastern Illinois University and an expert in gang violence, joins Karen Conti to discuss President Trump’s commutation of the sentence ...

SPRINGFIELD — Larry Hoover’s family members took his case to Gov. JB Pritzker’s office on Saturday as they seek a state commutation for the long-imprisoned Gangster Disciples co-founder, who ...

The case of Larry Hoover and the Gangster Disciples Ron Safer, a former U.S. attorney in Chicago who helped prosecute members of the Gangster Disciples during the 1990s, said he was shocked and ...

Hoover has sought clemency from Illinois officials before, though his latest bid for parole was rejected overwhelmingly by a state review board in December 2022.

Hoover's supporters say they are working on ways to get Hoover paroled or pardoned in Illinois, but questions linger about his chances and even where he will be imprisoned. Notorious gang leader ...

Hoover's supporters say they are working on ways to get Hoover paroled or pardoned in Illinois, but questions linger about his chances and even where he will be imprisoned.

Hoover’s supporters say they are working on ways to get Hoover paroled or pardoned in Illinois, but questions linger about his chances and even where he will be imprisoned.