The Ford Heights Four were convicted of the 1978 murder of an engaged couple.

The area that would eventually become Ford Heights was first settled in the late 1840s.

Between 1980 and 2010, the population of Ford Heights declined by more than 48%.

Ford Heights is in Illinois' 2nd congressional district.

It would also transform suburbs like Ford Heights, so poor it cannot afford a police department, into property that is suddenly quite valuable.

Ford Heights is our only chance, Colonel.

In Ford Heights the unemployment rate exceeds 55 percent.

He once worked at a gas station and hopes that "maybe someday soon" another filling service station will come to Ford Heights.

Those young people able to climb out of Ford Heights seldom look back.

In Ford Heights, the presence of the automobile plant helps the school tax fund.

The Ford Heights Four were convicted of the 1978 murder of an engaged couple.

The area that would eventually become Ford Heights was first settled in the late 1840s.

Between 1980 and 2010, the population of Ford Heights declined by more than 48%.

Ford Heights is in Illinois' 2nd congressional district.

It would also transform suburbs like Ford Heights, so poor it cannot afford a police department, into property that is suddenly quite valuable.

Ford Heights is our only chance, Colonel.

In Ford Heights the unemployment rate exceeds 55 percent.

He once worked at a gas station and hopes that "maybe someday soon" another filling service station will come to Ford Heights.

Those young people able to climb out of Ford Heights seldom look back.

In Ford Heights, the presence of the automobile plant helps the school tax fund.