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Historic public transit investment will transform Far South Side, south suburbs

People living in communities south of 95th Street will benefit from historic investment, including the Red Line Extension and Metra Electric improvements, that will transform these areas from being transportation deserts.

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Teen fatally shot on Far South Side

Leon Mooney Jr., 17, was in the 13000 block South Drexel Avenue about 2:50 p.m. when he was shot in the chest and right arm, according to police.

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Children aren’t safe from shootings, even in their homes, when angry adults have guns

Neither the Far South Side boy who was wounded when shots were fired into his home, nor Daejah Blizzard, 11, would have been victims had it not been for the actions of angry adults who can’t control their emotions.

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Far South Side development is taking shape around CTA Red Line extension

With equity in mind, there is a community-driven plan for development around new stations and an ordinance to incentivize it, the executive director of Elevated Chicago writes.

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City must remake Far South Side to make the most of billions targeted for CTA Red Line extension

Decades of disinvestment have taken a toll on areas surrounding the Red Line extension. It’s time for large-scale city planning and neighborhood rebuilding to start taking center stage.

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Joyce Chapman, Far South Side community activist, a Lori Lightfoot Chicago Board of Ed appointee, dead at 67

“My mom would say to us, ‘Community work may not financially pay you what you feel like you should be paid, but it pays your soul,’ ” one of her daughters said.

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Man gets life sentence for killing 5 in Far South Side home invasion

Cook County Judge William Gamboney handed down the sentence Thursday against Lionel Parks.

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Chicago State University strike suspended after 10 days

Faculty and staff will return to classrooms at the Far South Side campus on Monday after reaching a tentative deal with Chicago State University administrators.

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14-year-old boy charged in South Side murder of grad student from India

Devasish Nandepu, 23, had been in Chicago less than two weeks when he was killed in a Walmart parking lot in Chatham.

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Joliet man charged with attempted murder of Chicago police officers

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.

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Boy, 17, critically wounded in Far South Side shooting

He was on the sidewalk about 3:54 p.m. in the 100 block of East 132nd Street when someone fired shots at him from a vehicle.

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Girl, 14, critically wounded in shooting on Southeast Side

The teen was shot in her neck about 4:50 p.m. in the 2900 block of East 97th Street, Chicago police said.

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Human skeletal remains found at Beaubien Woods on Far South Side

The remains have been sent to the Cook County medical examiner’s office to determine a cause of death and identification.

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Driver fatally shot, then crashes into vehicle on Far South Side

A 21-year-old man was traveling about 10:30 p.m. Sunday in the 10400 block of South Prospect Avenue when he was shot in the back.

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Man shot on I-57 on Far South Side

About 3:55 p.m., the man was driving in a black Dodge van on Interstate-57 near Halsted Street when he was struck in the back by gunfire, Illinois State Police said.

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Richard J. Daley talked about it, Lightfoot delivered: City Council approves mass transit TIF to help bankroll Red Line South extension

The City Council on Wednesday created a new transit tax increment financing district to bankroll about one-fourth — $959 million — of the cost of extending the CTA’s Red Line from 95th Street to 130th Street and building four new stations along the way.

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2 people killed, 5 wounded by gunfire in Chicago Monday

The fatal shootings happened on the West and Far South Sides.

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Person shot to death on Far South Side

The person was outside in the 8400 block of South Burley Avenue when he was shot, Chicago police said.

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Red Line South TIF approved by City Council committee

The primary opposition came from Budget Committee Chair Pat Dowell (3rd) and former longtime Transportation Committee Chairman Anthony Beale (9th), whose Far South Side constituents would benefit the most.

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14-year-old boy shot, wounded on Far South Side

The boy, who was shot in the shoulder, arm and flank, was hospitalized in good condition.

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Concealed carry holder fatally shot with her own gun by intruder in Far South Side home

The woman, 22, was in her residence in the 9400 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue when another woman entered and the two began arguing, Chicago police said.

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Victims of double fatal shooting in Roseland identified as 13-year-old boys

Michael Hence and Quentin Branch were found Thursday morning in the 11400 block of South Calumet Avenue.

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Illinois state trooper injured in crash during pursuit on Far South Side

The trooper lost control of his car on a wet road and struck a tree early Wednesday, police said.

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Off-duty suburban police officer shot on Far South Side

The 51-year-old woman who works as a police officer in Merrionette Park was shot in the neck, Chicago police said.

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Red Line extension needlessly caught in the switches due to CTA/City Council beef

If there’s any chance at all to rebuild and repopulate the Far South Side, the Red Line extension is key — and far too important to be caught in a standoff between the CTA president and the City Council.

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