SHOCKING: Lawndale - What They Never Told You

Picture Chicago: 15 photos from this week in news

Volunteers with My Block, My Hood, My City decorated South Side homes for Christmas, a man was killed and a woman was critically injured in a house fire in Lawndale, and theater-goers enjoyed the opening night of “Boop! The Betty Boop Musical.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 8, 2023

Anti-Riot Fest graffiti greets festival guests at Douglass Park

Spray painted messages of ‘Get Out!!!’ And ‘No Park For Profit!’ allude to festival opposition by some Lawndale and Little Village neighbors.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 17, 2023

Man fatally shot in Lawndale

The man, 27, was found unresponsive in an alley about 11:25 p.m. in the 1500 block of South Saint Louis Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds on the face and body.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 22, 2023

Chicago shootings: An alarming number of our youth witness gun violence

The average age at which Black and Latino Chicagoans witness a shooting is 14, a recent study found. Schools know it takes collective effort to deal with that trauma, the CEO of North Lawndale College Prep writes.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 15, 2023

'He's fitting in well': Why Russell Westbrook helps the Clippers more than he did with Lakers

LOS ANGELES — Before catching a flight back to Southern California late Saturday night, the player who spent high school in Lawndale and college in Westwood threw on a Dodgers cap.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 4, 2023

Man found shot to death in Lawndale

Officers received a report of shots fired in the 3900 block of West Flournoy Street about 1:10 a.m.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 1, 2023

Teen boy killed, another critically hurt in Lawndale shooting

The teens were getting out of a vehicle about 4 p.m. Friday in the 600 block of South Independence Boulevard when they were shot.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 7, 2023

3 teens wounded in Lawndale shooting

Two 13-year-old boys and a 14-year-old boy were taken to Stroger Hospital, where they were listed in good condition.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 3, 2023

How a West Side law center is showing the benefits of releasing people before their trials

“I know how it feels when you get down in the county jail,” says Daryl Pierce with the Lawndale Christian Legal Center. “You can’t make bond, you ain’t got no hope, you ain’t got nobody.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 29, 2022

After pushback from Little Village, Lawndale, Park District OKs changes to permit process for big events

Community members united to demand that big music festivals leave Douglass Park, which links Little Village and Lawndale.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 17, 2022