Large Fire Burns Train Yard In Austin Neighborhood
A train yard on Chicago's West Side caught fire Sunday morning. It appears a large trash pile caught fire near Bloomingdale and Austin avenues near Amundsen Park.
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A train yard on Chicago's West Side caught fire Sunday morning. It appears a large trash pile caught fire near Bloomingdale and Austin avenues near Amundsen Park.
"We're handing out towels, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, masks, hand sanitizer, bras and underwear for the ladies."
A church on Chicago's West Side is hoping gift cards will get residents to turn in guns this weekend.
Two men were found shot to death on Chicago's West Side Sunday morning, according to Chicago Police.
It's a landmark decision – the first time officials are removing the name of an historical figure from a Chicago park, and replacing it with another name.
A man is dead after a shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Monday night.
A 7-month-old boy was grazed in the ankle by a bullet Wednesday evening while in a car on the city's West Side.
Two Chicago police officers were hospitalized in serious to critical condition after being injured in a crash on the city's West Side early Saturday morning.
Communities on Chicago's South and West Sides will receive an $11 million grant focused on redevelopment and investment in those neighborhoods.
It's not just the pandemic that has kept some businesses closed. Last month's looting devastated dozens of stores on Chicago's South and West sides.
Federal prosecutors have announced charges against 24 people as part of an investigation targeting two West Side street gangs accused of trafficking "wholesale quantities of heroin and cocaine."
Amaria Jones, 13, who was in the middle of showing her mom a dance move at their West Side home when a gunman – still on the loose – ended a life loaded with promise.
A 3-year-old boy is dead after being shot Saturday evening in the West Side's South Austin community.
Earth's Remedies started the "Save the West Side, Chicago" GoFundMe page to help minority brown and black owned businesses recover.
The City of Chicago is launching a new pilot program to improve CTA bus connections on the West Side.
Residents in Edgewater on Chicago's North Side are reaching out to people and businesses who need a hand in North Lawndale on the West Side.
Sunday brought another round of peaceful protests in the city and suburbs.
Police on Thursday issued a community alert seeking information about a suspect who hit a CPD lieutenant with a dirt bike on the West Side over the weekend.
Business owners on the city's West Side were devastated by looting and vandalism over the weekend, and face major challenges in restoring and reopening.
Under the circumstances, the cause of most of the fires will never be determined.
One man was killed and another was wounded Monday night in a shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
Firefighters were working to put out hot spots late Tuesday night after a building caught fire in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
An Illinois state senator on Sunday called for donations to protect seniors on Chicago's West Side from COVID-19.
A 57-year-old man was hit and killed by a vehicle while walking across the street on Chicago's West Side.
Hundreds of people defied Illinois' stay-at-home order Saturday night, leading police to break up two large parties on the West Side alone, one with dozens, possibly hundreds of people.
