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Women comprise 12 percent of homicide victims in 2013
RedEyeTwo women were killed in separate homicides Monday, bringing the total number of female homicide victims this year to 19, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. A 70-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the 1100 block of East 81st...Tags: Englewood, West Englewood, Garfield Park, Chicago Lawn, Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
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Cops find $500K in stolen goods at Southwest Side warehouse
A half-million dollars worth of chocolate, liquor, auto parts and concrete garden fountains don’t just fall off a truck. But this morning about 9:45 a.m., Chicago police and other investigators served a warrant at a Brighton Park neighborhood...Tags: Organized Crime, Theft, Car Repair, Car Parts
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Cops: Man drives through red light, is killed in SW Side crash
A 28-year-old man died Sunday night after the pickup he was driving struck a trailer truck in the Southwest Side's Brighton Park neighborhood, authorities said. The crash happened at 10:48 p.m. near the intersection of South Kedzie Avenue and West...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Accidental Death, Transportation Accidents, Chicago Police Department
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1 injured in chemical spill at Southwest Side factory
Tribune reporterOne person was injured in a small chemical spill in a Brighton Park neighborhood factory this afternoon. A hazardous materials crew was responding to the spill in the factory in the 4800 block of South St. Louis Avenue about 1 p.m., said Chicago Fire...Tags: Chicago Fire Department
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Chicago man charged in fatal hit-and-run
Tribune reportersA Chicago man is facing multiple charges in connection with a hit-and-run Thursday night that killed a Southwest Side woman and injured another. Fernando Marin, 40, of the 4500 block of South Drake Avenue, was speeding down South Homan Avenue toward the...Tags: Broken Leg, Prosecution, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Witnesses
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Chicago Crime Overnight Report
Tribune reporterA wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • A Chicago man is facing multiple charges in connection with a Thursday night hit-and-run accident that killed a Southwest Side woman. Read more • A 30-year-old man was shot in the head...Tags: Gage Park, South Chicago, McKinley Park
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Firefighter injured in one of three South, Southwest side fires
Tribune reporterOne firefighter suffered minor injuries at a fire in the South Chicago neighborhood early Sunday morning, and fires destroyed two other homes in the Gage Park and Brighton Park neighborhoods. The firefighter hurt in the South Chicago neighborhood, in...Tags: Gage Park, Fires, South Chicago, Chicago Fire Department
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Archdiocese in transition
During the reign of Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholics in the Chicago area confronted many of the shifting tides that will face the man chosen to serve as the next pontiff. As the church leaps into a simmering public square on such issues as abortion...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Philippines, Birth Control, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Luis Antonio Tagle
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Bail set on weapons charges for parolee
Tribune reportersBail was set at $150,000 today on weapons-related charges for a Brighton Park man already on parole in an attempted murder case after beat officers saw him firing a gun near his home this week. Edgar Jasso, 29, faces charges of unlawful use of a weapon...Tags: Chicago Lawn, Prosecution, Punishment, Murder, Chicago Transit Authority
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Teen dies after being beaten on New Year's Day
Tribune reporterA 17-year-old boy was pronounced dead today, after he was dragged out of a car on New Year's Day by two suspected gang members who beat him with a bottle and stole his vehicle in the Brighton Park neighborhood, police said. The attack happened on Jan....Tags: Gang Activity, New Year's Day
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Community Close-Up: Brighton Park
As the second fastest-growing neighborhood in the city, Brighton Park is home to a large proportion of Chicago's low-income families and children. Dramatic changes in the last decade have transformed a previously predominant Polish, Irish, Lithuanian, and...Tags: Family, United Way
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Police warn of Brighton Park, Heart of Chicago robberies
Chicago police are warning Brighton Park and Heart of Chicago residents after five robberies in the two South Side neighborhoods. In a pair of robberies in the 4300 and 4400 South blocks of Western Avenue in Brighton Park, four people in a dark SUV...
Tags: Theft, Heart of Chicago
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