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On a late afternoon in April, a customer at the Woodlawn post office complained to a postal employee about a missing package, noting that she had been told to go

From Bronzeville to Woodlawn and Back of the Yards, South Side gardeners are fighting food insecurity while building relationships with each other and the land.

Chicago shootings this weekend have left at least 71 people shot, 11 fatally, the police department said.

There were four mass shootings between late Friday and early Tuesday, according to Chicago police.

Two men have been killed and three others injured in a mass shooting at a Chicago Fathers Day celebration on Sunday.

Among the shootings in Chicago over the weekend was one early Saturday just outside Lincoln Park in which five people were wounded, including a 17-year-old girl.

Chicago shootings this weekend have left at least 51 people shot, nine fatally, the police department said.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, downtown Chicago was in the midst of a building boom that local officials say was notable for what it didn’t include: minority-owned development firms. “There were 61 cranes in the sky, and each crane represented a project worth up to hundreds of millions of dollars,” said Leon Walker, managing partner of developer DL3 Realty. “It was a point of pride for the ...

Chicago shootings this weekend have left at least 24 people shot, three fatally, the police department said.

Before the start of St. Sabina’s annual twilight community peace march on Friday, Christine Blanton spoke up for her slain child and she wasn’t the only one. A sea of hands and photographs of victims, like Blanton’s daughter, Derricka Patrick, rose into the air behind the Auburn Gresham church, prompted by rally speakers asking the crowd of more than 200 youngster and adults to raise their ...