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Group's efforts to revitalize neighborhoods pay off
The 15 employees of the Southwest Organizing Project, a nonprofit community group on Chicago's Southwest Side, are housed in a small, shared office space when they aren't out in the community. They are out a lot in the neighborhoods, ones particularly...Tags: Ashburn, Cook County Government, Career and Workplace, Catherine T. MacArthur, Gage Park
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Closing the Racial Gap in Chicago Breast Cancer Mortality Rates
TribLocal - EvanstonBy Lacy Schley/MEDILL NEWS SERVICE Breast cancer deaths are higher in the most racially and economically segregated Chicago areas, especially those with the fewest healthcare …... -
Emanuel unveils plan to shift 500 police officers to high-crime areas
Clout StPosted by John Byrne and Jeremy Gorner at 11:43 a.m.; updated at 2:25 p.m. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today formally announced that 500 Chicago police officers will be redeployed to high-crime areas this summer. "This is a down payment on my...... -
1 killed, 2 hurt in Chicago Lawn shooting
Chicago Breaking NewsA shooting in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood Tuesday afternoon left an 18-year-old man dead and two others seriously injured, police said. Chicago Police respond to the scene of the shooting on the 6100 block of South Sacramento Avenue this afternoon.... -
2 shot in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood
Chicago Breaking NewsA man and a teenage boy were hospitalized in good condition after they were shot in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood late Thursday, police said.The shooting happened at 10:40 p.m. on the 5900 block of South Sawyer Avenue, police said.An 18-year-old man was... -
16-year-old seriously wounded in Chicago Lawn shooting
Chicago Breaking NewsA 16-year-old boy was shot in the back and seriously injured this evening in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, authorities said. The boy, who preliminary information indicated was 16, was shot just after 7:30 p.m. in the 5900 block of South California Avenue... -
Female shot, critically hurt in Chicago Lawn
Chicago Breaking NewsA female was shot and critically injured at about 6:40 p.m. today a few blocks from Marquette Park, police said.The incident happened near 71st Street and Campbell Avenue, said Chicago Police Office Anne Dwyer.Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry... -
Bail denied for man charged in Chicago Lawn slaying
Tribune reporterA judge denied bail today for a 21-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a rival gang member who didn’t “throw down the fork’’ upon demand this week in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side, authorities said....Tags: Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Prosecution, Judges
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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: Roseland, Brighton Park, Murder, Garfield Park, Gage Park
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Bar tape refutes cops
The arrest report filed by two Chicago police officers claimed they searched Raymundo Martinez outside a Southwest Side bar because he threw a bottle of Corona down on the sidewalk when he saw them coming. The officers, members of the special...Tags: Health, Death, Jose Reyes, Court Preliminary, Constitutional Issues
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Man critically wounded in shooting on South Side
Tribune reporterA man was critically wounded this afternoon in a possible domestic-related shooting on the South Side in the city's Chicago Lawn neighborhood. About 12:40 p.m., a man in his 20s was shot in the chest on the 6900 block of South Talman Avenue, said Police...Tags: Shootings
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Police: Robbers hit customers at 5 businesses in 3 blocks
April saw five robberies of patrons at businesses along a three-block stretch of South Kedzie Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, police said today in a community alert. In all the attacks, from one to three robbers approached a victim and took...
Tags: Business, Criminals, Theft
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