Police charged a man with kidnapping, a 19-year-old with a gun count and others with theft, battery and drug offenses.
Category: Chicago – West Lawn
Posted inClear-Ridge Reporter Business
Tax after tax. Three Southwest Side aldermen decry mayor’s 2027 budget
Three aldermen in a 29-member coalition are saying Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2027 budget proposal raises taxes, spending and borrowing without cutting costs.
Posted inClear-Ridge Reporter Business
Midway runway repairs may cause flight delays, cancellations Â
The Chicago Department of Aviation closed Runway 22L at Midway International Airport to all arrivals and departures on Oct. 20 to repair a damaged safety system, the department said.
Posted in2026 Elections
Chicago adds 50 ward early voting sitesÂ
Chicago voters can now cast ballots at the Downtown Voting Supersite, Chicago Board of Elections office and at locations in all 50 wards ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Posted in2026 Elections
Detective and Back of the Yards coffee shop owner runs for school board, citing service as inspiration
Detective and Back of the Yards coffee shop owner Juan Gonzales is running for school board, citing service as inspiration.
Posted inSWNH Mayhem
8th District police charge man with murder in woman’s stabbing death
A man faces a first-degree murder charge in a woman’s stabbing death, among recent arrests reported by 8th District police.
Posted inSWNH Top News
Southwest Side alders tell Johnson: No property tax hike, no head tax in 2027 budget
Twenty-nine Chicago aldermen told Mayor Brandon Johnson in a Sept. 28 letter that they will not support a property tax increase or a head tax to close the city’s projected $882.4 million deficit for 2027.
Posted inClear Ridge Reporter New News
First time 23rd Ward aldermanic election campaign managers talk strategy, blueprints to victory
Leo Rojas-Banda, who is challenging Ald. Silvana Tabares (23rd) for her seat in February, is not only a candidate but he’s acting as his own campaign manager. Emma Ortega is managing Tabares’ campaign. Both are novices who will play an outsize role in steering their candidates to victory.
Posted inSWNH Top News
Officials break ground on 183 apartments at long-vacant LeClaire Courts site
Developers, city officials and former residents broke ground Tuesday, Oct. 13, on the first new housing at the old LeClaire Courts public housing site in Garfield Ridge, which has sat empty since 2011.
Posted inChicago - Garfield Ridge
Kids painted pumpkins with CAPS Officers at Home Run Inn for 2nd annual event
Kids got their hands dirty and painted pumpkins on Oct. 12 at the second annual Paint-a-Pumpkin with a Police Officer, held in the party room at Home Run Inn on Archer.