Medical Centers Team Up To Host Free Summer Health Screening Event In Austin Community
Two Chicago medical centers have joined forces for free health screenings for people who live in the Austin neighborhood.
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Two Chicago medical centers have joined forces for free health screenings for people who live in the Austin neighborhood.
Three mass shootings transpired over a period of four days recently on the city's West Side – leaving two teenagers dead and 13 other people injured after gunshots rang out in North Lawndale and Austin. As CBS 2's Jackie Kostek reported Sunday, community members say the violence does not sit well with them.
The five men were standing in a yard in the 4800 block of West Race Avenue just before 12:30 a.m. when an unknown man showed up and shot all the men in the legs.
The women said despite more violence prevention programs, shootings are increasing and shooters and victims are younger.
Three Chicago police officers are OK after a hit-and-run crash sent them through a fence early Sunday morning on the city's West Side.
In the hours since President Biden announced his five-point plan to address crime, Chicago had two late night mass shootings a the same time.
A drive-by shooting in the Austin neighborhood left a man dead and another man injured.
A 47-year-old woman was carjacked at gunpoint Tuesday morning in the Austin neighborhood.
Three people were shot while driving in the Austin neighborhood Monday morning.
A grassroots effort hopes to get more COVID-19 shots to people in Chicago's hard-hit Austin neighborhood.
The teen, whose name is not being released because he is a juvenile, is charged with three counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking and one count of aggravated battery.
Police said officers responded to multiple ShotSpotter reports of gunfire and calls of people shot around 11:45 a.m. near the intersection of Leamington Avenue and Washington Boulevard.
Two men were shot Wednesday inside a community center on Chicago's West Side.
Chicago Police Chief of Patrol Brian McDermott said officers on the Community Safety Team saw a gunman open fire on the victim, who was driving south on the 1500 block of North Laramie Avenue.
Kingston was abducted from the 900 block of North Massasoit Avenue on Thursday by his biological mother, who took the child from his guardian without authority, police said.
If you live in the Austin neighborhood and need to get tested for COVID-19, Wednesday's the day to get it done for free.
At least 41 people were shot across Chicago this weekend, six of them fatally.
As the coronavirus surge raged in Illinois this weekend, we saw more proof that COVID-19 tests are hard to come by.
Family members were desperate Sunday to find a Riverdale woman who vanished in Chicago more than a week ago.
Police said officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert of gunfire on the 5700 block of West Midway Park shortly after 10 p.m., and found the unidentified man in the driver's seat of a parked car, with multiple gunshot wounds to his face and chest.
The accused shooter in was on electronic monitoring and has a lengthy rap sheet.
A local organization is helping kids prepare for the upcoming school year, while staying safe from COVID-19.
An Austin neighborhood resident said his Uber Eats delivery driver liked his food so much that the driver ate some of it himself.
Now, police area searching for the hit-and-run driver responsible.
It's a pilot program to bring testing to areas hit hardest by the pandemic.
