Morgan Park

Austin retired effective March 1. Mayor Lori Lightfoot can appoint a two-month caretaker for her old 34th Ward boundaries or the Far South Side or leave the ward without an alderperson.
Nykee Owens, 19, pulled out a handgun as he stepped between 30-year-old Kenard Milsap and Milsap’s cousin just after 2 a.m. on Sept. 24, prosecutors said.
Former Area South Detective Cmdr. Rodney Blisset said there was no reason to ‘dump’ a detective who supervised a police shooting investigation.
Isaac Lambert has sued city, CPD claiming he was demoted for refusing to cover for a fellow officer who shot an unarmed, disabled teen in 2017.
Detective Isaac Lambert says he was demoted after he refused to clear a fellow officer in the 2017 shooting of 18-year-old Ricardo Hayes.
The Far South Community Development Corp. is putting final touches on a housing proposal as it looks for other ways to improve the area.
They were sitting in a parked car in the 11300 block of South May Street when they were shot.
Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), chairman of the City Council’s Black Caucus, said the Save A Lot name that will be revived by stores operated by Yellow Banana has been seriously damaged by store closings.
She was a teacher and principal and helped kids interested in medicine follow a doctor around to see what the work was like, helping many pursue careers in medicine.
Roderick Woodson of Morgan Park saw $997 mysteriously drained from his Chime Financial account in minutes. The company restored his money after a Sun-Times reporter asked: What happened?
Kenard Milsap, 30, was in a backyard at a gathering in the 11800 block of South Hale Avenue when he was shot, police said.
Sean Dwyer and his sister Bridgett Massey are accused of conspiracy and cocaine possession. Dwyer also faces a federal gun charge.
The 42-year-old was found with a gunshot wound to the back of his head at a residence in the 10900 block of South Racine Avenue.
The crash occurred about 1 a.m. in the 10700 block of South Vincennes Avenue, police said.
The Chicago Department of Public Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois are teaming up to open family vaccination clinics on the South Side throughout the summer.
She was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where she was in fair condition, police said.
The three were found during a well-being check inside a home in the 11300 block of South Green Street about 5 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
The crash occurred in the 11400 block of South Marshfield Avenue about 1:45 a.m, police said.
Gas-powered portable generators emit deadly carbon monoxide and have been blamed for more than 1,000 deaths since 2005, including that of a Morgan Park woman.
The Smith Village senior living community has modernized its Johanson Wing and will begin accepting admissions in November.
A 29-year-old man was also wounded in the shooting Thursday morning in the 1600 block of West Waseca Place.
They are among five law enforcement officials wounded in three days in Chicago. ‘The police are under siege,’ Ald. Matt O’Shea said.
At least 12 new cameras are to be installed in the 19th Ward neighborhoods after a fatal carjacking and mass shooting in the past year.
Jaylen Saulsberry, 19, was ordered held without bail. Saulsberry was taken into custody at O’Hare Airport Tuesday after he was extradited from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested on a separate warrant tied to another carjacking incident, prosecutors said.