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Southwest Side needs a new police district, alderpersons say

Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel balanced his first budget in part by closing three district police stations. Now, Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) and six City Council colleagues want to build a new one at a cost of $30 million or more.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 10, 2024

Suit to stop Brighton Park migrant tent site dismissed, for now

The case — filed by several regular protesters at the Southwest Side — was dismissed because construction was already paused by the state.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 4, 2023

Armed robbery suspect held after pursuit from Southwest Side to Wisconsin and back into Illinois

Authorities say an armed suspect who robbed a drugstore on the Southwest Side led police on a pursuit into Wisconsin before he was arrested near Gurnee.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 13, 2023

In one 1977 front-page photo at Southwest Side school, the human story of school desegregation era

Protests had erupted in Chicago as minority students were bused to majority-white schools. Amid all of that, two young girls, one white, one Black, sat together as new friends. One was my daughter.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 15, 2023

Off-duty officer commits suicide outside Southwest Side home, Chicago police say

An off-duty Chicago police officer died over the weekend in an apparent suicide, the latest in a grim tally of officers.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 17, 2023

2 men dead, 1 injured in I-55 crash

The accident occurred on inbound Interstate 55 near Cicero Avenue on the city’s Southwest Side, fire officials said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 28, 2023

Mourners gather for funeral of slain Chicago Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso. ‘We’re here to say goodbye to a hero.’

Officers from across the Chicago area were among mourners who gathered along a 6-mile procession on the Far Southwest Side while Vásquez Lasso’s body was escorted to St. Rita of Cascia church, 7740 S. Western Ave.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 9, 2023

Chicago police officer with ‘bright future ahead of him’ identified after being fatally shot on Southwest Side in exchange of gunfire

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer who was badly wounded during a shootout with a gunman Wednesday evening on the Southwest Side succumbed to his injuries, officials said.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 2, 2023

Chicago police officer fatally shot on Southwest Side in exchange of gunfire, officials say

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer who was badly wounded during a shootout with a gunman Wednesday evening on the Southwest Side succumbed to his injuries, officials said.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 2, 2023

Chicago police officer with ‘bright future ahead of him’ fatally shot on Southwest Side in exchange of gunfire, officials say

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer who was badly wounded during a shootout with a gunman Wednesday evening on the Southwest Side succumbed to his injuries, officials said.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 2, 2023