CPD, deputy mayor for community safety, Office of Emergency Management and other key officials skipped the hearing.
Category: Chicago – Archer Heights
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Sam Sianis, 91, Keeper of Chicago’s Legendary Billy Goat Tavern
Sam Sianis, who spent more than five decades behind the bar of the Billy Goat Tavern and transformed a modest Lower Michigan Avenue dive into one of Chicago’s most storied gathering places, died Friday. He was 91. The restaurant said he died peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by family. Mr. Sianis inherited the Billy Goat […]
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Apartment complex to replace Gaynor building
The huge three-story Gaynor building, which occupied that spot since 1924, had fallen into such disrepair that it could not be renovated.
Posted inYour Town
Student artists bring personal projects to life at SXU
Saint Xavier University seniors presented Built from What We Were Given thesis projects, showcasing personal stories through art, design, film and sculpture.
Posted inClear-Ridge Reporter Business
Work begins on new Women’s Health Group building
Community stakeholders helped break ground last Friday on a new Women’s Health Group building at 5333 S. Harlem.
Posted inClear-Ridge Reporter Mayhem
Man dies in fiery Archer Heights crash
A man was killed Saturday night after he was speeding down Pulaski Road in Archer Heights and crashed into another car.
Posted in2026 Elections
Looming Supreme Court decision could change Illinois mail-in voting
The Supreme Court could limit mail-in ballots from being counted after in-person voting ends even if they are postmarked by Election Day.
Posted inClear-Ridge Reporter Business
City orders Ford City Mall closed over safety concerns
The city ordered Ford City Mall closed last week over safety concerns regarding a defective fire suppression system.
Posted inClear-Ridge Reporter Business
Midway Chamber gives block party vendors an early start
Visitors were treated to a one-stop-shop of block party vendors and were able to fill out block party applications.
Posted inClear Ridge Reporter New News
SBA opens disaster loan centers for August storms
Residents and businesses damaged by August 2025 storms can apply for federal disaster loans at SBA centers across Chicago and six northeastern Illinois counties.