Upgrades come to intersection after complaints of multiple crashes
A new four-way stop at the corner of 51st and Prairie is a symbol of a safer neighborhood for pedestrians and drivers.
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A new four-way stop at the corner of 51st and Prairie is a symbol of a safer neighborhood for pedestrians and drivers.
Usually, summertime construction is not a welcome sight, but a community organization in Bronzeville was relieved to see traffic safety improvements made at the intersection in front of their building after years of fighting for it. It's a story CBS 2's Charlie De Mar first reported in March.
President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday, the 82nd anniversary of Till's birth, establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.
Two neighbors tried performing CPR, but her injuries were too severe.
Police said they are investigating what led to the girl's death.
Neighbors said they heard a child and a woman, who they believed to be her mother, scream from one of the apartments on the ninth floor, about 100 feet up. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
A 3-year-old girl has died after falling from the balcony of an apartment building in Bronzeville on Tuesday.
A 3-year-old girl has died after falling from the balcony of an apartment building in Bronzeville on Tuesday.
This is the 12th year for the outdoor festival where you can find free classes for adults and kids.
The fun kicks off tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the YogaSkills Studio in Bronzeville and runs through Saturday.
They are Bronzeville's Monumental Baptist Church, built in 1899. Mount Pisgah Church in Bronzeville, which was built in 1912, and Canaan Baptist Church in Englewood, which dates back to 1905.
The teens gathered at a gas station in Bronzeville Tuesday night. Read more
One way they keep a pulse on the community? By throwing a dinner party.
It is believed the building was vacant.
No one was hurt in the fire on South Michigan Avenue.
Chicago firefighters are responding to an extra-alarm fire in an apartment building in the Bronzeville neighborhood.
The victim was being driven by another 33-year-old man to the University of Chicago Medical Center when he struck another car and then a pole.
A group of Lake Forest College students has spent the last several weeks working to unearth some Chicago history on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology.
"The community is outraged. The young people are outraged. It's upsetting to know that when I open my door and let my young people out, that it's a chance they just might not come back."
Many are gathering in Bronzeville to raise awareness for the dozens of missing and murdered Black and Brown women and girls in Chicago. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray has the story from where the march will kick.
Chicago Fire Department officials said the teen was shot near the intersection of Root and Dearborn streets.
"My momma has always been my number one role model and I just want to be just like her. She enjoyed doing it. So I feel like I will enjoy doing it."
CBS 2's Shardaa Gray caught up with one crossing guard in Bronzeville.
Developed by five South Side high school students, the "Streets of Bronzeville" app offers five distinct walking tours through the neighborhood.
Chicago police said the victim was standing outside when a red sedan approached, and an unknown man exited the car and fired shots.
