Dan O'Conor, aka the Great Lake Jumper, leaps into Lake Michigan every morning for the solitude and a splash of rejuvenation.

The block where I pastor on the South Side of Chicago is known infamously around my city, around America, and even internationally, as "O Block." It was gangsters who gave O Block its name.

The agitated man was Ralph Turpin, according to federal prosecutors, a member of Chicago’s violent O-Block street gang and a sworn enemy of Weekly’s. Having spied Weekly, Turpin called his ...

He gained national attention for his 94-day and 343-day rooftop vigils to transform the notorious "O-Block," once known as Chicago's most dangerous block, into #OpportunityBlock. Learn more at ...

O’Block is mourning the loss of two of its own, as rappers Munna Duke and Youngin were reportedly shot and killed in Chicago this week under unclear circumstances, as reported by No Jumper.

VATICAN CITY — When 15-year-old Maria Izworska from Poland hears the word Chicago, the first thing that comes to mind is “O Block,” the notoriously high-crime strip of South King Drive that ...