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CHICAGO — It’s tough to run a small business. Thankfully, Chicago is filled with entrepreneurs who embrace the challenge and help make our neighborhoods more vibrant with their shops, restaurants and services. Every year, Block Club reporters hit the beat to highlight more than 100 businesses in every corner of our great city. So whether […]
UPTOWN — A 9-year-old girl and a 45-year-old man were wounded in a shooting Friday in Uptown, with the man running into a nearby elementary school to receive aid, according to authorities and media reports. At around 3:30 p.m. Friday, the girl and man were standing near the sidewalk in the 5100 block of North […]
CHICAGO — With pumpkin-carving season behind us, Chicagoans can compost their gourds at environmentally friendly Pumpkin Smash events around the city. Each year, the city’s Department of Streets and Sanitation teams up with ward offices and neighborhoods to host 10 Pumpkin Smashes where neighbors can create compost that helps enrich soil. Composting keeps pumpkins out […]
WEST RIDGE — The man charged with shooting an Orthodox Jewish man on his way to synagogue has also been charged with a hate crime, officials announced Thursday. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, is charged with one felony count of terrorism and one felony count of a hate crime, in addition to his other charges, in […]
WEST RIDGE — The man charged with shooting an Orthodox Jewish man on his way to synagogue was ordered detained at a hearing Tuesday as West Ridge and Jewish community officials call for hate crime charges in the case. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, is charged with six counts of attempted murder in connection to the […]
ROGERS PARK — Three people were wounded in two separate shootings minutes apart Monday afternoon in Rogers Park and Edgewater, according to authorities. Around 2:10 p.m. Monday, a 24-year-old man, a 28-year-old man and a third man were walking in the 1200 block of West Loyola Avenue when another man walked up to them and […]
EDGEWATER – Former Ald. Mary Ann Smith’s quiet Edgewater block was renamed in her honor Sunday, commemorating the city official after she passed away this summer. A new street sign on the corner of North Wayne Avenue and West Balmoral Avenue was unveiled during a ceremony Sunday morning, with the 5400 block of North Wayne […]
ROGERS PARK — A man was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting Wednesday near the Howard Street Red Line station, according to authorities. At 2:51 p.m. Wednesday, three men were standing near the sidewalk in the 1600 block of West Howard Street when a car pulled up and someone inside opened fire, […]