Humboldt Park
The Chicago High School for the Arts will highlight its different conservatories at a series of open houses throughout November, beginning with a showcase of the music department on Tuesday.
Akeem Briscoe was in a bathroom washing his hands for dinner when he was shot in Humboldt Park. A vigil Thursday was called off after shots were fired.
Michael Lampley, 25, a parolee, is accused of shooting Shawn Brown, 31, on July 25 in Humboldt Park.
Chicago nonprofit Humble Design fully furnished and customized the four-bedroom house within hours.
The officers were in the 4200 block of West North Avenue when someone in a white jeep began shooting at them, according to officials. No one was hit.
Two men were fatally shot in the 1300 block of Luis Munoz Marin Drive on May 9, police said.
He was shot through the window while inside a restaurant in the 2700 block of West Division Street, police said.
Construction on the $43 million development at 79th and Halsted streets is expected to start Wednesday, with the city promising that pending projects in other areas will follow.
Anil Paul, 32, was arguing with someone about 3:30 a.m. in the 1100 block of North Ridgeway Avenue when he was shot multiple times, Chicago police said.
The agency is investigating after a management company forced activists who’d been at the house since January to leave the property.
Developers invest in an industrial site’s turnaround and hope savvy tenants will buy into the vision of The Terminal.
The public outdoor plazas will be funded by the Chicago Recovery Program. Eight out of 10 of the proposed plazas are on the city’s South and West sides.
Chicago Area Runners Association received $25,000 to fund free 5Ks and neighborhood running clubs formed in honor of Ahmaud Arbery.
Billed as the largest Hispanic culture festival in the Midwest, the event returns for its eighth year with music, food, dance and art from Colombia and other Latin American countries.
It was unclear whether the shots were fired directly at officers, police said.
The children who died were 5, 6 and 11. A fourth boy remains in extremely critical condition from the fire, which broke out early Sunday in the back of the the apartment at 4032 W. Potomac.
The fire began in the basement of a house in the 4000 block of West Potomac Avenue early Sunday, officials said.
Timothy Hendricks is accused of hitting a police officer with the passenger-side door of a car in Humboldt Park.
The $24 million facility will focus on preventive medicine.
City College students average three years to complete a 2-year associate degree program. Maria Delgado took 28.
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Teamwork Englewood and the South Shore Chamber Community Development Corp. were selected through the Neighborhood Developers Initiative, run by Community Desk Chicago.
The Illinois General Assembly has done it for years. On Wednesday, the City Council debuted electronic voting, with IPads at each alderperson’s seat and three video boards behind the mayor’s rostrum to display each vote.
The residential and commercial development is from A.J. Patton of 548 Development, whose past work has drawn notice from Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration.
The surcharges, being extended for two more years, are $15,000 for demolishing a house, townhouse or two-flat and $5,000-per-unit for tearing down multi-unit residential buildings. Critics have said such fees steal equity from residents who “stuck it out through tough times.”
West Humboldt Park residents want Amazon to sign community benefits agreement on wages, local hiring
The West Humboldt Park Community Coalition is calling for Amazon to start wages at $28.50 per hour and ensure that 60% of employees at a new facility near Kostner and Division live in the community.
Susan Torres’ blood and Malik Landers’ DNA, were found on the jacket Landers was wearing when he was arrested after getting into his girlfriend’s silver Toyota RAV4 Monday, prosectors said. The SUV also allegedly had traces of Torres’ blood inside.
Families gathered in Humboldt Park on Thursday to celebrate Three Kings Day, a popular Latin American holiday.
About 9:30 p.m., he was on the sidewalk in the 1000 block of North Lawndale Avenue, when he was shot in the left arm and leg.
Latinos are the second largest racial group in the city of Chicago, in Cook County, and in the State of Illinois.
The free event — Destinos al Aire, A Holiday Extravaganza! — was put on by the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance as part of the Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Park series.