News Crime Lawndale

Man shot in both legs in Lawndale

By Sara Freund

A man was shot Monday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

The 23-year-old man was walking in the 1800 block of South Ridgeway about 11:20 a.m. when a male approached and engaged him in conversation before firing shots, according to Chicago Police.

He was shot in both legs and taken to Mount Sinai, where his condition stabilized.

Next Up In News

Employee of Humboldt Park business wounded in shootout during attempted robbery

Man found shot to death on West Side

Man shot and killed in East Garfield Park

Don Sharko, who owned Don's Drive-in restaurant on the South Side, dead at 94

Slain Chicago cop's handcuffs were placed on his accused killer following a tradition to honor fallen cops

2 men charged in deadly Rogers Park shooting

The Latest

Bulls

Bulls position breakdowns: Moving Nikola Vucevic center of attention?

Another season of disappointment finally has executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas bagging “continuity” and looking to make bigger swings this summer. While trading Zach LaVine is priority number one, Vucevic is also expected to be shopped.

By Joe Cowley

High School Basketball

Six area junior basketball players to keep eye on during recruiting period

Waubonsie Valley’s Tyreek Coleman, Phillips’ EJ Horton, Lane Tech’s Dalton Scantlebury, Rolling Meadows’ Ian Miletic, Bolingbrook’s JT Pettigrew and Romeoville’s EJ Mosley are area talents looking to make big impression during key recruiting period.

By Joe Henricksen

Red Stars

Red Stars using game at Wrigley as an opportunity to 'direct their own future'

The Red Stars already have sold more than 16,000 tickets, with Wrigley expected to hold about 37,000 after necessary adjustments to turn it from a baseball field to a soccer pitch.

By Annie Costabile

Larry Snelling Chicago police superintendent community forum National Museum of Mexican Art

Editorials

No extremism in the Chicago police ranks? We need more convincing.

No offense to Supt. Larry Snelling, but we’re looking forward to a review by City Hall’s independent inspector general, Deborah Witzburg.

By CST Editorial Board

Columnists

Is a tax on services in Illinois' future? Pritzker no longer rules it out.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker unexpectedly backed off his longstanding opposition to taxing services as lawmakers search for ways to fund and reform the Chicago region’s mass transit system.

By Rich Miller