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Man stabbed while sleeping on Bucktown sidewalk

A 50-year-old was asleep when another began attacking him with a knife, Chicago police said. His nose was cut and he suffered a puncture wound under his left arm.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 3, 2023

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 28, 2023

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 27, 2023

Vienna Beef returning to Bucktown

The hot dog and sausage company will invest $20 million to rehab the site, adding a second-floor office, first-floor retail space for other companies and an outdoor plaza.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 6, 2023

‘We need help.’ Bucktown pub owner held at gunpoint, first of 9 armed robberies in an hour on North, Northwest sides

Eric Johnson’s pub had already been hit by robbers three times in the last several weeks when a car pulled up early Sunday and four people with guns jumped out.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 24, 2023

Police issue alert after seven armed robberies and carjackings on North and West sides over 24 hours

In one of the attacks, a robber fired several times at a victim running away, police said. The robberies were reported in Rogers Park, Lincoln Park, Ukrainian Village, Pilsen, Bucktown, North Center and Edgewater.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 27, 2023

Driver killed, passenger injured after car swerves, hits pillar, car in Bucktown

A man, 26, swerved to avoid a car, then hit a pillar and another car in traffic in the 1900 block of North Ashland Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 21, 2023

2022 saw a wave of new unions form. Getting to the bargaining table is the next challenge

CHICAGO — As snow fell on the picket line outside a Bucktown Starbucks in November, striking unionized baristas kept warm with cups of Colectivo Coffee, which is brewed by members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a union that also represents baristas at Chicago-based Intelligentsia Coffee.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 3, 2023

2 more members of suspected armed robbery crew ordered held without bail

A total of four men have been ordered held without bail after being charged with four armed holdups in Budlong Woods, North Center and Bucktown.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 15, 2022

Chicago’s best Halloween decorations: Homes and yards get spooky with ghosts, ghouls and more

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Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 28, 2022