Category: Local News

29-year-old man gunned down late Saturday morning in Washington Park neighborhood

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A 29-year-old man was fatally wounded late Saturday morning in a shooting on the South Side in the Washington Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 11 a.m., the victim was in the 5700 block of South Prairie Avenue when two people exited a black SUV and opened fire in his direction. The man suffered gunshot wounds to the body, and was taken to UChicago Medicine where he was pronounced dead. No one was in custody and detectives were investigating.  

All things Taylor Swift to viewed through an academic lens at North Central College’s ‘TayTalks’

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What do Plato and J. Robert Oppenheimer have to do with Taylor Swift? North Central College faculty are going to tell you. Wednesday night, the Naperville college is hosting a series of “TayTalks.” That’s right, a whole evening of faculty presentations about the superstar herself. Call yourself a Swiftie? Buckle up. Speakers are set to celebrate and discuss Swift through the context of everything from physical therapy to physics.

Teenage boy charged in Thursday slaying of 43-year-old woman in South Shore

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A 17-year-old boy was charged in a Thursday fatal shooting of a 43-year-old woman in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said. The teenage boy was arrested about 10 p.m. Thursday in the 7000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue after he was identified as the person who fatally shot the victim hours earlier in a residence in the 6800 block of South Cornell Avenue, police said. Tatanisha Jackson was inside her residence in the 6800 block of South Cornell Avenue shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday when a 17-year-old boy pulled out a gun and shot […]

Film on American Jews’ time in Israel canceled after Northbrook Library receives 8,000 emails

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The Northbrook Public Library’s director told Board members at their meeting Thursday that the library received 8,000 emails and 2,000 phone calls asking it to cancel a scheduled screening of a documentary that tells the story of two young American Jews who visit Israel for the first time. The organizers, including the nonprofit Jewish Voice for Peace and two other Jewish organizations, said the screening’s purpose was to “open the door to the difficult and necessary conversations that American Jews need to have,” but another group called Chicago Jewish Alliance accused the film of being antisemitic and organized social media campaigns with the aim […]

Woman seriously injured in stabbing Saturday morning on South Side, 1 in custody

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A 31-year-old woman was seriously injured when an argument escalated to a stabbing Saturday morning in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said. Shortly after 6 a.m.. a 23-year-old woman was arguing with a 31-year-old woman in the 7900 block of South Hermitage Avenue when the situation turned physical, police said. The younger woman stabbed the older woman in the abdomen and left arm, and the wounded woman was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where she was listed in serious condition, police said. The 23-year-old woman was arrested at the scene. Police […]