Baking bread with Dobra Bielinski Holidays mean delicious food, and where better to find it than Delightful Pastries in Jefferson Park? Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 10, 2023
Antisemitic messages left on parked cars in Jefferson Park, near residences in suburbs Officers are investigating incidents reported in the 5400 block of West Wilson Avenue and in suburban La Grange Park and Elmhurst. Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 5, 2023
Brandin Hurley’s Celtic goddess mural let her ‘reach back to my family’s Irish roots’ “I do my best to live in harmony and connection with the natural world,” the Jefferson Park artist says. “And thinking of my ancestors doing the same was a comforting place to be as I designed this piece.” Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 4, 2023
Chicago cops’ racist social media posts detailed in new COPA report It stems from an investigation into posts made amid a controversy over affordable housing in Jefferson Park that led to 3 cops quitting and 2 now fighting suspensions. Chicago Sun-Times · May 12, 2023
Man charged with hate crime, stalking for alleged ‘homophobic’ graffiti on home in Jefferson Park Thomas Howard, 62, allegedly targeted a home in the 5700 block of North Mason Avenue, down the block from him, for several months from May 2022 through January 2023, police said. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 30, 2023
In a Largely Black and Latino Community, Neighbors Worry About the Oil Wells in Their Midst Activists get a victory in their fight to protect South L.A. residents from a Catholic Archdiocese-owned oil drill site. Capital & Main · Mar 3, 2023
Big issues in Gardiner’s reelection bid in 45th Ward are crime, development — and Gardiner himself Ald. Jim Gardiner faces five contenders in the Northwest Side ward — and a string of scandals. While the first term incumbent has name recognition, it’s not necessarily the kind of recognition a candidate wants among potential voters. Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 16, 2023
5 people wounded by gunfire in Chicago Wednesday Among those shot was a woman in the 5100 block of North LeClaire Avenue in Jefferson Park. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2022
14-year-old girl dies after Eisenhower Expressway crash at Kedzie Arnelis Flores, from Jefferson Park, died Tuesday afternoon at Stroger Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 20, 2022
2 injured when driver strikes another vehicle and house in Jefferson Park The driver of a Lincoln SUV was going south about 4:45 a.m. in the 5000 block of North Cicero Avenue when he struck another SUV before colliding with a house, police said. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 18, 2022
Man charged with killing woman, 19, in shooting at illegal nightclub in Jefferson Park Meagan Bilbo was attending a party on Dec. 5 at the club, which was posing as a computer repair shop, in the 4800 block of North Central Avenue, when a masked person opened fire outside in a parking lot. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 27, 2022