Groundbreaking held for police torture memorial in Chicago
An emotional groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday for Chicago’s Torture Justice Memorial.
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An emotional groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday for Chicago’s Torture Justice Memorial.
At one time, Jackson Park and Washington Park were considered one big green space united by the Midway Plaisance — known respectively as the Eastern and Western divisions of South Park.
Washington Park stretches from 51st Street on the north to 60th Street on the south, and from Cottage Grove Avenue on the east to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on the west. From the beginning, the park has been known for its Open Green, or sheep meadow, where at one time, sheep could actually be found.
The victim was a passenger on the bus when six male suspects surrounded the victim, took his property, and punched him in the face multiple times in the face before leaving the bus.
Chicago is the latest city to have reported airbag thefts, following Baltimore and Pittsburgh.
The man charged with damaging the vehicles of several Chicago firefighters at multiple locations on Chicago's South Side appeared at a bond hearing on Sunday, where he was ordered held.
Police said in both incidents, two suspects approached the delivery driver and attempted to pay for the food with counterfeit money.
The two robberies occurred on March 22 around 10:40 p.m., and the second on Friday around 5:30 p.m.
Chicago's DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center was set to celebrate 65 years on Monday.
The latest robbery happened on Tuesday in the Woodlawn neighborhood, police said.
Four people were injured, two of them seriously, in a crash on Chicago's South Side early Friday morning, police said.
An officer's foot was run over when a car sped off during a traffic stop in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood.
A man shot by Chicago police earlier this week in the Washington Park neighborhood has been charged with aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
Chicago police shot and wounded a man they said was armed with a gun in the South Side's Washington Park neighborhood Tuesday morning.
A death investigation is underway for a woman who was found dead after a house fire in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood early Saturday morning.
At 5:53 a.m., the victims — men ages 18 and 19 — were in a business in the 100 block of East 51st Street when a man came up and shot them both, police said.
A boy was killed in a Chicago shooting on the city's South Side Wednesday morning, police said.
The teenage girl was inside a home on the block when she suffered a gunshot wound to the chin, police said.
The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
A celebration of African heritage and culture wraps up on Chicago's South Side Monday.
Xavier Tousant, 22, was charged with one felony count of first-degree murder.
Chicago police said that the woman was sitting inside a vehicle with two other people when an unknown sedan pulled up alongside them.
An apartment fire in Washington Park left multiple people displaced. Video from the scene shows heavy flames and smoke coming from the building.
The victim's identity was not released as of Saturday.
The victim, 20, was found with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
