Day: August 13, 2024

Boy, 13, remembered as ‘highly intelligent’ leader at memorial after fatal Edgewater shooting

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Late Tuesday afternoon, Teba Stewart stood at the center of a group of friends and family in beating sun on the former Cabrini-Green apartments site and addressed a cardboard cutout of her son, Ashawn Davis. Ashawn, 13, was shot and killed late Sunday night in Edgewater. Stewart, standing amid bunches of light blue balloons and family wearing blue and white, said she just wanted her son back. “Oh, man, what am I going to do?” Stewart asked. “I know you didn’t deserve this.” Brian Baillie, Ashawn’s flag football coach, stood to the side of the circle. Ashawn had been the […]

Some business owners and residents near United Center, home to upcoming DNC, want nearby migrant shelter moved

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A group of business owners and residents near the United Center say that they’re being negatively impacted by the hundreds of migrants who are living at a nearby shelter and are demanding that the mayor move them. Roger Romanelli, executive director of the Fulton Market Association, told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that he believed everyone should be treated with respect and dignity under the law, but claimed that it’s “chaos and anarchy” at the shelter at 1640 W. Walnut. He cited increased emergency calls to the shelter, fights in the street, garbage, drug usage and other concerns. “Right […]

‘Taste of Elmwood Park’ food and entertainment event ‘really is a taste’ of the tiny suburb

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Over a four-day period, an estimated tens of thousands of visitors descended on Central Park for the annual “Taste of Elmwood Park” in the eponymous west suburb. The festival — the biggest in the community — has for over 30 years drawn crowds to food, contests, drinks, music, crafts, kids’ rides and more. This year, Taste of Elmwood Park started Aug. 8 and wrapped Sunday Aug. 11, and had a different feel and offerings every day. Though, with cooler summer temperatures and clear skies, there was one constant: the crowds. Liza Achurra, along with her husband, had their three grandkids […]