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The goals are to revitalize the small business sector and increase the availability of affordable housing.
Just a day after meeting with a therapist for the first time, Fallon Harris shot her cherished 12-year-old son twice in the head Sunday. “She loved [Kaden] more than anything in the world,” said the boy’s father. “I’m losing everything I had in this world. Everything.”
About 1:10 a.m., the man, believed to be about 50-years-old, was in the 8700 block of South Burley Avenue, when he was shot once in the right armpit.
Police told aldermen high-crime districts would get help as rookies graduate from the academy, but it’ll take years to get South and West Side districts to proper levels. A University of Chicago Crime Lab model called for a faster, more widespread approach using veteran cops, too.
In court documents, the Lightfoot administration says General Iron’s owner shouldn’t get a permit until pollution studies are complete.
About 2:40 p.m., the man, 40, and the 16-year-old boy were on the sidewalk in the 8100 block of South Coles Avenue, when they heard shots and felt a pain.
Nickos Brewer was last seen Monday and is missing from the 8400 block of South Saginaw Avenue.
Urban Growers Collective teaches communities how to grow vegetables at several farms around the city.
Kimberly Boykin was last seen Thursday near the 7900 block of South Oglesby Avenue.
Proposals sought for key commercial stretches emphasize corner parcels and some architectural landmarks.
Swaysee Rankin, shot along with his 14-year-old cousin Monday, had applied pressure to the wound of the young girl at a park in October
The man crashed his Honda into a utility pole just before 4 p.m. in the 9100 block of South Lake Shore Drive, and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, Chicago police said.
About 500 individuals and more than 70 organizations sent the mayor a letter urging her to halt the metal shredder’s opening on the Southeast Side. A Rush doctor calls the matter a “textbook example of environmental racism.”
The trio were standing outside about 2:50 p.m. when someone fired shots at them in the 8000 block of South Euclid Avenue, Chicago police said.
At least 88 motor vehicle thefts have been reported this year in police’s 3rd District, which covers South Shore — a 22% increase over last year.
The man was listed in critical condition, police say.
Iashiskala Sims, 40, of Humboldt Park, received a Saturn Ion Sunday from Early Walker, owner of W&W Towing.
A male walked up and tapped a gun on her window as she waited for her father in the 8700 block of South Escanaba Avenue.
The 2-month-old’s care taker told investigators he went to get a bottle for the crying infant, and came back to find him not breathing.
A total of seven people were displaced from their homes and a 34-year-old man was taken to the hospital in fair condition because of smoke inhalation.
Victor Salamanca and a woman, also 51, were sitting in the living room of a home in the 8700 block of South Buffalo Avenue when someone fired shots from outside, Chicago police say.
Mariah Thomas and two men, both 36 years old, were outside in the 8300 block of South Paxton Avenue when someone fired shots.
Lacey Sheppard, 27, was in the 9000 block of South Commercial Avenue, when he heard shots and felt a pain, police said.
A city lawyer accuses community groups of exaggeration and says fears about air pollution are unwarranted.
Brandon Jefferson was inside a home in the 8100 block of South Bennett Avenue, when he was shot in the back multiple times.
Two officers used stun guns on the man, police said. While he was being taken into custody, he stabbed one officer in the abdomen, causing a puncture wound. The officer was taken to a hospital in fair condition.
One woman was taken to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation, fire officials said. Seven residents were displaced.
About 10:45 p.m. he was walking on the sidewalk in the 8700 block of South South Chicago Avenue, when someone inside a passing dark sedan fired shots at him.
Our elected leaders — whether in Washington, Springfield or in City Hall — need to stand up for the Southeast Side.