The Latest Breaking News from Near South Side

16-year-old boy among 3 killed in Chicago over weekend, 13-year-old boy among 13 wounded

Also among the wounded were a Cook County corrections officer and a woman on the Near South Side.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 27, 2023

Cook County corrections officer and a woman wounded in Near South Side shooting

Paramedics responded to the first block of East Cermak Road about 1 a.m.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 27, 2023

CPS to host online meetings on its plans for controversial Near South Side high school

The first virtual informational meeting will be held Jan. 19, the district announced Friday, in an attempt to “engage community members in [the] vision” for the new school.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 14, 2023

Driver was going 75 mph in wrong lane when he hit car fleeing police in South Loop, prosecutors say

Kendall Sprouts, 18, charged with reckless homicide, hit a driver making a U-turn in the 1400 block of South Michigan Avenue as that driver fled police last weekend, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 23, 2022

Teenager found fatally shot on Near South Side

The 17-year-old was discovered Saturday night in a vehicle in the 1900 block of South State Street.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 30, 2022

Man shot at Near South Side residence

The 31-year-old was shot in his shoulder about 4 p.m. Thursday at a home in the 2000 block of South Michigan Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 29, 2022

CPS advances plans for Near South high school despite opposition, threat to withhold state funding

CPS leaders said teens travel far for school now, and population growth justifies the school. Opponents said the plan is irresponsible and lacks community input.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 28, 2022

Lawmaker to block $50M for Near South Side high school until Lightfoot, CPS address community concerns

State Rep. Theresa Mah had been among the strongest backers of the idea to build a new high school. But she called the city’s plan “offensive” and politically motivated.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 27, 2022

Top CPS officials privately warned a new Near South school could undermine neighboring schools, harm Black students

While Mayor Lori Lightfoot has touted the new school to serve Chinatown and other neighborhoods, CPS alumni and even staff inside CPS fear it will do damage to existing schools that serve predominantly African American students.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 26, 2022

Man stabbed while riding Red Line train on Near South Side

Someone approached the man, 21, and made “derogatory remarks” and stabbed him at least twice Wednesday night, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 4, 2022