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16-year-old boy among 3 killed in Chicago over weekend, 13-year-old boy among 13 wounded

Also among the wounded were a Cook County corrections officer and a woman on the Near South Side.

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Cook County corrections officer and a woman wounded in Near South Side shooting

Paramedics responded to the first block of East Cermak Road about 1 a.m.

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CPS to host online meetings on its plans for controversial Near South Side high school

The first virtual informational meeting will be held Jan. 19, the district announced Friday, in an attempt to “engage community members in [the] vision” for the new school.

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Fatal shootings of couple found in South Loop home ruled murder-suicide

Leticia Zaragoza, 45, and Joseph P. Fry, 36, were discovered in their apartment in the 2000 block of South Indiana Avenue around 3 p.m. Monday, police said.

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16-year-boy shot while riding CTA Red Line train on Near South Side; 1 in custody

The teen was riding the train about 2:05 a.m. near the 100 block of West Cermak Road when he was shot in the eye and ear, Chicago police said.

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City Council approves $8 million TIF funds for Near South Side high school

Housing advocates and residents are angry at the plan to build the school on land that was slated for public housing. Some say the school shouldn’t be built until the district fully analyzes how it would affect nearby historically Black schools.

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Woman dies after her motorcycle hits pothole on Near South Side

The accident happened in the 2000 block of South Archer Avenue, police said.

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Driver was going 75 mph in wrong lane when he hit car fleeing police in South Loop, prosecutors say

Kendall Sprouts, 18, charged with reckless homicide, hit a driver making a U-turn in the 1400 block of South Michigan Avenue as that driver fled police last weekend, police said.

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Teenager found fatally shot on Near South Side

The 17-year-old was discovered Saturday night in a vehicle in the 1900 block of South State Street.

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Man shot at Near South Side residence

The 31-year-old was shot in his shoulder about 4 p.m. Thursday at a home in the 2000 block of South Michigan Avenue.

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CPS advances plans for Near South high school despite opposition, threat to withhold state funding

CPS leaders said teens travel far for school now, and population growth justifies the school. Opponents said the plan is irresponsible and lacks community input.

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Lawmaker to block $50M for Near South Side high school until Lightfoot, CPS address community concerns

State Rep. Theresa Mah had been among the strongest backers of the idea to build a new high school. But she called the city’s plan “offensive” and politically motivated.

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Top CPS officials privately warned a new Near South school could undermine neighboring schools, harm Black students

While Mayor Lori Lightfoot has touted the new school to serve Chinatown and other neighborhoods, CPS alumni and even staff inside CPS fear it will do damage to existing schools that serve predominantly African American students.

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Man stabbed while riding Red Line train on Near South Side

Someone approached the man, 21, and made “derogatory remarks” and stabbed him at least twice Wednesday night, police said.

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CHA board approves leasing public housing land to CPS for new Near South Side high school

The plan is contingent on the school system receiving approval from the Board of Education for its $70 million share of the new high school.

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CHA to consider leasing public housing land to CPS for new Near South Side high school

The former Harold Ickes site has been vacant since 2010, and now Chicago Housing Authority officials are looking to lease the land to CPS. South Side residents say low-income housing promises made to the Black community by elected officials have gone by the wayside.

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Get buy-in before moving ahead with $120 million new school for Near South Side

The School Board was slated to vote on the proposal, but it was pulled at the last minute. Even some supporters agreed with the need to build consensus and listen to the concerns of the broader school community.

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CPS scraps plans for new $120M Near South Side high school — for now

Pedro Martinez, the school system’s chief executive, made the surprise announcement at Wednesday’s school board meeting at which members were expected to debate and vote on the plan.

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Does Chicago’s Near South Side need a new $120 million high school?

With Chicago Public Schools enrollment falling, the Chicago Board of Education is about to take up plans to build a new high school near Chinatown.

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New HIRE360 small-business development center receives $3 million investment

The state and federal funds for the $7 million site on the Near South Side will help women and people of color to scale up their businesses.

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After years of futility, newest City Council member wants to deliver high school to Near South Side

“Applying to a selective enrollment school is sometimes harder than getting into college,” Ald. Nicole Lee told the Sun-Times. “And we need better quality options ... if you don’t happen to get that perfect score or score high enough.”

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Following Patrick Daley Thompson’s conviction, pressure mounts for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to appoint an Asian American to replace him on City Council

CHICAGO — Leaders in Chicago’s Chinatown and beyond clamored Tuesday for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to appoint an Asian-American successor to 11th Ward Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, whose federal tax fraud conviction this week could pave the way for the Near South Side enclave to have its first City Hall representative…

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Man shot while driving near Field Museum on Near South Side

The man, 19, was driving south in the 1400 block of DuSable Lake Shore Drive when someone in a white sedan opened fire, police said.

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