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Several people were injured after a car crashed into a home Tuesday afternoon in West Pullman. 

A man was pronounced dead in a traffic crash that caused his vehicle to engulf into flames early Wednesday morning in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood. On Tuesday, a stolen Kia struck a Dodge Durango, causing it to veer into a West Pullman home.

Indicted Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) has resigned the seat she has held since Aug. 5, 1994, when she was appointed by then-Mayor Richard M. Daley to fill the vacancy created by the death of her husband, Lemuel, powerful chairman of the Council’s Budget Committee.

Austin’s decision to retire from rather than fight the new ward map has made it easier for the Black Caucus to accommodate the loss of more than 85,000 African-American residents over the last decade.

Samuel Brown, lovingly known as “Sam the Barber,” travels around Chicago to make grooming services accessible and convenient for communities in need.

Steven Wade, 43, allegedly broke into a home on the Far South Side, held a man and woman at gunpoint and opened fire at responding police officers.

A man has been charged after allegedly taking two people hostage and then shooting at responding police officers Tuesday morning in the West Pullman neighborhood.

A man fired shots at Chicago police officers in the West Pullman neighborhood early Tuesday morning. 

No one was injured in the incident, which occurred as officers responded to a domestic disturbance about 1:25 a.m. Tuesday in the 12900 block of South Peoria Street, police said.

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