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Southwest Side needs a new police district, alderpersons say

Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel balanced his first budget in part by closing three district police stations. Now, Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) and six City Council colleagues want to build a new one at a cost of $30 million or more.

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Suit to stop Brighton Park migrant tent site dismissed, for now

The case — filed by several regular protesters at the Southwest Side — was dismissed because construction was already paused by the state.

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Armed robbery suspect held after pursuit from Southwest Side to Wisconsin and back into Illinois

Authorities say an armed suspect who robbed a drugstore on the Southwest Side led police on a pursuit into Wisconsin before he was arrested near Gurnee.

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Silver car sought in 4 armed robberies overnight on Southwest Side: cops

No injuries were reported in the robberies, which happened from 10:10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. and in most reports, robbers fled in a silver car after confronting the victims on the street, police said.

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Armed robbery sprees reported on South, Southwest sides

Ten were reported within 45 minutes Saturday morning on the Southwest Side. Six were reported Friday evening on the South Side.

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Martin Castillo had a mural painted on his house near Midway Airport to reflect his heritage

The Southwest Side home has scenes symbolizing life in the United States and Mexico, where he was born.

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Damen Silos demolition delayed by federal review

The city won’t determine next steps in the proposed teardown of the Southwest Side structures until the Army Corps of Engineers does its own assessment.

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In one 1977 front-page photo at Southwest Side school, the human story of school desegregation era

Protests had erupted in Chicago as minority students were bused to majority-white schools. Amid all of that, two young girls, one white, one Black, sat together as new friends. One was my daughter.

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Off-duty officer commits suicide outside Southwest Side home, Chicago police say

An off-duty Chicago police officer died over the weekend in an apparent suicide, the latest in a grim tally of officers.

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2 men dead, 1 injured in I-55 crash

The accident occurred on inbound Interstate 55 near Cicero Avenue on the city’s Southwest Side, fire officials said.

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Mourners gather for funeral of slain Chicago Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso. ‘We’re here to say goodbye to a hero.’

Officers from across the Chicago area were among mourners who gathered along a 6-mile procession on the Far Southwest Side while Vásquez Lasso’s body was escorted to St. Rita of Cascia church, 7740 S. Western Ave.

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Chicago police officer with ‘bright future ahead of him’ identified after being fatally shot on Southwest Side in exchange of gunfire

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer who was badly wounded during a shootout with a gunman Wednesday evening on the Southwest Side succumbed to his injuries, officials said.

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Chicago police officer fatally shot on Southwest Side in exchange of gunfire, officials say

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer who was badly wounded during a shootout with a gunman Wednesday evening on the Southwest Side succumbed to his injuries, officials said.

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Chicago police officer with ‘bright future ahead of him’ fatally shot on Southwest Side in exchange of gunfire, officials say

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer who was badly wounded during a shootout with a gunman Wednesday evening on the Southwest Side succumbed to his injuries, officials said.

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Chicago police officer in ‘very critical’ condition after being shot on Southwest Side

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer was badly hurt during a shootout with a gunman who was also shot Wednesday evening on the Southwest Side, officials said.

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CPS spending $76 million to upgrade aging security cameras

High-definition cameras will be installed at 311 district schools over three years, CPS announced Wednesday, including at Benito Juarez High School in Pilsen, where two students were killed after school last year.

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Man’s body recovered from Chicago River on Southwest Side

Anthony Rucker, 23, was pulled from the water about 2:10 p.m. Thursday and was pronounced dead.

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State plans to turn shuttered Southwest Side Kmart store into a shelter for migrants

Ald. Silvana Tabares, whose 23rd Ward includes the property, said she wants the local community to have a say on the process and safety concerns before it proceeds.

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Pop-up for entrepreneurs ‘with the potential to go brick and mortar’ opens on Southwest Side

Several up-and-coming businesses will take over a pair of vacant storefronts on a Southwest Side commercial strip for the next several months as the owners look for opportunities to grow.

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Worker at Southwest Side spa stabbed, seriously injured by patron

The worker, a 35-year-old woman, was stabbed in the neck and her wrists in the 3800 block of South Archer Avenue, police said. She was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Medical Center.

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3rd apparent suicide by a Chicago police officer in a week highlights continuing CPD problem

A psychologist and former cop said the department must do more to help officers.

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‘I’m just thinking about her, hoping that she’s OK’ says classmate of girl wounded during deadly shooting at Chicago high school

CHICAGO — Two of four students shot outside Benito Juarez Community Academy high school on the city’s Southwest Side Friday afternoon have died, according to officials.

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1 student dead, 3 others injured outside Chicago high school at dismissal, officials say

CHICAGO — One of four students shot outside Benito Juarez Community Academy high school on the city’s Southwest Side Friday afternoon has died, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

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50 years ago, a 737 fell from the sky and flattened homes on the Southwest Side

The day United Flight 553 crashed in Chicago “was just like someone dropped a big, huge anvil on the ground.”

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World Cup brings together Southwest Side elementary schoolers: ‘We needed this’

Students at Nathanael Greene Elementary in McKinley Park have used soccer’s global tournament as an opportunity to study the world beyond Chicago.

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