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INSANE: 2 - The Real Truth

Red Line extension is more than a transportation story

Extending the Red Line to the Far South Side is also about housing, jobs and economic development and opportunity.

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Massive new park in Roseland is ‘just the beginning’ of nonprofit’s vision for Far South Side

A 22,000-square-foot park is the latest installment in the city’s team-up with nonprofits to reimagine “underutilized” spaces, though its planners say it’s a gateway to much more.

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Nonprofit wants to invest in Far South Side with new, renovated homes and retail space if $10M prize is won

Far South Community Development Corp. is one of six finalists for the Pritzker Traubert Foundation $10 million Chicago Prize 2022.

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1 killed, 5 wounded by gunfire in Chicago Thursday

A man, 39, was found fatally shot in a car in South Deering on the Far South Side.

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Charges pending against man accused of shooting 7-year-old boy headed to Far South Side church

“My whole family is traumatized and hurt from this senseless act of violence,” the boy’s mother wrote in a funding appeal.

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State Sen. Emil Jones III gives up leadership posts after federal bribery charges — but not his Senate seat

As Republicans called for the Far South Side legislator to resign altogether, Jones III has yet to publicly address the charges against him.

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Mother of man found shot in burning vehicle calls for improvements on Far South Side road: ‘They need to know Myron was well-loved’

The family, along with community activist Andrew Holmes, want Doty Avenue renamed in memory of Myron Richardson and more cameras and lighting on the street.

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Picture Chicago: 15 must-see images from Sun-Times photographers this past week

Kids enjoy the final days of summer, Chicago police honor fallen officers, the Sky reach the end of the line and more in our best unseen pics of the week.

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‘It’s just wild:’ Street takeovers continue throughout weekend, leading to clashes with cops but only a few arrests

A 19-year-old suburban man is facing felony charges for allegedly driving toward a police sergeant, and another man had his car impounded — but otherwise, the mayhem went on for two straight nights.

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Street takeovers throughout city devolve into clashes with police, arrests and car impoundment

The illegal street takeovers, organized and fueled by social media, resulted in clashes with police late Friday on the Far South Side, but the mayhem ended up in the heart of downtown.

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Twenty-two pound, 38-inch invasive carp captured in Lake Calumet near Lake Michigan

CHICAGO — Officials pulled an invasive silver carp from the waters of Lake Calumet on the city’s Far South Side Thursday.

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Man fatally shot, 2 others critically wounded while stopped at red light on Far South Side

They were in the 2000 block of West 87th Street when a black sedan drove by and two people fired gunshots, striking all three of them.

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12 shot over 8 hours in Chicago: 15-year-old girl killed and two other teens, 15 and 16, wounded in separate attacks

The shootings occurred across the city, from the Kelvin Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side to South Deering on the Far South Side.

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Off-duty Chicago police officer shot and paralyzed moments after helping alleged gunman during fight outside Beverly bar

Daniel Golden, who hails from a family of cops, “was doing what he could to keep people apart” and had even stopped someone from chasing the man who minutes later grabbed a gun and fired off 19 rounds, Asst. State’s Atty. James Murphy said in court Tuesday.

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Driver hospitalized after striking CTA bus on Far South Side

A woman, 26, was going south near the 11200 block of South Torrence Avenue about 9:15 p.m. when she struck the bus as it was exiting the terminal.

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Far South Side organizer appointed to Chicago school board

Mayor Lori Lightfoot picked Joyce Chapman, who founded the Pullman Community Development Corporation and is the chair of the Far South Side Community Action Council, to fill a seat that had been empty for nearly a year.

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Police warn of string of armed robberies over three days on Far South Side

In each attack, two robbers approached a victim at gunpoint, police said.

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7 wounded, including 15-year-old boy, in shootings in Chicago Friday

Two people were shot minutes apart in Roseland on the Far South Side.

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Three men killed in separate South Side shootings in two hours

The shootings happened in Riverdale, Back of the Yards and Gresham — where a fire broke out near the scene of a shooting on Sangamon Avenue.

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4 people killed, 5 others wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago

Three family members, all above the age of 60, were found shot to death inside a home in Morgan Park on the Far South Side.

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Church burglarized in West Pullman day after a man was arrested for breaking into a church in Humboldt Park

No one was in custody for Sunday’s burglary on the Far South Side.

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Chicago police officer found dead in apparent suicide in Far South Side home

“The loss of an officer is a stark reminder of the many sacrifices and demands members of law enforcement face each and every day,” CPD Supt. David Brown wrote in a statement.

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6 killed, 16-year-old boy among 18 wounded in shootings in Chicago over weekend

In one of the fatal attacks, a person was arrested after Darnell Hardy, 26, was shot and killed during a fight in a home in West Pullman on the Far South Side.

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1 dead after being struck by gunfire while in car on Far South Side

The male, whose age wasn’t immediately known, was in a car about 6:30 p.m. in the 9300 block of South Harper Avenue when he was struck in the head by gunfire, police said.

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Construction equipment stolen from Far South Side, used to open ATM in Rogers Park

A piece of construction equipment was taken from the 9500 block of South Constance Avenue and used to break into the ATM of a bank in the 1400 block of West Morse Avenue, police said.

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