Garfield Ridge

Crime

FBI seeks man who robbed West Ridge bank, tried to rob one in Garfield Ridge

Authorities say a man robbed a bank in West Ridge on Tuesday and tried to rob a bank in Garfield Ridge the next day.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Man charged with DUI in crash that killed Marine vet who was changing tire on I-55

Octavio Lara Chavez, 40, is charged with aggravated driving under the influence involving death and great bodily harm in the crash that happened Sunday in Garfield Ridge.

By Kade Heather

Nikolas Hutto and Monica Czajkowski pose for a selfie with rows of empty folding chairs on the grass in the background.

News

Fundraiser aims to help family of Marine vet who was struck, killed while changing tire on I-55

Nikolas Hutto, a former Marine, had left a Chicago Blackhawks game with friends Sunday and had to stop to change a tire in Garfield Ridge. His family says the outpouring of condolences is helping them cope with their loss.

By Cindy Hernandez

Crime

Man killed in Garfield Ridge shooting

Gustavo Suarez, 27, was in an alley in the 5200 block of South Central Avenue about 2:30 a.m. Sunday when someone in a black truck opened fire, striking him in the chest.

By Sun-Times staff

Garfield Ridge

Couple crossing the street in Garfield Ridge struck, killed

A motorist in a Ford F-150 was attempting to make a left turn in the 6100 block of South Archer Avenue on Sunday when he struck the couple as they were in a crosswalk, police said.

By Cindy Hernandez

Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times

News

Police question concealed-carry holder who shot man during argument in Garfield Ridge

The woman who fired the gun drove herself to the Chicago Lawn District station after the shooting and was questioned by detectives.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Man found dead in crashed car near I-55 ramp in Garfield Ridge

Sami Jebreen, 69, was found about 3:30 p.m. Friday in a car that flipped over and crashed into a small, wooded area in the 5200 block of South Harlem Avenue.

By Sun-Times Wire

A home in the 5400 block of South Mulligan Avenue in Garfield Ridge where a woman died in a house fire on Sunday.

News

Woman who died in Garfield Ridge blaze identified

Alice Marie Zupancic was found dead by firefighters responding to a residential fire in the 5400 block of South Mulligan Avenue shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Man, 64, stabbed to death in Garfield Ridge

Police found a man inside a home in the 4600 block of South Laramie Avenue with a stab wound to his neck.

By Sun-Times Wire

The brightly lit Central Market at Midway Airport full of travelers.

Transportation

Central Market food and retail space lands at Midway Airport: ‘It represents the global city that we truly are’

The Central Market’s opening marked completion of the eight-year, $400 million Midway Modernization Program, which expanded security checkpoints and upgraded parking garages and concessions.

By Kade Heather

Family, friends, and community members gather for a candlelight vigil for Adriana Lopez outside her family’s Garfield Ridge home, Friday, Oct. 27. Lopez, 37, a special education teacher, was shot to death Sunday night as she returned home.

News

‘Vive Adrianna’ — Vigil held to honor slain special education teacher

About 100 people gathered outside Adrianna Lopez’s Garfield Ridge home Friday night. Lopez was killed Sunday night.

By Violet Miller

BriElle Munizzi’s tattoo on her upper right arm that spells out “Sun-Times” in tribute to her family’s Sunday morning ritual when she was growing up of reading the paper together.

Ex-South Sider BriElle Munizzi’s tattoo pays tribute to her family’s Sunday ritual: reading the Sun-Times

By Katie Anthony

Crime

Man shot to death on SW Side

The attack happened in the 5000 block of West 45th Street, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

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Crime

Off-duty sheriff’s officer shot in traffic on Southwest Side

The Cook County Sheriff’s officer was shot multiple times Wednesday night in the 4700 block of West 47th Street. The officer’s condition was serious to critical, fire officials said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Bicyclist fatally struck by car in Garfield Ridge

A man was turning his car left onto Natchez Avenue from 57th Street when he struck the bicyclist, a 68-year-old man.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

1 dead, 1 wounded in Garfield Ridge shooting

Two men were near South Nashville Avenue and West Archer Avenue when they were shot, police said. The surviving man is in good condition at a hospital.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Boy, 14, shot in Garfield Ridge

The boy was in the 4900 block of South Leamington Avenue when he was shot, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Candidates in the 14th Ward (top and bottom left) Jeylú Gutiérrez and Raul Reyes; in the 13th Ward (top and bottom center) incumbent Marty Quinn and challenger Paul Bruton; and in the 23rd Ward (top and bottom right) incumbent Silvana Tabares and Eddie Guillen.

Elections

Burke ‘cloud’ hangs over 14th Ward, as Madigan casts shadow in 13th and 23rd

In the two-candidate contest to succeed Ald. Ed Burke in the 14th Ward, Jeylú Gutiérrez faces Raul Reyes. And in the nearby 13th and 23rd Wards, two incumbents — one who broke with former House Speaker Mike Madigan and the other a longtime ally — are seeking reelection.

By Tina Sfondeles

A rendering of a proposed development on the Far Southwest Side on the site of former public housing. The development proposed by the Cultivate Collective is one of six finalists vying for the Pritzker Traubert Foundation’s $10 million Chicago Prize 2022.

Garfield Ridge

Group wants to create green revolution for Southwest Side with clean jobs, locally grown produce

Cultivate Collective, one of six finalists vying for the Pritzker Traubert Foundation $10 million prize, wants to transform a vacant lot into a leading example of green design.

By Michael Loria

A cow at a previous cow pie drop event on the Southwest Side.

News

Heifer on Southwest Side to relieve itself for good cause

The winner of the annual cow pie drop could take home $5,000, and proceeds will fund repairs at St. Faustina Kowalska parish.

By Michael Loria