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Suspicious package at Southwest Side mail center forces evacuation
Two postal workers and a police officer were taken to hospitals Thursday after a suspicious package spurred a hazardous-materials response at a mail sorting facility in Chicago's West Lawn neighborhood, officials said. The incident occurred about 8:50 a.... -
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: West Elsdon, Gage Park, Rentals, Cook County Government, Ashburn
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Police nab Southwest Side burglar after string of robberies with BB gun
Tribune reporterA West Englewood man has been charged with multiple armed robberies on the Southwest Side over the holidays, according to charges announced in Cook County Bond Court today. Rondale Jett, 42, of the 2000 block of 69th Street, was charged late Friday with...Tags: Chicago Police Department, West Elsdon, Theft, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice
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12 shot across city
Tribune reporterTwelve people, including a 14-year-old boy, were wounded by gunfire across the city Friday night and Saturday morning. The teen was shot in the 12400 block of South Perry Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood about 8:35 p.m. He was shot in the back and...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Roseland, Shootings, Humboldt Park, Health
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Officials: Man killed in West Lawn arson fire
Tribune reporterThe death of a man who died in a "suspicious" apartment fire this morning was ruled a homicide after an autopsy revealed he died of carbon monoxide poison and smoke inhalation due to arson. The man was found in a second-floor apartment in a building on...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Hospitals and Clinics, Arson, Police Investigations, Health
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Chicago man dies in single-car wreck on Kennedy Expressway
Tribune reporterA Chicago man died after his car crossed five lanes of traffic, bounced off a wall and hit a light pole on the Kennedy Expressway Thursday night, police said. The man was inbound in the far right lane about 7:30 p.m. and ended up on the inner wall...Tags: Chicago, Chicago Fire Department
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Man sought for trying to lure child in West Lawn
Chicago police issued an alert today asking people to be aware of a man who recently attempted to lure a 6-year-old boy in the West Lawn neighborhood.
The incident happened on Aug. 17, at 6:10 p.m. in the 6100 block of South Kolmar Avenue, according to... -
15-year-old boy shot in West Lawn
A 15-year-old boy was seriously wounded in a shooting this evening in the Southwest Side’s West Lawn neighborhood, police and fire officials said. The shooting happened at about 6 p.m. near the corner of Hamlin Avenue and 64th Street, said...Tags: Chicago Fire Department
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Cops: Edgewater killing suspects part of 'crew' involved in drugs
Tribune reportersThree men suspected in the fatal stabbing of two men in an Edgewater apartment were part of a "crew" that had ties to drug-trafficking organizations -- and may be responsible for several drug-related mass killings -- police disclosed today. The crew's...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Drug Trafficking, Murder
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Charges against 2 suspected members of crew linked to dozen slayings
Tribune reportersCharges were filed this morning against two surviving members of a murderous drug crew that may be responsible for more than a dozen slayings in Chicago, officials say. Augustin Toscano, 29, and Raul Segura-Rodriguez, 36, were arrested late Saturday...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Music Theater, Edgewater, Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking
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Cops: Drug suspects tied to 3 mass killings last year
Tribune reportersTwo men arrested after a shootout with police on the North Side are believed responsible for at least three mass killings last year, all of them linked to drug dealing, law enforcement sources say. Augustin Toscano, 29, and Raul Segura-Rodriguez, 36,...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Edgewater, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Drug Trafficking
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`Mockingbird' message has new resonance
Tribune staff reporterThis is the week that Chicago has set aside to discuss "To Kill a Mockingbird," the book designated last summer as the first work to be read by the entire population of the city (and suburbs) as a shared intellectual exercise. The Harper Lee classic...Tags: Jefferson Park, Edgewater, Social Issues, Book, Celebrities
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Dec 30, 2011
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Feb 27, 2011
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