I knew he was a heroin addict, but a mafia hitman?" Ken’s wild story has been ... Ken was moved by a plane crash in May 1979 at Chicago's O'Hare airport to become a firefighter.

CHICAGO, Nov. 11. -- It required just fifteen minutes for a crowd of men and boys to dismantle a row of flats in West Polk Street to-day. Some of the men in the mob had not worked for years ...

In 2013, Ken Tekiela revealed a secret to his son that he had been keeping for over 20 years. At the time, he had been battling a crippling heroin addiction for about a decade and had been ...

A mob-connected Chicago businessman has been indicted on tax evasion charges alleging he had a hidden interest in a sweepstakes gaming company run by the now-imprisoned son-in-law of Joe Berrios ...

A mob-connected Chicago businessman has been indicted on tax evasion charges alleging he had a hidden interest in a sweepstakes gaming company run by the now-imprisoned son-in-law of Joe Berrios ...

So-called “sweepstakes” machines are all over Chicago, including this gas station, despite the city’s ban on video gambling. Mark Brown/Sun-Times Share A man previously tagged as a “mob ...

Kennedy, Sr. (JFK's father) set up a meeting with Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana to obtain Giancana's support for Jack Kennedy's run for the White House - thereby combining the sway of Chicago ...