Funding for the repairs in the 15th Ward were first secured during President Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration, an American New Deal Agency that provided public works project jobs for millions of jobless Americans in 1935.
Category: Chicago – Gage Park
Posted inClear Ridge Reporter New News
CPS, Chicago Teachers Union reach tentative contract agreement
Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union have reached a tentative agreement on a comprehensive contract.
Posted inSWNH New News
City cracks down on illegal car sales and vehicle repairs
An ordinance prohibiting unlicensed vehicle dealers from working on non-registered autos took effect at the end of March.
Posted inClear-Ridge Reporter Mayhem
15-year-old charged in carjackings
Teen charged in pair of Southwest Side carjackings.
Posted inClear-Ridge Reporter Mayhem
Southwest Side truck burglaries on rise
Truck burglaries are on the rise in the Southwest Side 8th and 9th police districts.
Posted inClear-Ridge Reporter We/Us
Archer Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade in pictures
Pictures from this year’s Archer Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Posted inClear Ridge Reporter New News
Sun shines bright on Archer Avenue Working Families St. Pat’s parade
The Archer Avenue Working Families’ St. Patrick’s Day Parade honored fallen first responders last Saturday.
Posted inSWNH New News
Tabares: Focus, move forward, keep making a difference
Southwest News-Herald’s Women’s History Month celebration continues with 23rd Ward Latina Alderman Silvana Tabares’ determined rise and no, it’s not alderwoman.
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Illegal gun found during traffic stop
An 18-year-old was charged with unlicensed possession of a weapon and other violations after officers found a handgun in his car, police said.
