Rogers Park
The beloved theater in Rogers Park announced its closure on social media Friday.
On the northwest corner of S&C Electric Co.’s 46-acre campus, the garden features 45 plant species and serves as a safe haven for birds, butterflies and bees.
Eight members of the Leon and Castro families had lived outdoors after being locked out of a shelter Saturday. The city has moved them to the Inn of Chicago in Streeterville.
Alejandra Leon said city officials haven’t reached out about relocating her and her children. Two families have lived outdoors since Saturday afternoon.
One woman who had been asked to leave said the families had nowhere else to go, but the local alderperson said they had been offered an alternative place to stay for the night.
The two were walking about 1:45 a.m. in the 1300 block of West Devon Avenue when someone in a black sedan drove by and an occupant began shooting.
Two people inside two separate cars fired shots in the 1600 block of West Howard Street, police said.
The 10 Chicago-based community leaders will receive a ‘no strings attached’ gift of $25,000, and the organization they work for will receive an additional $25,000.
In Rogers Park, shortly after 6 p.m., a 2-year-old girl found a gun in the 1500 block of West Jonquil Terrace. It went off, striking her in the hand, police said. She was listed in good condition at an Evanston hospital, police said.
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A woman was found unresponsive Monday with bruises to her face and body, police said.
The assailant pushed open the back door to a home about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 7600 block of North Sheridan Road, entered and shot the resident to death, police said.
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Someone approached him in a parking lot on Jarvis Avenue and shot him once, according to the police.
The man, 23, was found with gunshot wounds to the chest and leg about 1:50 a.m. Sunday in the 1700 block of West Greenleaf Avenue.
The owners of R Public House say a hammer-wielding man yelled gay slurs at patrons and broke a glass door Monday evening. ‘We’re not afraid,’ co-owner Sandra Carter says.
“This tragedy was avoidable and could and should have been prevented,” said Larry Rogers Jr., an attorney representing the family of one of the deceased women.
As Sun-Times journalists dug into 2020 U.S. census data about the city, we searched for the neighborhood that most closely reflected Chicago’s racial makeup. We found it on the Far North Side.
More than 75 cars topped with bright menorahs joined a procession across Chicago, marking the start of eight nights of celebration and bearing witness to the community’s strength, resilience and openness.
The three were in the 6600 block of North Clark Street about 8:50 p.m. when someone began shooting, police said. No arrests were reported.
The group allegedly stood in front of the bus in the 2800 block of Jerome Street, forcing it to stop, police said.
Three women are suing the school run by the Jesuit Catholic religious order, saying administrators “maintained a de facto policy” to “suppress reports of sexual violence and sexual harassment.”
The 25-year-old man was shot in the 7000 block of North Greenview Avenue.
They were in a parking lot in the 7100 block of North Clark Street when they were attacked, police said.
Police suspect Devin’s father was the intended target. Investigators questioned a person of interest this week but released him, according to police Supt. David Brown.