Results for “South Side Monday”

WLS-TVNot rated4 hours ago

Man fatally shoots self during warrant operation on South Side: Chicago police

A 53-year-old man fatally shot himself during a warrant operation on the South Side Monday morning, Chicago police said.

WFLDNot rated2 days ago

Chicago man charged with killing 84-year-old woman on South Side, police say

A Chicago man was charged with first-degree murder in the death of an 84-year-old woman on the city’s Far South Side earlier this year. Joseph Ruiz, 51, was charged with first-degree murder and murder with a strong probability of...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left6 days ago

Three parents of CPS graduates face off in South Side District 10b Chicago School Board race

District 10b neighborhoods: South Deering, Hegewisch, Riverdale, East Side, Chatham, South Chicago, Pullman, Calumet Heights, Avalon Park, Burnside, South Shore At first glance, the candidates vying to represent Chicago’s Southeast Side...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left6 days ago

College student challenges police detective in race for District 8b, South Side and Southwest Side in Chicago School Board race

District 8b neighborhoods: New City, Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, McKinley Park, Bridgeport, the Loop, Brighton Park, West Lawn, Near South Side, Armour Square Juan Ignacio González , a veteran Chicago Police detective and local coffee shop...

WFLDNot rated7 days ago

Chicago man charged after stolen gun found during South Side eviction

A 42-year-old Chicago man is facing a felony gun charge after Cook County sheriff's deputies discovered a stolen firearm at the foot of his bed while enforcing a court-ordered eviction on the South Side. Marecko Green was arrested Oct....

WFLDNot rated8 days ago

Crash leaves 8 hurt on Chicago’s South Side, police say

A three-vehicle crash on Chicago’s South Side overnight left eight people hospitalized early Sunday morning. Officers responded to the scene of the crash in the 5400 block of S. Ashland Ave. a little after midnight, according to the...

Hyde Park HeraldNot rated10 days ago

Candidates for South Side Board of Education Spots Split on Key Issues at Community Forum

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by South Side Weekly.

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left11 days ago

Newborn dies after teen gives birth at Far South Side school

<p>Police are investigating following the death of a newborn whose teen mother gave gave birth at a Far South Side school Wednesday afternoon in the Riverdale neighborhood.</p><p>The 15-year-old girl gave birth around 3 p.m. Wednesday...

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Two newcomers race to represent South Side’s District 6b amid enrollment declines in Chicago School Board race

District 6b neighborhoods: Greater Grand Crossing, Grand Boulevard, Washington Park, Near South Side, the Loop, Douglas, Woodlawn, Englewood, Fuller Park, Hyde Park Michael Neal , a South Side native and longtime pastor, is facing off...

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Brittany Bailey Preston, wife of local state senator, runs unopposed in South Side’s District 9a in Chicago School Board race

District 9a neighborhoods: Auburn Gresham, West Englewood, Englewood, New City, Ashburn, Washington Heights Voters in this South Side district will have a new representative — with a familiar last name — on Chicago’s school board...

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Rabbi Capers Funnye, Michelle Obama's cousin who ran South Side synagogue, broke racial barriers, dies at 74

<p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Rabbi Capers C. Funnye Jr. was the chief rabbi of Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation on the Southwest Side, one of the largest black synagogues in America.</p><p>He was also former First Lady...

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1 killed in Eisenhower Expressway crash on West Side

<p>A person was killed in a two-car crash on the Eisenhower Expressway early Sunday, according to Illinois State Police. </p><p>The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-290 near the Austin Boulevard exit, state...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left10 days ago

Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright then wronged by neglect, South Park Terrace heads for auction

<p>A picturesque 121-year-old South Side courtyard building inspired by an historic Frank Lloyd Wright design — and featured in a 1995 Halle Berry movie — is now scheduled for auction.</p><p>South Park Terrace, a Prairie School-styled...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left11 hours ago

Gunman bursts into Gresham home, sexually assaults woman, police say

Chicago police are searching for a man who broke into a Gresham home where he sexually assaulted a woman and robbed her Friday morning on the South Side. Police are looking for the armed person who broke into a South Side home and...

WLS-TVNot rated2 days ago

Man charged with kidnapping, battery that led to Chicago police pursuit, crash, Palatine police say

A 23-year-old man has now been charged with kidnapping and battery after a police pursuit that began with a suburban assault investigation and ended when the vehicle crashed into a pole on Chicago's South Side, authorities said.

WLS-TVNot rated1 day ago

Man found shot to death in Hegewisch, Chicago police say

A man was found shot to death on the city's Far South Side on Sunday, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left4 days ago

Electric scooter driver dead after collision with CPD vehicle in Bridgeport

<p>A 39-year-old man riding an electric scooter has died after a collision with a Chicago police vehicle early Thursday in Bridgeport. </p><p>At 12:30 a.m., officers were on patrol in a marked police vehicle, traveling north on...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left9 days ago

15-year-old boy among 2 critically wounded in Grand Boulevard shooting

<p>A 15-year-old boy was among two people critically wounded in a shooting early Saturday in Grand Boulevard on the South Side. </p><p>The teen and a 19-year-old man were in the 500 block of East 50th Place around 12:25 a.m. when they...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left11 days ago

Motorcyclist killed, passenger critically injured in crash with SUV in Woodlawn

<p>A 21-year-old man driving a motorcycle was killed and his passenger critically injured when an SUV crashed into them while turning Wednesday night in Woodlawn on the South Side. </p><p>Around 9:10 p.m., a silver SUV was trying to...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left10 days ago

Person found dead inside burning car in Roseland

<p>A person was found dead in a burning car early Friday in Roseland on the Far South Side. </p><p>Around 12:15 a.m., officers responded to a vehicle fire in the 10800 block of South Eggleston Avenue where the person was found and...

Chicago ReaderNot rated5 days ago

Southeast Spotlight: ETA Creative Arts Foundation

ETA Creative Arts Foundation7558 S. South Chicago Ave., Box Office open Wed and Fri 10 AM—4 PM(773) 752-3955, Email [email protected], Facebook ETACreativeArts, Instagram @etacreativearts In 1971, a vision was planted on the...

BrandonsunCenter3 days ago

Province shuts down trucking firm linked to fatal crash

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left3 days ago

3 shot when bullets smash through window of Englewood apartment

<p>Gunfire ripped through an apartment window and hit three people inside the Englewood apartment early Friday on the South Side,</p><p>Two women, 21 and 23, were inside an apartment when the shooting happened around 1:10 a.m. in the...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left3 days ago

White Sox enter GM meetings with a shorter runway for a vital offseason

<p>Five years ago, the now-familiar specter of oncoming MLB lockout drove a free-agent frenzy at the end of November. The Cubs signed two-time All-Star Marcus Stroman, the Blue Jays landed a staff ace in Kevin Gausman, the Rangers...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left9 days ago

Upside Down flips the traditional parade for Halloween attendees

<p>Chicagoans on the South Side had a bright start to Halloween Saturday at the Upside Down Parade — an event that turns attendees into paraders.</p><p>Dressed in costume, families joined the procession down Russell Drive in Washington...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left11 days ago

Bulls' Caleb Wilson and Matas Buzelis starting to showcase hero mode

<p>This was a glimpse of what it’s supposed to look like.</p><p>What it looked like when they ran together in a South Side summer Pro-Am, late-summer scrimmages, and intra-squad practices.</p><p>Rookie Caleb Wilson doing Caleb Wilson...

DeccanchronicleCenter1 day ago

Inter Zonal T20 Trophy: Pranavi Captain, Pooja in South Zone Side

Senior Women’s Inter Zonal T20 Trophy is scheduled to be held in Guwahati, Assam, from November 24 to December 4

The Daily BeastLeft7 days ago

Flailing GOP Senators Torched by Own Side in Brutal Verdict

Sam Wolfe/Reuters-Nathan Howard/Reuters Three GOP incumbent senators in deep-red states are being blasted by their own party for their lackluster midterm campaign efforts. Kansas’ Roger Marshall, South Carolina’s Darline Graham and...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left3 days ago

Gunman commandeers CTA bus with passengers through Southwest Side, prosecutors say

A gunman who hijacked a CTA bus with passengers and demanded its driver to run four red lights through several neighborhoods while waving the gun around earlier this week on the Southwest Sides remains behind bars Friday. A CTA bus...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left5 days ago

Boy, 16, killed in shooting in East Side home

<p>A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed inside a home in the East Side neighborhood on Wednesday morning, Chicago police said.</p><p>The unidentified boy was inside a residence in the 9700 block of South Avenue L when he was shot at...