Greater Grand Crossing

The teen was found on the ground with gunshot wounds to his leg and torso around noon Monday in the 7200 block of South Lafayette Avenue, police say.
Someone in a car pulled up and shot her as she stood in the 7000 block of South Rhodes Avenue, the police said.
With 11 candidates, the race is one of the most crowded on the Feb. 28 ballot. Nearly all of the candidates agree the next alderperson should be more accessible.
Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes make history. For decades, white owners and coaches assumed Black players couldn’t grasp the technicalities of the position.
Third World Press Foundation, the renowned Black publishing company on Chicago’s South Side, experienced a flood in December that caused $200,000 in damage.
The 19-year-old is in critical condition after being shot in his chest Thursday afternoon, police said.
Police warn residents after thieves broke into Hyundai and Kia models and tried to steal them over last week.
Police said the boy was shot in the 400 block of East 71st Street.
Anthony Perry said he plans to put the $5,000 that comes with the award to good use.
The 12-home project in Greater Grand Crossing relies on a technique that speeds construction and keeps costs down.
A woman was hospitalized after her car was struck at 75th and Eberhart Avenue.
A man and women were traveling north in the 8100 block of South Stony Island Avenue when the driver lost control of the car and crashed into a tree, police said.
Bryant D. McNeal, 37, was shot multiple times and was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died, police said.
Comer Education Campus is one of six finalists for the Pritzker Traubert Foundation $10 million Chicago Prize 2022.
A man trying to rob a South Shore grocery store exchanged gunfire with a store clerk, police say. Both men died.
The teen was shot in the 7700 block of South Vernon Avenue by someone in a white Jeep, Chicago police said.
Police said the child was found unresponsive at a home in the 7800 block of South Ellis Avenue.
He was discovered unresponsive inside a residence in the first block of West 71st Street, police said.
They were in the 7100 block of South State Street when they were struck by gunfire, police said.
NBC changed Christine Houston’s play a lot to turn it into a television show. But she retained stage rights, and the original play is still performed. It has returned to the South Side for another run, at the ETA Creative Arts Foundation.
The Lyte Lounge in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood wants to be a beacon for young people struggling with homelessness. Visitors can grab a meal, find community and feel at home.
Anthony Perry is used to enduring long commutes to work on public transit. Now, he has another option.
“When I got into office, the people who were used to having their way, who were used to dominating our city — they wanted their city back and they’ve been fighting against us every single day,” the mayor told the breakfast crowd at Starlight Restaurant, 8300 S. Kedzie Ave.
Ald. Roderick Sawyer’s father, Eugene Sawyer, was mayor in the late 1980s. Roderick Sawyer chairs the City Council’s Committee on Health and Human Relations and is a former chair of the council’s Black Caucus. He’s the fifth candidate seeking to deny Mayor Lori Lightfoot a second term.
The attack happened in the 1400 block of East 71st Street.
Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert in the 1500 block of East 70th Street found the man with gunshot wounds to the head and body.
The Rebuild Foundation and Theaster Gates Studio have turned 13 abandoned lots into community garden space, opening to the public Thursday.
About 11:05 p.m., they were standing near a vehicle, and one person was sitting inside the vehicle, in the 7600 block of South Ingleside Avenue, when shots were fired.
In June, the median list price of homes in Belmont Cragin was $360,000, up 19% from June 2020, according to Realtor.com. But high demand led to overbidding, driving the median sale price even higher — to $375,000