Storms may to blame for West Side building collapse
A building under construction collapsed at Jackson Boulevard and Washtenaw Avenue amid storms Wednesday afternoon.
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A building under construction collapsed at Jackson Boulevard and Washtenaw Avenue amid storms Wednesday afternoon.
Two men rushed to the aid of the victims, who were trapped under slabs of stone in front of the building on Jackson Boulevard. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports.
The men were sitting on the porch in East Garfield Park when stone fell on them. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports.
The collapse happened at a graystone building at 3418 W. Jackson Blvd. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports.
The front of the building came down on Jackson Boulevard near Homan Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Three people were injured when part of a building collapsed on Jackson Boulevard near Homan Avenue. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports.
The expansion and remodel was made possible by a $160,000 grant from the community improvement initiative INVEST South/West.
"We decided that we wanted to make an investment on the West Side, specifically North Lawndale."
Safety and violence were the focus of a townhall meeting on the city's Southwest Side Monday, the same day Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a program to help people pay for doorbell cameras and motion lights.
Safety and violence were the focus of a townhall meeting on the city’s Southwest Side Monday, the same day Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a program to help people pay for doorbell cameras and motion lights. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
Police on Monday released images of a car that hit and seriously injured a 16-year-old boy in the North Austin neighborhood.
One officer was hit by a car, and another was shot in the pinky finger, during a traffic stop on the city's West Side Monday night.
Saturday morning the organization Community Leadership Fellows brought together 50 women for a free networking event in Lawndale to empower women and connect leaders on the West Side.
A rideshare driver with a license to carry shot and wounded a would-be carjacker in the South Austin community on the city's West Side Thursday evening.
A rideshare driver with a license to carry shot and wounded a would-be carjacker in the South Austin community on the city's West Side Thursday evening.
"They're being taught discipline, respect, things that you have to have in life and being combined with the sheriff's office, they get to deal with the police."
There's a new hub to help rideshare drivers gain access to safety resources, legal support and support networks.
Police on Wednesday were searching for a man who has been missing for more than three weeks from his South Austin neighborhood home.
Police on Tuesday were asking for help in identifying two suspects in the violent robbery of a woman on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train on the city's West Side in the middle of the afternoon.
During Black History Month CBS 2 is proudly highlighting community heroes, like Darnell Shields who didn't have to go far from home to make a difference in Austin.
The event begins at noon and runs until 3:00 Monday afternoon This is also a chance for people to create a sense of community.
Police in west suburban Berkeley were asking for help from the public Friday in finding a man who was last seen three days earlier on the West Side of Chicago.
It happened at Sacramento and Jackson, Grenshaw and Central Park and Kostner and Fillmore.
The Mars Wrigley candy company announced Monday that it will move most of its operations out of its plant on Chicago's West Side in the next two years.
