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Surge of brutal robberies has Bucktown neighbors demanding action: ‘It feels like we are under attack’

Robberies in the Shakespeare District, which includes the Bucktown, Wicker Park and parts of Logan Square neighborhoods, are 93% higher than in 2019.

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City Council unanimously confirms Snelling as city’s top cop. Now the hard part.

Larry Snelling must confront Chicago’s persistent crime, including an alarming surge of robberies that has residents of several North Side neighborhoods up in arms.

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Family of 17-year-old seriously injured in Wicker Park hit-and-run sues vehicle owner, blasts ‘empty promises’ from cops

Frustrated by what they say is a lack of transparency and urgency from Chicago police, the family of Nakari Campbell say they’ve had to take the investigation of the Aug. 4 crash into their own hands.

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Armed robbery crew hits five times in Wicker Park, Logan Square, East Village

In each robbery, three men stepped out of a silver car and confronted people riding bikes and walking and stole their belongings before fleeing. Some suffered minor injuries, police said.

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Independent Chicago bookstore owner’s tweet venting over $800 return goes viral

More than 5 million people viewed a tweet by Rebecca George, co-owner of Volumes Bookcafe in Wicker Park and downtown, who complained about a customer who made a huge book purchase for a “staging” — then brought them back.

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3 shot while walking in Wicker Park alley

The men were walking in an alley in the 1400 block of North Honore when a male suspect walked up and began shouting before firing shots, police said.

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Woman fatally shot in Wicker Park

The woman, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene by fire officials, police said.

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In Wicker Park mural, Laura Catherwood’s ‘Birdfrog’ mural marries nature with whimsy

The Humboldt Park artist — who put aside her background in molecular biology to be an artist — painted the mural last year on a vacant building at 1704 N. Damen Ave.

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Wicker Park bar loses appeal of 6-month shutdown order issued after patron opened fire from across street shortly after leaving

An administrative law judge agreed that the owner of the Point could not have “reasonably anticipated” the actions of the patron — but he still backed the city.

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Three armed robberies reported within an hour in Gold Coast, Wicker Park and East Ukrainian Village

In each attack, a group got out of a white sedan and took the victims’ phones at gunpoint, Chicago police said.

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Wicker Park camp for boys cheered as ‘fun,’ ‘welcoming’ as it aims to build the ‘whole person’

Midtown Center’s summer program for Chicago youth opens in new Wicker Park location.

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Woman critically injured after struck by falling debris from building in Wicker Park

The woman, 22, was hurt while walking in the 1200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue Wednesday evening.

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Wicker Park artist Megan Williamson shows faces of pandemic Zoom calls: ‘It looks like America to me’

The project consists of 100 small paintings of people who appeared in the media via Zoom during the height of the pandemic.

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Near West Side mural features flamingos — and one beleaguered looking bear

Wicker Park artist JC Rivera’s signature “Bear Champ” character is back, this time in a mass of pink.

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Man charged with shooting into Wicker Park bar that left one seriously wounded

Daveon Montgomery was arrested Thursday after he was identified as the person who fired shots into The Point, 1565 N. Milwaukee Ave., that seriously wounded a 29-year-old man.

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Man shot, seriously wounded at Wicker Park club where mass shooting unfolded months earlier

Just after closing at 5 a.m. Sunday, roughly 10 bullets were fired into The Point at 1565 N. Milwaukee. A man, who isn’t believed to be the intended target, was shot in the right eye.

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Man dies after falling onto CTA Blue Line tracks in Wicker Park and being struck by train

The man fell onto the tracks at the Division Street station in the 1200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue early Wednesday.

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