Austin
The shooting happened about 1 a.m. in the 4800 block of West Iowa Street.
Kenyon Taylor, 19, was shot in the 4800 block of West Adams Street, police said.
Cornnell Hunter, 23, was shot multiple times in the 4800 block of West Rice Street, police said.
The girl was in the 400 block of North Parkside Avenue when she was shot in the buttocks, police said.
Reducing crime wave will take time, says City Hall source.
Arnel Smith, 64, who lives on the same block as Johnson, is charged with first-degree murder and concealment of a homicide.
The teen was standing on a sidewalk Monday night when a white SUV pulled up and an occupant began shooting, according to police. The teen was hospitalized in good condition.
Arnel Smith, 64, was charged with first degree murder and concealing a homicide. The woman’s body was discovered in the 5700 block of West Chicago Avenue,
The crash happened in the 4800 block of West Jackson Boulevard, police said.
The former officer, 78, tried stopping a person from carjacking his neighbor in the 300 block of North Mayfield Avenue, police said.
Two police officers were hospitalized with injuries not considered life-threatening.
The man, 46, was leaving a home Monday evening when someone in a passing SUV fired shots.
Victor Terrell has been charged with first-degree murder, aggravated arson with a known person present and concealing death/moving a body, police said.
Police found the man with a gunshot wound to the chest in the 5400 block of West Ferdinand Street.
The application process for those interested in serving the rest of Brandon Johnson’s term on the County Board was announced Wednesday. Those already vying for the spot include three members of the Leaders Network, a West Side faith-based group.
Many who attended the swearing-in ceremony said they were excited for Brandon Johnson to take office because they felt he would bring positive change to Chicago.
A man was found with multiple stab wounds in the 5100 block of West Concord Place, police said.
Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin last month said she was exploring a congressional bid, but would run only if Davis retired.
He was outside Saturday in the 5200 block of West Adams Street when he was shot multiple times, police said.
Officers responding to a shots fired call found the man, 39, lying on the ground about 12:30 a.m. with a gunshot wound to the torso.
Filmmaker Deontay Wilson, a native of North Lawndale, will screen “Westside Stories: Paradise Lost” on Thursday in Austin. It is the first in a series about the West Side.
Momentum Coffee is a cafe and co-working space with locations downtown and on the South Side. It recently opened a new cafe in North Lawndale. Another will open soon in Austin.
The Thresholds Health clinic in Austin recently opened to the public and will accept even uninsured patients. It’s a step toward reaching a largely uninsured, though advocates say there’s still more to be done.
A gunman entered the bar in the 5400 block of West Madison Street and fired into a crowd just after 8 p.m.
Tracy Burton, 55, was crossing the street about 9:50 p.m. when a gray Jaguar sedan hit him and continued driving, police said.
The 20-year-old woman was in a West Side station Wednesday afternoon when someone got out of a silver sedan and shot her, police said.
Taliaferro, chairman of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, faces CB Johnson, leader of a nonprofit that helps people recover from drug use. On Feb. 28, Johnson ran strongest in the ward’s lowest-income areas.
Baseer Muhammad, 23, is charged with murder, reckless discharge of a firearm and other felonies in connection to a fatal shooting Feb. 28.
BUILD Chicago’s new youth and family center in Austin is free and open to the public. There’s a laundry room, a restorative justice program and a farm, among other things.
The man, 27, was shot in the chest about 8:45 p.m. in the 300 block of South Cicero Avenue.