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INSANE: 7 - The Real Truth

3 great Chicago film festival docs tell local stories

Movies zero in on a South Side lottery king, a couple coping with ALS and the Evanston reparations program.

Chicago Sun-Times

Residents of South Side senior housing high-rise shaken after 87-year-old woman found beaten to death

“Security needs to tighten up,” said a man who lives at Lincoln Perry Apartments, 3245 S. Prairie Ave., in the Douglas neighborhood.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man, 60, shot during fight on South Side Red Line train

The man, 60, was arguing with someone on the train about 6:10 a.m. near the 87th Street station when he was shot multiple times, police said.

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The Glasgow brewer looking to put its unique stamp on the beer industry

Simple Things Fermentations is a small independent brewer based in the South Side of Glasgow which was founded in 2019 and looks to put a unique spin on traditional beers.

Glasgow Live

Activist, teacher Jeanne Terry dead at 104

An early member of Congress of Racial Equality, she helped found a South Side school co-op.

Chicago Sun-Times

100,000 tulip bulbs to be planted on South Side vacant lots

The public work orchestrated by Chicago artist Amanda Williams aims to redefine redlining in Washington Park.

Chicago Sun-Times

Driver dies after crashing into tree on South Side

The 25-year-old was ejected from his car early Friday in the 300 block of West 76th Street, police said.

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City Hall OK’d South Side diner for Taste of Chicago despite years of unpaid city bills, taxes

Being delinquent to the city and also having stopped paying its property taxes 12 years ago didn’t keep Josephine’s Southern Cooking from being handed a coveted Taste spot by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration.

Chicago Sun-Times

'Legacy' documentary celebrates August Wilson Center's triumphs and struggles

PITTSBURGH — South Side director and cinematographer Billy Jackson says his documentary, "The August Wilson Center — Building on a Legacy," is about much more than the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright from Pittsburgh.

Tribune News Service

Artist’s work at Art on theMART is a love letter to 79th Street, Black culture

Jasmin Taylor’s “Trap Moulin Rouge” performance piece is among the projections featured on the facade of the Merchandise Mart.

Chicago Sun-Times

6 shot in Chicago Tuesday, including two people killed hours apart and less than a mile from each other on South Side

A 17-year-old boy was shot to death in South Shore, blocks from an elementary school. Later in the day, a man was killed blocks away.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police search for man who sexually abused 11-year-old girl in South Side alley

The girl was walking home from school in the 6200 block of South Indiana Avenue Thursday when the man walked up, covered her mouth and pulled her into the alley, Chicago police said.

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Leftover food from set of HBO’s ‘South Side’ goes to needy; city hopes it catches on with other productions

The show’s creator, Diallo Riddle, was on board from the start. “The second I heard about it I was like ‘Hell yes! Let’s not waste anything. This is a no-brainer.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Volunteers archive key burial records — preserving the histories of tens of thousands of Black Chicagoans

Members of the Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago spent nearly a decade cataloging the burial records of Black Chicagoans. A digital archive is now at the Carter G. Woodson Regional Chicago Public Library, 9525 S. Halsted St.

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3rd season of ‘South Side’ will have Chance the Rapper, Lollapalooza and a scene with Lower Wacker’s auto pound as Mordor

CHICAGO — On the waning summer days of filming for the new season of the hit HBO Max comedy “South Side,” the Near West Side television set felt a lot like a lovefest.

Chicago Tribune

Nick Kindelsperger: As Texas barbecue ascends in Chicago, what happens to the city's South Side style?

CHICAGO — When picking my first Chicago apartment in 2008, barbecue may have swayed my decision. Although my Bucktown walk-up had excessively creaky floors and windows so old the air whipped right in, it was also two blocks from Honey 1 BBQ.

Chicago Tribune

Nick Kindelsperger: The fascinating history of Chicago barbecue, told in Tribune coverage from 1850s to present day

CHICAGO — Barbecue has been on my mind for months now, from the newer Texas-style offerings in the suburbs to the saucy South Side classics. As I’ve hopefully made clear, Chicago has a robust barbecue tradition, particularly for a northern city. But after looking through the Tribune’s archives, even I…

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St. Rita announces Martin Hopkins will take over as football coach next season

The South Side native and St. Rita grad has deep roots in the Midwest and a love of coaching.

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Leo hires Jimalle Ridley as basketball coach

The fall coaching carousel has likely come to a close. The last major job left to be filled was at Leo and the South Side Catholic school made a hire on Thursday.

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Man shot and killed while driving in Douglas neighborhood on South Side

The man, 30, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man killed in South Side shooting

He was transported to the Unversity of Chicago Medical Center where he later died, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man used Snapchat to lure victim to South Side alley, where he killed him: prosecutor

A witness heard gunshots and then arguing before a gunman fired again, killing Giovanny C. Alvarado on April 24 in the 1300 block of East 71st Place, prosecutors said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Teenager grazed in drive-by shooting on South Side

A boy, 17, was outside about 10:35 in Washington Heights when someone inside a dark SUV began shooting, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police shut down South Side, West Side businesses over violence, go easy on clout-heavy bars downtown

Since 2015, the Chicago Police Department has shut down at least 58 businesses, most on the South Side and West Side, after shootings at or near their premises even as violence surged downtown.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot to Biden administration on environmental racism claims: See you in court

“If a voluntary resolution can’t be reached, HUD may initiate administrative proceedings or refer this matter to the U.S. Department of Justice for enforcement,” the agency says.

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