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Willie Wilson is promising another $1 million in free gas but his giveaways raise campaign questions

Chicago businessman and mayoral candidate Willie Wilson announced he will be giving away another $1 million in gas this Saturday, a move that will provide some relief for city motorists but also, once again, raises thorny questions about Wilson providing handouts to potential voters.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 19, 2022

Man dies after being hit by train near Glasgow station over Easter weekend

The man tragically passed away after being struck by a train near Pollokshaws West in the South Side of the city on Saturday night.

Daily Record · Apr 19, 2022

Englewood church destroyed by fire hours after Good Friday service. ‘This church is an anchor in this community.’

Pastor Gerald Dew returned home from the noon service at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church and got a call that the legendary South Side church was on fire.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 15, 2022

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Ron Cook: Steelers now face unenviable task of switching focus to business

PITTSBURGH — I can only imagine the sad scene Monday at the Steelers' South Side headquarters. It was the first day for everybody — the front-office staff, coaches, scouts, support people and some of the players — to gather together since the shocking death Saturday morning of Dwayne Haskins.

Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2022

South Side motorists urged to brace for traffic headaches tied to roadwork for the Obama center

The city hopes to complete the widening of Stony Island Avenue and construction of an additional lane on southbound DuSable Lake Shore Drive by late fall of 2023.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 12, 2022

Taxing times for popular South Side restaurant eased by county agency

Josephine’s Cooking in Chatham hasn’t paid its property taxes in 12 years. Thanks to the actions of the Cook County Land Bank Authority, it’s avoided losing the property through a tax sale.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 8, 2022

A Chicago ER doctor wrote ‘Emergency’ about COVID’s first year — and the time his own hospital failed his mother

CHICAGO — Thomas Fisher figured he would end up in the very place he works, in the emergency room. Eventually, everyone passes through. Two springs ago, at the onset of the pandemic, he thought he might die of the thing he was treating in others. He updated his will, removed…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 6, 2022

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$25K reward offered in armed robbery of USPS letter carrier on South Side

The suspects wore ski masks when they confronted the letter carrier Nov. 22 in Park Manor.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 5, 2022

BBC star Kate Spiers' Glasgow south side coffee shop gets new owner

Glasgow Live · Apr 1, 2022

Making TV show on South Side was ‘a little scary’ but essential, says star Courtney B. Vance

The searing “61st Street,” coming April 10 on AMC, examines race, politics and justice in what the actor calls a “super-segregated” city.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 31, 2022

Judge dismisses suit to block construction of Obama Center

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in a park on Chicago’s South Side

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

Gunfire strikes South Side grade school, man seriously wounded outside

Several gunshots rang out Tuesday in the 4300 block of South Princeton Avenue, striking a window of Thomas A. Hendricks Community Academy, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 30, 2022

Man shot and critically wounded after fight at CTA Red Line stop on South Side; 1 in custody

The man, 53, was walking down stairs at the stop in the first block of West 95th Street about 1:55 a.m. when he was shot in the back, abdomen and lower left leg, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 26, 2022

Former Kansas guard Charlie Moore returns to Chicago with Miami

CHICAGO — Charlie Moore, the pride of Morgan Park High School on the far South Side, has returned to his hometown for what he hopes will be two of the most important games of his six-year college basketball career.

Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2022

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Chicago Tribune · Mar 24, 2022

Sun Ra Arkestra returns soon in Chicago, a legacy kept alive by a 97-year-old bandmate. ‘His music needs to be heard’

CHICAGO — Patrons of South Side jazz clubs in the 1950s might have noticed something a bit different about pianist Sun Ra’s big band — slowly at first, then all at once. Their sounds became more far-out, the synthy buzz of claviolines and Wurlitzers replacing Ra’s usual uprights. Bit by…

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 22, 2022

At least 16 people wounded by gunfire in Chicago Monday, including 11-year-old boy

The boy was shot in Burnside around the same time four men were wounded in an attack in South Shore.

Daily Record · Mar 22, 2022

Glasgow couple leaving city after four years make South Side bucket list

Kirsten and Ronnie's list includes “eating as many breakfast rolls from Brooklyn Cafe as we can squeeze in” and “panther milk from Park Lane Market.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 17, 2022

Atlanta company ‘tried to shame me’ for reporting VP’s use of racial slur on Zoom, Chicago worker says

In a federal EEOC complaint, a South Side woman alleges her employer, Zep, condones discrimination and is retaliating against her for speaking up.

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Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 16, 2022

1 killed, 2 wounded in shootings in Chicago Tuesday

A man was shot and killed while driving in Chatham on the South Side.

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2022

Shooting outside Chicago pizza shop leaves 7 men wounded

Authorities say a shooting outside a pizza shop on Chicago’s South Side has left seven men wounded

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 14, 2022

South Side Irish Parade returns after two-year hiatus: ‘We are normal finally!’

“God’s smiling on the South Side for this great coming out party,” Sen. Dick Durbin told reporters near the start of the parade route.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 10, 2022

Kanye West subpoenaed to testify in Chicago federal court in upcoming fraud trial of former employee

CHICAGO — Kanye West’s blockbuster career has always been entwined with Chicago, from his early days as a rapper and music producer on the South Side to the 2021 “listening party” at Soldier Field celebrating the release of his latest album “Donda.”

Chicago Tribune · Mar 7, 2022

$1 million bail for man accused of shooting 2 Chicago officers at hot dog stand

CHICAGO — A judge ordered a $1 million cash bail on Sunday for a South Side man accused of opening fire on two Chicago police officers and wounding both after his handgun fell to ground in front of one of the officers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 5, 2022

Man shot inside his living room less than an hour after another was found fatally shot on South Side

The shootings occurred about two miles apart.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 4, 2022

Pair’s 5-hour violence spree included murder of dad stringing Christmas lights, a dozen robberies: prosecutors

Pedro Mendiola and Moises Barrios started robbing and beating people with a crowbar and a bat around 3:30 p.m. Dec. 11 on the North Side and did not stop until 8 p.m. on the South Side, police said.

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