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Victim found fatally wounded overnight in Auburn Park neighborhood on South Side
Chicago police said a male victim was fatally shot early Tuesday morning on the South Side in the Auburn Park neighborhood. Shortly before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, an unidentified male was approached by someone who opened fire in his direction in the 7800 block of South Ashland Avenue. The victim was taken with a gunshot wound to the torso to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was ...
Fire Union Blasts Removal Of Paramedics From Mental Health Emergency Response Program
CHICAGO — Police officers and paramedics have been removed from the city’s mental health emergency response program — a change the firefighters union says violates their contract. The Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement program, known as CARE, provides teams of mental health professionals and specially trained police...
Postal Workers Rally for Increased Protection, Better Staffing: ‘We’re Under Attack’
Ahead of the busy holiday season and wading into an election when voters are increasingly casting ballots by mail, postal carriers are demanding more protection. “We’re under attack,” said Elise Foster, a letter carrier who is president of the Chicago 11 branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers. “We need someone to do something about it.”
ABC7 Chicago to celebrate Italian American Heritage Month with live Columbus Day Parade broadcast
ABC7, Chicago's most-watched television station, is celebrating the city's vibrant Italian American community, with the broadcast of the 72nd annual Columbus Day Parade.The live event is hosted by ABC7 sports anchor and "Windy City Weekend" host Ryan Chiaverini, reporter Liz Nagy and meteorologist Greg Dutra, reporting all the festivities from the street. Pasquale D. Gianni, attorney and Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans officer, will contribute color commentary from the broadcast area. The parade will air Monday, Oct. 14, from noon to 2 p.m., and will have an encore broadcast on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 11 p.m. Both broadcasts will...
Dashcam Shows a Scary Drive Thru Chicago’s Most Dangerous Hoods
I can't tell you where the right place to be is, but this isn't it. A driver's dashcam showed what happened when he traveled through Chicago, Illinois' most dangerous neighborhoods and it's not for the faint of heart. I want to be clear that I'm not inferring that anyone that...
As Illinois manufacturing jobs drop, Chicago mayor announces awards
(The Center Square) – Chicago officials are honoring local manufacturers, but manufacturing numbers are down in Illinois and across the Midwest. Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke Monday morning at the Chicago Manufacturing Awards Ceremony on the city’s West Side. “Chicago has been called the city that works, and that’s because of the historic legacy and achievements in manufacturing,” Johnson said. ...
Organizers hold concert in middle of Logan Square pothole they want to save
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Some Logan Square neighborhood residents want a pothole in the middle of an intersection to stay right where it is, and now, organizers of the "Save the Hole" campaign are making their pleas into a song.A viewer, Emmanuel Ramos-Barajas, sent video taken out a window of a pop-up concert performed right in the middle of the pothole at Belden and St. Louis avenues.The man who started the "Save the Hole" effort also plays in a band—so he and his bandmates decided the middle of the roughly 16-by-16-foot crater would be the perfect place to play.Residents report that high speeds have long been an issue on the block. So when the large hole emerged earlier this month, so did an online campaign, complete with the hashtag #SaveTheHole, as neighbors believe it has been forcing drivers to slow down.But city officials say a traffic circle set to go into the intersection soon will serve the same purpose—and will look much better aesthetically. The traffic circle is expected to be completed by mid-October.
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