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DOWNTOWN – Metal detectors and security checkpoints greeted visitors at Millennium Park as the city’s new curfew for minors went into effect Thursday night. It’s not the first time security checkpoints have been used at Downtown parks, but it’s typically for large events — not for every day life. While the checkpoints received backlash from Chicagoans online, most visitors in the park said they didn’t mind the extra security measures.
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UPTOWN — A week after one of Chicago’s two beloved Great Lakes piping plovers died suddenly at Montrose Beach comes a bright spot: One of their chicks is alive and well and hanging out in Minnesota. Imani, a chick born to Monty and Rose last year, was spotted...
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DOWNTOWN — Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s push to move the city’s curfew for minors up an hour to 10 p.m. and include 17-year-olds is one step closer to becoming law. The city’s Committee on Public Safety approved the proposed change 14-3 Friday. Alds. Roderick Sawyer (6th), Raymond Lopez (15th) and Matt Martin (47th) voted against the measure.
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DOWNTOWN — Young activists who organize to keep their neighborhoods safe are pushing back against a new citywide curfew and rules meant to prevent violence Downtown, saying the policies unfairly target Black and Brown youth. Lightfoot announced an executive order banning unaccompanied minors from Millennium Park on weekend nights...
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WEST RIDGE — Cary’s Lounge’s most popular regular doesn’t drink. But he does kill rats. Mel, a middle-aged fluffball with a killer’s instinct, has patrolled Cary’s Lounge, 2251 W. Devon Ave., since the bar’s owner, Peter Valavanis, brought him on in 2017. “He’s...
Despite Delay, Bally’s River West Casino Proposal Primed For City Council Vote Next Week
CHICAGO — A city committee delayed a key vote on Chicago’s first casino Friday, but alderpeople say they are still on track to send the $1.74 billion River West proposal to the City Council next week. Ald. Tom Tunney (44th), chairman of the Special Casino Committee, postponed an...
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CHICAGO — ShaRhonda Knott-Dawson has always been a doer — so when the activist and mother heard about the baby formula shortage, she galvanized other mom friends to help. The Chicagoland Baby Formula Collection Project‘s participants are collecting unopened, unexpired baby formula from local parents. Knott-Dawson is creating an inventory of extra formula and a list of mothers who need it, prioritizing low-income mothers of color or those who are undocumented.
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Mass Shooting On Near North Side Kills 2 People, 8 Others Hurt: ‘We Are Going To Fight For The Soul Of Our City’
NEAR NORTH SIDE — Blood remained on the sidewalk, with commuters and their pets walking through it, early Friday morning after a mass shooting left two dead and seven wounded on the Near North Side. A 10th victim was injured amid the chaos after the Thursday night shooting. The...
West Side Neighborhood Sees 58% Drop In Shootings Thanks To Violence Prevention Programs, Outreach Workers Say
GARFIELD PARK — Shootings have dropped in West Side neighborhoods this year, showing prevention and intervention programs are working, advocates said. Shootings are down more than 15 percent citywide compared to this time last year, according to an analysis by street outreach organization Chicago CRED. West Side neighborhoods have seen even more dramatic improvements: Austin has had a 38 percent decrease in shootings compared to last year, and shootings in West Garfield Park have dropped by almost one-third.
All-Affordable Logan Square Apartment Complex Opens After Years Of Planning: ‘This Is Nothing Less Than A Day Of Resurrection’
LOGAN SQUARE — After eight years of planning, neighborhood debate and a legal battle, a seven-story, all-affordable apartment complex has officially opened in Logan Square. Long known as the Emmett Street Apartments, the development includes 100 affordable units ranging from one to three bedrooms, located just north of the Logan Square Blue Line station. And now, the building has a new name: Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Apartments, after the Chicago labor organizer and activist.
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PORTAGE PARK — Target will be the anchor tenant of the Sears redevelopment project at Six Corners that’s also bringing luxury apartments to the area. Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) announced the news in his Thursday newsletter, writing Target will bring an “easy, safe and convenient shopping experience tailored to serve local guests in Portage Park, Old Irving Park, Jefferson Park and surrounding areas.”
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ENGLEWOOD — An Englewood activist is hosting a birthday bash to celebrate his niece’s first birthday nearly a year after she was critically wounded in a mass shooting — and the entire community is invited. Charles McKenzie, founder of Englewood First Responders and the self-proclaimed “Mayor of...
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CHICAGO — Temperatures climbed to more than 90 degrees multiple days last week — and some Chicago schools were left without air conditioning. Educators and parents told the Chicago Teachers Union there were “severe air conditioning/overheating issues” at 25 Chicago public schools last week, said Chris Geovanis, the union’s communications director. Teachers said students had trouble focusing and learning because of the heat.
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After Unarmed 13-Year-Old Boy Shot By Police, West Siders Call For Accountability As Cops Release Few Details
CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer shot and wounded an unarmed 13-year-old boy who ran from a car being sought in an Oak Park carjacking, a shooting captured on multiple cameras and now under investigation, officials said. Chicago police officers at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday stopped the driver of...

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