The Latest Breaking News from South Side

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, long a home for Black dance, comes to the South Side

The company, now 25 years old, has begun offering workshops at the Mayfair Arts Center in Calumet Heights.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 3, 2022

Plan to build Glasgow snooker hall, shisha deck and food outlets in South Side rejected

The applicant had wanted to regenerate vacant land at Maxwell Road into a 'social hub' called 'Southside 57', which wouldn't have sold alcohol but would have offered a shisha smoking area for customers.

Glasgow Live · Mar 1, 2022

‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’ is back on Disney+ in 2022 with pop culture ‘references going fast and furious’

CHICAGO — Don’t call “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder” a reboot. According to South Side native and executive producer Ralph Farquhar it’s a revival. A revival that premiered on Disney+ on Wednesday.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 24, 2022

4 people shot in Chicago Tuesday

A 16-year-old was shot on the South Side.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 16, 2022

Man charged with killing South Side dance coach whose studio was a safe space for children

Verndell Smith’s sister said the charges feel like "justice served." "It’s bittersweet," LaToya Smith said. "I can never get my brother back, but I can show this to his dance kids and how (police) are gonna get the bad guys."

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 11, 2022

No bail for man accused of shooting long-time friend in 2019 after fight inside Roseland business

Brian Wyatt, now 36, faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the slaying of Eddy N. Vaughns, who was fatally wounded on the front steps of his South Side apartment.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 8, 2022

2 upcoming films look back at the Jane Collective, the South Side’s underground abortion provider in the ’70s

A documentary and a dramatic film starring Elizabeth Banks premiered at the recent Sundance Film Festival.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 4, 2022

UChicago Medicine wants to build $633 million hospital to treat cancer

The new center would create a more seamless experience for patients who now might have to trek from building to building for everything from doctor visits to chemotherapy to scans, health system officials say.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 3, 2022

3 killed, 8 wounded in shootings in Chicago Tuesday

A woman was fatally shot during an exchange of gunfire between a security guard and a gunman near Chicago police headquarters on the South Side.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 2, 2022

Woman killed during exchange of gunfire between security guard and gunman near police headquarters on South Side

The guard suffered a wound to the leg. No one was in custody.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 2, 2022