The Latest Breaking News from 79th Street

Charges pending for 4 after stolen vehicle pursuit leads to crash on Dan Ryan on South Side

Illinois State Police picked up the pursuit while a CPD helicopter watched overhead until the vehicle crashed into another near 79th Street, and the four men exited and attempted to flee on foot.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 5, 2023

Woman stabbed on CTA platform in Greater Grand Crossing

A 24-year-old woman and 21-year-old woman were having a verbal argument on the 79th Street station platform when the younger woman pulled out a sharp object and stabbed the other woman in her left forearm, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 16, 2023

South Side artist Max Sansing repaints, and reimagines, 79th Street mural

This week’s Murals and Mosaics newsletter takes a look at the recently restored 79th Street ‘Culture is Power’ mural, a 50-year-old mural on a North Side church and an Oak Park piece centered on joy.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 15, 2023

Avalon Regal Theater: What’s up with old movie palace with glorious past?

Despite a history of nearly a century of cultural significance, the theater has sat mostly empty since 2003.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 19, 2023

Artist’s work at Art on theMART is a love letter to 79th Street, Black culture

Jasmin Taylor’s “Trap Moulin Rouge” performance piece is among the projections featured on the facade of the Merchandise Mart.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2022

New Gresham Healthy Lifestyle Hub is good for the neighborhood and 79th Street’s future

A reborn 79th Street is good for Auburn Gresham and provides hope that similar transformations can happen in disinvested neighborhoods across the city.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 8, 2022

Driver charged with DUI after running light and causing crash that killed 14-year-old girl at bus stop, police say

Dwayne Owens, 32, drove a Mercedes through a red light at 79th Street and Racine Avenue on Friday and crashed into a Jeep, sending it into a bus stop at the corner, authorities said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 11, 2022

Boy, 17, wounded during shootout in Greater Grand Crossing

The teen and another person were in the 100 block of West 79th Street when they each displayed handguns and fired at each other, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 9, 2022

5 killed, 6 wounded in shootings Wednesday including 14-year-old boy

A man was shot to death early Wednesday in the 2500 block of East 79th Street.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2022