Fire sweeps through mechanic shop on Chicago's West Side
A fire ripped through a mechanic shop on Western Avenue on Chicago's Lower West Side early Wednesday.
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A fire ripped through a mechanic shop on Western Avenue on Chicago's Lower West Side early Wednesday.
The fire was reported at 2:24 a.m. at Teloloapan Auto Services, at 1857 S. Western Ave.
They've been fighting housing officials over the issues they've been dealing with, from bad plumbing to visible mold, and urging CHA to take action and take them seriously for years.
A man was found dead with trauma to his head on Chicago's West Side early Thursday.
Officers found the 64-year-old man lying on the ground with trauma to the head, police said.
The 28 robberies happened between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. in the Hermosa, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, Lower West Side, Marshall Square, North Lawndale, and South Lawndale neighborhoods.
Police said the group stole merchandise, including clothes and shoes, from inside.
The first burglary happened just before 5 a.m. on Sunday in the 4000 block of West Madison Street in Garfield Park, and the second on Monday around 4 a.m. in the 800 block of North Kedzie Avenue in Humboldt Park.
Chicago police said Lamont Hill allegedly stole an ambulance from Loretto Hospital. While in the ambulance, he was involved in a traffic accident, hitting two Chicago police vehicles.
Chicago police on Sunday were asking for help in finding a man they said robbed someone at gunpoint on the Blue Line on Chicago's West Side.
Chicago police on Sunday were asking for help in finding a man they said robbed someone at gunpoint on the Blue Line on Chicago’s West Side.
A crash in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood left two Chicago police officers injured Saturday night.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Wednesday issued bodycam video from a shooting that killed a burglary suspect on Chicago's West Side in September.
Police did not say what led up to the shooting or if any arrests were made.
In 2019, Chicago allowed 10 companies to deploy e-scooter rentals across a 50-square-mile area on the West and Northwest Sides of the city.
Chicago police said a group of six men broke the front door of a business in the 1700 block of South Ashland Avenue just before 3:30 a.m. and removed the ATM. Police said the group also took money from the cash registers.
Chicago police said they've arrested 46-year-old Keith Finley in connection to the Oct. 14 armed home invasion on the city's West Side.
Keith Finley, 46, was arrested on Friday and charged with felony counts of home invasion with a firearm, home invasion causing injury, and aggravated criminal sexual assault.
Questions remain as to why the homeless population continues to get younger each year and what's being done to fix it. One foundation on the city's West Side is helping to answer them.
Chicago police said the teen was shot while standing near the sidewalk around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Community leaders at the Grand opening said that the Avenue Apartments was almost nine years in the making, and the doors are a beacon of stability and health for the Westside.
The building offers one and two bedroom apartments, with rent is set between $1,400 and $1,600 a month.
On Wednesday morning, a girl was walking to school near 16th Street and Homan Avenue, when she saw a man driving alone in a gray vehicle, police said.
Border patrol said they believed the person detained was a driver who fled, and was suspected of stealing construction equipment nearby.
Police said the driver of a white sedan hit a black sport-utility vehicle, and then ran off on Wednesday afternoon at Congress Parkway and California Avenue.
