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Ald. Howard Brookins Jr., (21st) announced Wednesday he plans to retire from the City Council at the end of his term.

Chicago police are asking for the public's help locating a missing 24-year-old pregnant woman.

After five terms and 20 years in politics, Brookins, 59, will be eligible for a maximum pension of 80% of his highest salary over a five-year period.

A 24-year-old woman was sitting inside of a parked vehicle, and a 30-year-old man was standing next to the parked car when a gunman opened fire.

Two men were killed and six other people were wounded by gunfire in Chicago Wednesday.

Dezmond Radcliffe, 25, was shot and killed at a gas station in West Pullman. Another man was fatally shot while inside a business in East Garfield Park.

Since arriving from Detroit three years ago, Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox has focused on delivering Lightfoot’s mayor’s signature plan to leverage $750 million in public money already in the pipeline” to lure private investment to areas neglected for decades.

A man is seriously wounded following a shooting in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Wednesday morning.

Chicago police said a 17-year-old boy carjacked a total of 11 victims at gunpoint over the last two weeks. Nine of the carjackings occurred within a single day.

My hope is that 79th and Halsted will rise again — restored to a place where South Side kids can dream big dreams, find the magic of their own neighborhood and gain the confidence to explore the world beyond.