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Now, the race is separated by only 1% of votes
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Chicago spent nearly $1million to build a migrant camp on a toxic site, as the city continues to struggle with a massive surge of asylum seekers, with officials now impounding incoming buses. Official records seen by ABC 7 show the city spent more than $985,000 on the shuttered migrant camp at a Brighton Park lot - despite warnings that the site was not safe and outrage by locals, including a lawsuit. The nearly $1million bill is not much compared to the total expected cost of the camp, which was mostly financed by the state government under a $125million contract with...
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A bullet that struck two women at a Chicago White Sox game on Friday evening may have landed inside the ballpark after being fired about a mile away. That’s the current line of thinking among Chicago cops tasked with investigating the incident, which unfolded a little before 7:30 p.m. as the Sox were blistered by the Oakland Athletics. “What started out as a teacher celebration of the first week of school escalated quickly,” a woman seated near injured fans wrote in a now-deleted Facebook post. The victims, a 42-year-old woman and a 26-year-old woman, were struck as they sat in...
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Well, the sun came up again today, so that means we have to publish yet another story about the seemingly endless string of nightly armed robberies in Chicago. Once again, Chicago police officers radioed that they had located the robbers driving around the area. And, once again, Chicago police supervisors ordered the cops to terminate efforts to pull the robbers over. Near West’s robberies are up 50% this year. Last week, the district had 26 robberies, up 100% from the same week last year. In the 28 days ending July 30, the district had 94 robberies, up 77% from 2022....
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Hundreds of teens takeover Lakeview, destroying neighborhood
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 14 people have been shot, three fatally, in gun violence across Chicago so far this weekend, police said. In the latest fatal shooting, a 17-year-old boy died at University of Chicago Hospital Saturday after he and a 16-year-old boy were shot in the 6400 block of South King Drive at around 5:54 p.m. According to Chicago police, the teens were standing on the street when they were both shot by an unknown suspect. The 17-year-old was shot in the chest and the 16-year-old was shot in the arm. A woman was critically injured while trying...
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CHICAGO -- At least 32 people have been shot, eight fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago, police said. A man was found fatally shot early Sunday on the Near West Side. The 21-year-old was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the abdomen about 2:50 a.m. in the 2500-block of West Adams Street, police said. No other information was available. A man was killed in a Sunday afternoon shooting on Chicago's West Side, prompting a SWAT response, police said. The shooting happened in the Lawndale neighborhood's 3800-block of West Arthington Street at about 4:15 p.m., police said. A 20-year-old...
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VIDEOS AT LINK.................... CHICAGO — Two teenagers were shot Saturday night as hundreds of people descended on the Loop, jumping on vehicles, getting into fights, and overwhelming Chicago police resources for the third consecutive night. The victims, boys ages 16 and 17, were standing in the crowd on Washington Street near Michigan Avenue when someone fired shots at 9:05 p.m., according to a CPD statement. The younger boy was shot in the arm, and the other boy was shot in the left leg. Chicago Fire Department ambulances transported them to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in fair condition, CPD said. Video stills...
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After announcing which acts are going to play at the festival, now Lollapalooza fans know when their favorite artists are going to play this summer.On Tuesday, the organizers announced the day-by-day lineup for the event in Grant Park from August 3-6. This announcement comes as single-day and two-day tickets go on sale on Wednesday at Noon central time. Prices for one day start at $125 with the two-day passes starting at $250. Full festival passes have already been on sale and start at $365.
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Chicago residents are in uproar after the Obama Foundation's $500million new 'presidential center' caused a huge spike in property prices that forced many longstanding residents out of their homes. The nonprofit founded by Barack and Michelle Obama told residents that the sprawling new build on Chicago's South Side will transform it and the surrounding neighborhoods - and provide local job opportunities. But since the center was announced in 2015, median rents in the immediate vicinity have jumped a staggering 43 per cent, while house prices have risen 130 per cent. The area is a historically black one, with many of...
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Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot suggested Thursday that street vendors stop using cash in order to quell Chicago’s crime spike.
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 9-year-old child was shot Sunday while inside a home on Chicago's South Side. The shooting happened in the 9400-block of S Wallace Street, according to police.
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A convicted felon who was on parole has been charged in a fatal shooting that occurred during a birthday party at a Portage Park bar over the weekend. Samuel Parsons-Salas, 32, of Chicago, faces three felony counts of first-degree murder, one felony count of attempted first-degree murder and one felony count of kidnapping.
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A group of teenagers is responsible for 13 armed robberies across Chicago within a span of five hours, police said Monday. The Chicago Police Department said the teens exited a vehicle and approached victims on foot while displaying firearms. The victims were robbed and the suspects fled to an awaiting vehicle, police said. The incidents occurred between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. Monday. The suspects were described as four Black males in their late teens. They were armed with semiautomatic weapons that were black and silver and black, authorities said. They were wearing dark clothing and their faces were covered...
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Videos from the scene show a group of people apparently fighting in the middle of Jeffery Boulevard. A car speeds down the wrong side of the road, then appears to steer slightly to avoid one group of people before plowing into the second group. The driver did not stop. Please be warned that the following video is graphic if you decide to watch it.
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A special city committee is poised to recommend putting a dome over Soldier Field to keep the Chicago Bears from bolting to Arlington Heights, according to a published report Mayor Lori Lightfoot would only say was “premature” to publicly discuss. Lightfoot’s special committee, the Museum Campus Working Group, is prepared to release a report that suggests a dome could keep the Bears in Chicago, according to Greg Hinz of Crain’s. Capping the lakefront stadium could cost up to $1.5 billion, Crain’s reported, citing sources. A draft of the report, which could be released Thursday, says the dome “almost certainly” will...
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CHICAGO -- Chicago weekend shootings have left at least 61 shot, 10 fatally, police said. Many of the shooting victims were wounded on the South and West sides. Last weekend, 31 people were shot, six fatally.
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Even though Memorial Day is three weeks away, Chicago police officials are ramping up staffing to head off possible holiday weekend violence later this month. An internal CPD memo obtained by the ABC7 I-Team Monday night, and now being read at police district roll calls, orders that all days off be canceled for one full week between May 24 and 31. Officers may also be put on 12-hour work shifts during that time "if operational needs arise," according to the memo. It is expected that downtown retail corridors will get special attention during that period as well. CPD has increased...
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Lovelle Jordan, 27, shot three Chicago police officers at the Grand Central District police station on July 30, 2020 Jordan managed to hide a gun in his crotch after being arrested for trying to steal a Porsche, handcuffed and thrown in a cruiser The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released all the bodycam footage, as well as police reports after concluding its investigation in March 2022 Jordan can be heard telling officers to stay away from his crotch and convincing then to handcuff him in the front which allowed him to reach for the weapon Officer Jason Cloherty, now 49,...
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