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Crime
Man dies days after South Chicago shooting
Michael Daniels, 18, was standing on the sidewalk April 2 in the 8000 block of South Phillips Avenue when someone opened fire around 7:15 p.m., Chicago police said.
 
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News
Woman hurt in South Chicago apartment fire dies
Authorities responded to a fire late Sunday in the 9100 block of South South Chicago Avenue. A woman who was hurt died Monday. Two people who were rescued from the apartment building are hospitalized.
By Cindy Hernandez
 
Aerial view of the abandoned Acme Steel Co. coke plant at East 114th Street and South Torrence Avenue in South Deering.
Environment
Acme Steel site on Southeast Side becomes newest Chicago Superfund priority
The addition of the long-abandoned and contaminated Acme Steel plant’s land to the government’s priority cleanup list offers hope of a conversion to a park or other place for recreation.
By Brett Chase
 
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News
CTA bus hits 11-year-old girl on scooter in South Chicago
The girl was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in serious condition after she was struck Monday afternoon.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
$150,000 rewards offered for information in South Chicago postal worker robberies
Three robberies of postal workers in the last month have been reported in Chicago, prompting the postal service to offer rewards in the cases.
By Mary Norkol
 
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Crime
Boy, 16, shot in South Chicago
The teenager was shot in the 8700 block of South Burley Avenue and was in critical condition, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Man dies days after South Chicago shooting
Michael Burnette, 43, was standing on the sidewalk in the 7900 block of South Oglesby Avenue about 9:35 p.m. Nov. 21 when he was shot. He died Friday, authorities said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times
Crime
Indiana man dies from shooting in South Chicago last month
Phillip Ramos, 35, was in the 8700 block of South Commercial Avenue Oct. 28 when two people walked up to him and fired shots. He died Nov. 8.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Woman shot in alley, another injured during hit and run crash in same South Chicago alley
A 24-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder and was hospitalized in fair condition and a 23-year-old was hit by a car that fled the scene. She was in good condition.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Swaysee Rankin, left, was dropped off at South Shore Hospital on Monday with multiple gunshot wounds. Three years ago, he saved the life of his close friend La’Mya Sparks, right, who was struck by a stray bullet.
News
Teen who saved 10-year-old’s life in South Chicago shooting in 2020 shot dead on Labor Day
Swaysee Rankin, 15, helped save the life of 10-year-old La’Mya Sparks in 2020.
By Allison Novelo
 
A view of the Chicago skyline from part of the old U.S. Steel South Works site near 85th and South Shore Drive in 2014.
Chicago should lead the way in turning old industrial sites into green neighborhoods
By John F. Wasik
 
Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times
Crime
Man fatally shot in South Chicago
About 11:35 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 9200 block of South Brandon Avenue and found the man, 45, shot multiple times, Chicago police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Movies and TV
Movie gives South Side’s Khalil Everage the high school experience he never had
During filming of ‘The Crusades,’ Everage said he gained about 15 pounds after eating Portillo’s and Giordano’s most days
By Jacquelyne Germain
 
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News
Man and woman found dead inside car in South Chicago
Police said a man and woman were found in the 8300 block of South Manistee Avenue. No gunshot wounds were reported by police.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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City Hall
City’s most violent Memorial Day weekend in 7 years ‘intolerable,’ Mayor Brandon Johnson says
Reducing crime wave will take time, says City Hall source.
By Fran Spielman and David Struett
 
Two men were shot in Humboldt Park early Saturday.
Crime
16-year-old girl shot, wounded in South Chicago home
The girl was shot in a home in the 8500 block of South Marquette Avenue, police said. No one has been arrested.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Man found shot to death in South Chicago home
Dushawn Bradley was found with a gunshot wound to the head in a home in the 7900 block of South Marquette Avenue. No one is in custody.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Woman fatally shot in South Chicago
The woman, 26, was found just before 5 a.m. Friday in the 8500 block of South Commercial Avenue.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Business
Sky’s the limit for West Side training of solar panel technicians
Using space at the former school for St. Agatha Catholic Church, the Sustainability Hub is a venture between a developer and others to address workforce development and economic justice.
By David Roeder
 
Ronald Nolton, 14, who went to school and rapped as Lil Ronald.
South Chicago
A year after he lost his mom and his home, 14-year-old shot dead in South Chicago. ‘He was a baby.’
Ronald Nolton went to school and rapped as Lil Ronald. After his mother died, “everything changed. His whole life changed,” his older sister Paulina Nolton says. “A part of him left with her.”
By Sophie Sherry
 
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