What’s in a famous name? The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. One of the famed names of our time. Forty-plus years as a civil rights leader and activist, two-time presidential candidate, globetrotting ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Jesse Jackson Jr. will launch a run to return to his former seat in Congress, ABC7 learned on Tuesday evening. A colleague confirmed that he will announce his campaign for Illinois' ...

Jesse Jackson Jr. is seeking a return to Congress. Jackson, the son of civil rights advocate Jesse Jackson, announced on his YouTube channel Wednesday that he is running to represent Illinois’s 2nd ...

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Illinois) on Wednesday officially launched his campaign for a return to his Second Congressional District seat. In a new campaign video, Jesse Jackson Jr. said he ...

Former Illinois Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds and served time in federal prison, announced a comeback bid Wednesday, entering the Democratic primary for the ...

CHICAGO — Jesse Jackson Jr. is returning to the political stage, seeking the same congressional seat he once held for 17 years. Jackson Jr. has announced his candidacy for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. says he wants his old job back. On Wednesday, the son of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. officially launched his campaign for Illinois' ...

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Jesse Waverly White Jr., 80 of Gloucester, passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2025, at his home surrounded by his loved ones. Jesse was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, ...

Jesse T. Sheets Jr. age 78, of Mason, Ohio, died Sunday, September 21, 2025, at Hospice of Cincinnati – Blue Ash. Born to Jesse T. and Naomi G. Freeman Sheets Sr., Jesse lived most of his life in ...

Sonny Curtis, the frontman of Buddy Holly’s band The Crickets who wrote classic songs including the theme for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died. He was 88. Curtis died Friday “after a sudden ...

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