The Latest Breaking News from Englewood

A Colorado library is closed after meth contamination. What will it take to clean it?

The Englewood Public Library is the second library in Colorado to have to close its doors due to meth contamination.

WEKU · Jan 18, 2023

2nd Colorado library closes due to meth contamination

For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its doors to clean up methamphetamine contamination

The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023

Chicago police release description of two suspects who stole or vandalized eight cars in Englewood

The incidents occurred on South Bishop, West 71st, West 72nd, West 73rd and West 74th streets, according to a police alert.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2023

15-year-old boy seriously wounded in Englewood shooting

He was shot in the 500 block of West 72nd Street and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 27, 2022

Officer witnesses shooting in Englewood that wounded 2, fires shots at gunman and suspected accomplices: police

The officer saw a shooting that wounded a boy, 17, and a 54-year-old man inside an SUV in the 5900 block of South Halsted Street, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 25, 2022

Englewood Whole Foods saga shows why neighborhood investment is sometimes about more than profit

I rooted mightily for the store. To me, there was a lot riding on its survival. If disinvestment were a card game, its success could serve as a trump card to be slammed on the table whenever a company dared to utter an excuse for why it couldn’t locate in…

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 10, 2022

Woman killed in Englewood shooting

A woman, in her 30s, was discovered with a gunshot wound to the chest on the porch of a residence in the 7200 block of South Green Street, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 8, 2022

Englewood food giveaway fills gap left by shuttered Whole Foods: ‘I pray that we will never be hungry’

People and cars lined up down the block to receive some of the 60,000 pounds of frozen beef, hot dogs and bacon at 63rd Street and Ashland Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 5, 2022

15-year-old boy shot and killed while sitting on porch in Englewood

Two gunmen approached the teen in the 700 block of West 60th Street about 9 p.m. Tuesday and began firing, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 30, 2022

Reopen long-shuttered Green Line L station in Englewood

Public transit investment is either an important factor in rebuilding disinvested communities — that’s part of the justification for the planned $3.6 billion Red Line extension — or it isn’t.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 29, 2022