West Side high school to host day of service in honor of Juneteenth
Staff and students will participate in the first-ever Odyssey Day of Service alongside members of the North Lawndale community.
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Staff and students will participate in the first-ever Odyssey Day of Service alongside members of the North Lawndale community.
Police say officers were responding to a person with a gun call, in the 900 block of South Independence when they observed a stolen Hyundai which then fled.
Some neighbors near the park in North Lawndale have been complaining about the crowds and the damage left behind in past years.
It has been nearly three years since Walter Williams Jr. was hit and killed while on his bike.
It has been nearly three years since Walter Williams Jr. was hit and killed while on his bike. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
On Wednesday, Daniel Webster Elementary School students led a peace march in the North Lawndale neighborhood.
The shooting happened in the in the 3000 block of West Roosevelt Road.
Investigators say two to three men would use those sites to find the victims.
The crimes happened in North Lawndale in March and April.
It was unclear why officers began pursuing Clay, but they say he turned toward an officer with a firearm — leading to a fatal shot by police.
A man came up, and lit and threw an explosive device into the truck before running off.
Police say the infant was found inside the residence, located in the 1300 block of South Kedzie Avenue around 4:14 p.m., with trauma to the body.
Several questions swirl the matter. But the one coming into sharper focus is what police saw just before firing those fatal shots.
The suspect approached the victim while in his car and stabbed him in the neck and three more times in the chest.
The victim was on the sidewalk in the 1900 block of South St. Louis Avenue when someone shot him in the back, police said.
A 16-year-old boy is arrested and charged in connection to the shooting death of a man in the North Lawndale neighborhood in December.
The project is set to be completed by fall of next year.
Work is now underway on a $68 million project that will bring an industrial site and innovation center to North Lawndale, featuring two solar-powered warehouses.
Officers say they stopped to check out a group of people gathered near 21st and St. Louis Monday.
Officers say they stopped to check out a group of people gathered near 21st and St. Louis Monday. That's when 25-year-old Javontay Kindred, who police say had a gun, ran from the scene.
Javontay Kindred, 25, is charged with one felony count of aggravated assault on a peace officer, and two felony weapons counts.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) is investigating.
Antoine Hicks, 17, was shot and killed Sunday night while walking on the sidewalk in the 2200 block of South Keeler Avenue.
Mario Heath, 37, was shot and killed on Jan. 26, 2022 near Kedzie and Roosevelt.
A 16-year-old boy is facing charges after robbing and carjacking a man at gunpoint in the North Lawndale Neighborhood last month.
