Rebuilding a community: Initative builds affordable homes on empty lots on South and West sides
"It has to start somewhere. It starts right here on this lot, and it starts right now."
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"It has to start somewhere. It starts right here on this lot, and it starts right now."
Severe storms brought heavy rain from June 29 through July 2, flooding basements on the West Side and near western suburbs.
Chicago police and members of the Great Lakes Regional Task Force arrested Leonard Pittman, 45, Monday, in the 600 block of North Lockwood Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood.
The victim was approached by two unknown males who began striking him and then forcefully took his personal property from him and his car before fleeing the area.
The crash happened just before 1 a.m. in the 5200 block of West North Avenue in the Austin neighborhood.
The location sits on the same campus as the city's new joint Public Safety Training Academy.
The club will serve kids and families in Austin, West Garfield Park, West Humboldt Park, and other nearby areas. CBS 2's Audrina Sinclair spoke with President and CEO Michael Crowley about what the new facility means to the communities.
It's the first newly built club in a generation in that area and will help serve families in Austin, West Garfield Park, West Humboldt Park, and other areas nearby.
CBS 2’s Marybel González talked with some of the families hit hardest by the floods in the West Side’s Austin neighborhood.
Marcus Roberts, 49, was arrested Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, in the 300 block of South Pulaski Road.
Illinois State Police said an arrest was made around 12:30 a.m. on North Avenue near Cicero with dozens of officials on the scene after the chase ended.
A suspect is in custody following a chase that ended in the Austin neighborhood Wednesday morning.
Chicago police say the driver, a 26-year-old man, had just dropped off a passenger when he was approached by an armed man and woman.
The robberies happened during the 1 p.m. hour in the Avondale, Belmont Gardens, Belmont Cragin, Austin, and Humboldt Park neighborhoods.
After moving ahead in tournaments and clinching a recent district game, the New Life Centers little league team, unfortunately, lost in the championship game Wednesday night.
They say they are understaffed and that creates unsafe conditions.
"Yeah, I want to be a professional player, so I could help my family. Because I just love it."
Teenage migrants who recently arrived in Chicago are now getting a chance to play the game they love as part of a youth program on the West Side. CBS 2's Andrew Ramon has their story.
At one house the volunteers visited with CBS 2 in tow, it was unsafe for us even to go inside.
For weeks now, a group of volunteers has been cleaning out the basements of those affected by flooding on Chicago's West Side. Almost a month since the flooding, mold is growing. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
"Nobody hears that they were sexually abused by that individual for years. That they were sex trafficked by that individual for years, or that they were bought by that individual when they were a child."
Last month, the state joined several other states in giving judges broader discretion. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey sat down with a human trafficking survivor from Chicago's West Side, who said she would keep pushing until every U.S. court treats survivors the same way.
Healthcare workers at Loretto Hospital on Chicagi's West Side hit the picket line Monday. Workers are demanding better pay and more staffing. CBS 2's Andrew Ramos reports from the hospital on the negotiations.
"I'm still here waiting for him to come in the house and say something to me, but he's not."
A press conference is scheduled to take place near Van Buren and Pulaski at noon.
