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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: Chicago Fire Department, North Lawndale
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Boy injured in fall from 2nd floor window on West Side
Tribune reporterA 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: Chicago Fire Department, North Lawndale
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At least 7 wounded in shootings across Chicago
Tribune reportersA 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, South Lawndale, University of Chicago, Hospitals and Clinics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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'Caught up in the moment,' cop rushes into West Side fire
Tribune reporterChicago 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: Fires, Mother's Day, Chicago Police Department
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Area farmers markets are back!
Special to Tribune NewspapersAn array of vegetables, herbs, flowers and much more is hitting farm stands as the 2013 farmers market season gets underway. Although most markets will open later in May or in early June, several have already started. The market in Collum opens Wednesday,...Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Lincoln Square (Chicago, Illinois), Marketing, Garfield Park Conservatory, Jefferson Park
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Analyzing the effects of shutting Red Line for 5 months on South Side
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: Media Industry, Little Village, Chicago Transit Authority, Public Transportation, Entertainment
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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. When it opened in 1917, the red-brick, three-story Central Park Theatre was...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Paramount Pictures
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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....
Tags: Politics, Social Services, Health Treatments, Shootings, Personal Weapon Control
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Police fatally shoot boy they say fired at pedestrians in Lawndale
Tribune reporterA 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, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Fire Department, BP Plc, Firearms
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Police fatally shoot teen gunman on West Side
A teenage gunman was fatally shot by police Sunday in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood after he fired at pedestrians and officers, authorities said. The gunman, who was 15 or 16, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital, said Pat Camden, a police...
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Scrap yard owner indicted in theft, shredding of school buses
The owner of a Chicago auto yard has been indicted on dozens of felony charges alleging a brazen scheme to steal eight school buses from a Far South Side bus company and shred them for scrap. Sergio Quintero, 44, pleaded not guilty Friday to a 58-...Tags: Trials, South Lawndale, Judges, Theft, Justice System
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Auto yard owner indicted in theft of school buses
Tribune reporterThe owner of a Chicago auto yard has been indicted on dozens of felony charges for an allegedly brazen scheme to steal eight school buses from a Far South Side bus company and shred them for scrap. Sergio Quintero, 44, pleaded not guilty Friday to a 58-...Tags: Trials, South Lawndale, Judges, Theft, Justice System
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