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Need privacy planting inspiration? Michelle and Barack Obama's Chicago home is the only blueprint you could ever need – and it's so easy to replicate

Privacy planting gains a new meaning in the former Presidential couple's Kenwood front yard – a master gardener unpacks its illuminating lessons

Homes & Gardens · Aug 10, 2025

Kenwood freshman Devin Cleveland arrives in the spotlight, breaks Warren’s 14-game winning streak

Devin Cleveland had his moment on Sunday at Young. The point guard scored 20 points off the bench to lead Kenwood to an 85-55 win against Warren.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 8, 2024

Michael O’Brien’s high school basketball notebook

Scores, highlights and more from Tuesday’s action.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 6, 2023

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The area’s top 50 boys high school basketball players for the 2023-24 season

Here’s a look at the the area’s top 50 boys high school basketball players.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 17, 2023

Signing Day steals, success stories, all the stars that left and the best still uncommitted

All the storylines from the recruiting cycle around the Class of 2024.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 8, 2023

‘I am absolutely livid.’ Residents decry plan to turn Kenwood hotel into migrant shelter

The Lake Shore Hotel, where some migrants were housed this year, would begin taking up to 300 asylum-seekers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

New South Side, North Side migrant shelters planned as crisis intensifies at police stations

The first, located at a Kenwood hotel, is expected to open next week. The city’s real estate committee also approved the purchase of a former North Park Marine Corps site to become another shelter.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2023

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South Side residents upset by Walmart closure, community group fills the gap by handing out free food

Sunday marked the last day for Chicago-area Walmart locations in Little Village, Kenwood, Lakeview and Chatham— where residents shopped among ‘ghostly’ aisles. My Block My Hood My City hands out food in the parking lot.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 16, 2023

Walmart plan to shut 4 stores by Sunday leaves customers perplexed: ‘You came in and filled a void — now you’re taking it away’

The Walmart Supercenter in Chatham is one of four stores in Chicago — along with supermarkets in Kenwood, Little Village and Lake View — that the company announced Tuesday will close. The supermarket chain called the sites “unprofitable.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 11, 2023

Teen dies days after shooting inside Kenwood home

The shooting happened inside a home in the 4500 block of South Drexel Boulevard, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 17, 2023

Weekend Forecast: Previewing and predicting the top games

A look at this weekend’s biggest games, from the city championship to several suburban clashes.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 10, 2023

Kenwood star K’Vion Thunderbird signs with Arizona State

K’Vion Thunderbird, a three-star linebacker, took his time in order to get his choice right

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 2, 2023

2 workers for restoration company charged with stealing from apartment in Kenwood high-rise damaged in deadly fire last week

Jose Gamboa, 26, and Anger Uzcategui Pacheco, 20, were each charged with burglary after a resident turned over video allegedly showing the two stealing from an apartment.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 30, 2023

Mayoral candidate Sophia King unveils education plan

King, who represents the 4th Ward on the City Council, was a chemistry teacher at the Latin School of Chicago and helped found Ariel Community Academy in North Kenwood-Oakland.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 26, 2023

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Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 26, 2023

Deadly Kenwood high-rise fire started in bedroom, caused by ‘careless use of smoking materials’

The fire started Wednesday on the 15th floor and climbed nine floors of the apartment complex in the 4800 block of South Lake Park Avenue. One resident died and eight others were injured.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 25, 2023

‘Nobody had been able to reach her.’ Frantic search as one killed, several hurt in extra-alarm fire in Kenwood high-rise

The person who died had lived in an apartment on the 15th floor where the fire is believed to have started, according to Ald. Sophia King (4th).

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 19, 2023

Previewing and predicting the When Sides Collide shootout

The annual When Sides Collide Shootout organized by the City/Suburban Hoops Report has provided a platform for players and a big stage for highly-ranked teams for over a decade.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 18, 2022

High school basketball: The area’s top 50 players

This season’s players to watch.

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Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 4, 2022

Male shot and killed in Kenwood

The age of the victim wasn’t immediately available, police said. He was pronounced dead at University of Chicago Medical Center.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 26, 2022

1 killed, 4 others wounded by gunfire in Chicago Tuesday

A woman was killed and a man critically wounded when they were shot while driving on DuSable Lake Shore Drive near the Kenwood neighborhood.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 25, 2022

Family demands answers after ‘loving, feisty, 26-year-old’ is shot and killed on DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Kenwood

Dashawnna Threatt, 26, was a passenger in a car when someone opened fire in the 4500 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive Tuesday afternoon.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 10, 2022

Finding a haven — and microaggression — in Bronzeville

I’d never lived in a Black community with as much electricity, wealth and prosperity, and with few of the social ills often found in Black spaces. I didn’t want to live anywhere else.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 1, 2022

Man killed, woman wounded in Kenwood shooting

They were on the sidewalk in the 4600 block of South Ellis Avenue when someone opened fire, striking them both.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 16, 2022

Kenwood’s Power Five pipeline keeps producing stars

Kalil Tate, K’Vion Thunderbird, Logan Lester and Marquise Lightfoot have college coaches flocking to Kenwood.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 30, 2022

Man shot to death in Kenwood parking lot

The 27-year-old was in the parking lot in the 1300 block of East 47th Street when a light-colored vehicle pulled up and someone inside opened fire.

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