The Latest Breaking News from Near West Side

4 people wounded by gunfire in Chicago Monday

A man was shot during a carjacking early Monday in the 300 block of North Western Avenue on the Near West Side, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 4, 2022

3rd season of ‘South Side’ will have Chance the Rapper, Lollapalooza and a scene with Lower Wacker’s auto pound as Mordor

CHICAGO — On the waning summer days of filming for the new season of the hit HBO Max comedy “South Side,” the Near West Side television set felt a lot like a lovefest.

Chicago Tribune · Oct 4, 2022

Man shot during carjacking on Near West Side

The man, 46, was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 3, 2022

Man killed in Near West Side hit-and-run crash

The 22-year-old was walking on the sidewalk about 5:15 a.m. when a dark car hit him in the first block of North Ogden Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 4, 2022

$1 million bail for 2 men who allegedly grabbed for guns before being wounded in separate police shootings

Jayden Higgs, 23, was shot in the head on Thursday in Back of the Yards. Raymond Comer, a 37-year-old felon, was struck multiple times on Friday when an officer fired 11 shots on the Near West Side. They both remained hospitalized.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 14, 2022

Chicago police open fire on Near West Side, one person taken to hospital with gunshot wound

No officers were injured in the shooting, police said. One person was arrested and a gun was recovered at the scene.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 12, 2022

3 teens among 7 wounded by gunfire across Chicago Wednesday

In one of the attacks, a 14-year-old boy was shot while riding his bike Wednesday evening in the University Village neighborhood on the Near West Side.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 11, 2022

Whitney Young H.S. selects new principal, only its 4th in 47 years, to replace retiring Joyce Kenner

Assistant Principal Rickey Harris takes over the prestigious Near West Side school. Harris has served two stints at Whitney Young, his first from 2006 to 2010 as the school’s dean of students before returning in 2020.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 11, 2022

Chicago police release video of man pushing rider onto Blue Line tracks on Near West Side

The attack occurred about last Friday as the rider was walking along the edge of the platform at the Medical District stop in the 400 block of South Damen Avenue, police said in an alert.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 8, 2022

4 killed by gunfire in Chicago Wednesday, 2 teens among 10 others wounded

Two people were fatally shot about five minutes apart on the South and Near West Sides.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 28, 2022