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    May 25, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. CeaseFire complains police interfere with group's push to ease gang conflicts

    CeaseFire Illinois workers say Chicago police officers are increasingly ordering them off street corners in Woodlawn along with gang members, interfering with their efforts to tamp down violence in the crime-plagued neighborhood.
    CeaseFire Illinois workers say Chicago police officers are increasingly ordering them off street corners in Woodlawn along with gang members, interfering with their efforts to tamp down violence in the crime-plagued neighborhood. The alleged...

    Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Labor Legislation, North Lawndale, Criminal Laws, Murder

    2. May 23, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Cops: Man stabbed to death in domestic dispute

    A West Side man was stabbed to death this morning in a domestic dispute in the Lawndale neighborhood, authorities said.
    A West Side man was stabbed to death this morning in a domestic dispute in the Lawndale neighborhood, authorities said. Willie Wimberly, 35, was found fatally stabbed in the 1900 block of South Spaulding Avenue, and declared dead at 9:25 a.m. at Mount...

    Tags: Punishment, Chicago Fire Department

    3. May 23, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. CPS approves largest school closure in Chicago's history

    Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings.
    Tribune reporters
    Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....

    Tags: Separation of Church and State, Jesse Owens, Robin Williams, Near North Side, North Lawndale

    4. May 23, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. CPS OKs massive closings

    Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings.
    Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....

    Tags: Separation of Church and State, Near North Side, North Lawndale, Politics, Karen Lewis

    5. May 19, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. 4-year-old survives 2-story fall from window

    A 4-year-old boy fell from a second-story window of his family's North Lawndale neighborhood apartment Saturday, narrowly missing a spiked metal gate in front of the entrance, authorities said. The boy apparently fell while jumping on the couch near an...

    Tags: North Lawndale, Chicago Fire Department

    6. May 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Boy injured in fall from 2nd floor window on West Side

    A 4-year-old boy fell from a second-story window in his family’s North Lawndale neighborhood apartment Saturday and narrowly missed a spiked metal gate in front of the entrance, authorities said.
    Tribune reporter
    A 4-year-old boy fell from a second-story window in his family’s North Lawndale neighborhood apartment Saturday and narrowly missed a spiked metal gate in front of the entrance, authorities said. The boy had apparently been jumping on the couch...

    Tags: North Lawndale, Chicago Fire Department

    7. May 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. At least 7 wounded in shootings across Chicago

    A man was shot and critically wounded inside a building in the Beverly neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, among seven people shot across Chicago into the evening, police said.
    Tribune reporters
    A man was shot and critically wounded inside a building in the Beverly neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, among seven people shot across Chicago into the evening, police said. The man, 34, was shot in the 9900 block of South Walden Parkway about 12:30 p....

    Tags: Shootings, Jackson Park, South Lawndale, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics

    8. May 6, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Analyzing the effects of shutting Red Line for 5 months on South Side

    The <strong>Chicago Transit Authority's</strong> next big project and its impact on riders were the focus of conversation Friday afternoon at Carter's Barbershop in the city's <strong>North Lawndale </strong>neighborhood.
    The Chicago Transit Authority's next big project and its impact on riders were the focus of conversation Friday afternoon at Carter's Barbershop in the city's North Lawndale neighborhood. Bert Downing, the owner of the shop at 3622 W. Cermak Road in...

    Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Transportation, North Lawndale, Radio, Michigan Avenue

    9. May 12, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. 'Caught up in the moment,' cop rushes into West Side fire

    Chicago Police Department Officer Edward Leighton was a block away when he learned of a fire in the 1900 block of South Drake Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood yesterday.
    Tribune reporter
    Chicago Police Department Officer Edward Leighton was a block away when he learned of a fire in the 1900 block of South Drake Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood yesterday. Without pausing to think, he ran into the smoke-filled apartment building and...

    Tags: Mother's Day, Fires, Chicago Police Department

    10. May 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Is it curtains for Central Park Theatre?

    In a sea of empty lots in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood sits a faded relic that is one of the most historically significant American movie theaters still standing.
    In a sea of empty lots in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood sits a faded relic that is one of the most historically significant American movie theaters still standing. When it opened in 1917, the red-brick, three-story Central Park Theatre was...

    Tags: New York City, Martin Luther King Jr., Human Interest, North Lawndale, Arts and Culture

    11. May 8, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. UCAN to break ground on new campus, address gun violence

    Before Tom Vanden Berk's 15-year-old son was shot and killed at a Rogers Park house party in 1992, Vanden Berk didn't think much could be done about gun control. But since then, the gun violence prevention movement has been front and center in his life.
    Before Tom Vanden Berk's 15-year-old son was shot and killed at a Rogers Park house party in 1992, Vanden Berk didn't think much could be done about gun control. But since then, the gun violence prevention movement has been front and center in his life....

    Tags: Justice and Rights, Health Treatments, North Lawndale, Social Services, Interior Policy

    12. May 5, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Police fatally shoot boy they say fired at pedestrians in Lawndale

    A teenaged gunman on a bicycle who officials said was firing shots at pedestrians and police officers was fatally shot by police this afternoon on the West Side, according to authorities.
    Tribune reporter
    A teenaged gunman on a bicycle who officials said was firing shots at pedestrians and police officers was fatally shot by police this afternoon on the West Side, according to authorities. The gunman, who is 15 or 16, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai...

    Tags: Shootings, Firearms, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Fire Department, BP Plc

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Chicago police officer Edward Leighton, right, describe...
(May 11, 2013)
'Caught up in the moment,' cop rushes into West Side fire
Chicago police officer Edward Leighton, right, describe...
(May 11, 2013)
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Theater owner John Balaban, left, accepts the Box Offic...
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