South Side church needs a miracle as it faces foreclosure
A beloved church on the city's South Side is in need of some divine intervention.
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A beloved church on the city's South Side is in need of some divine intervention.
A beloved church on the city's South Side is in need of some divine intervention.
Caitlin and her brother George – along Mary and her brother Patrick – are the wee, wee folks who just so happen to be the heirs and heiresses of the South Side Irish Parade.
Carlos Nelson, a proud son of Auburn Gresham, is selflessly restoring the shine to a crown jewel of the South Side.
"No family, no block, no community in the city of Chicago should have to endure the looming threat of guns and gangs."
"Culture is all around. Sometimes you need a home, a house for culture. I feel like at its most fundamental level we make houses for culture."
Gary police said the driver ditched his car on someone's front lawn then took off on foot.
A Chicago Police officer was taken to the hospital after a crash Saturday in Park Manor.
A gun turn-in event brought in more than three dozen weapons, both real and replicas, in Chicago Saturday.
Volunteers with the nonprofit, My Block, My Hood, My City are lighting up parts of the South Side.
"Now, no toys for the kids. And it just breaks my heart. It was destroyed. Everything missing."
It's a sure symbol of the holidays - wreaths hung on light poles or front doors. And as CBS 2's Marie Saavedra reported Wednesday, if you pass through parts of the South Side, those decorations you're seeing are helping teens in need take control of their lives.
"We are very confident will be able to get funding sources needed to see this project become a reality."
"We don't get out to parties, nothing like that. Because we don't want COVID into our houses. Because we don't know the consequences for them."
She is also a professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago, where she is Director of the Arts + Public Life. She teaches American film history, specializing in African American cinema from the silent era to the present.
"It's relevant to Chicago, but that does not pay people's rent."
"This doesn't feel like building something new, but reveals something that has always been here."
"Michelle and I could not be more excited to break ground on the Obama Presidential Center in the community that we love."
"At least have our lives and we're just thankful for that."
The parade of hearts is hosted by the Luv Institute which organizes conversations about restorative justice in South Side communities.
The doors open at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, 9:00 a.m. on Sunday. Admission is free. They'll also have some of the classic Pullman train cars this weekend.
Working guns can be turned in from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Saint Sabina parish in Gresham.
A series of break-ins on Chicago's South Side has prompted a warning for business owners.
"He was wise to move forward to get vaccinated and now we're praying that he will have enough strength and healing."
"It means a lot. It's a pillar in this community."
