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Rents are going up, forcing Chicagoans to make lifestyle changes, or hunt for more affordable housing

CHICAGO — When the pandemic started, photographer and public relations professional Micaeh Johnson realized she needed a little extra space for social distancing in the apartment she shared with her now-7-year-old daughter.

Chicago Tribune

‘It should have been celebrated’: the fight to save a thriving Black school

In Let the Little Light Shine, a high-achieving Black school in Chicago’s South Side fights the tide of gentrification

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1-year-old boy found safe after taken during carjacking in South Loop

A man was on the street next to his parked car in the first block of East 23rd Street when another car pulled up Wednesday afternoon.

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'Justified' production faces another scare just weeks after gunfight crashed set

The cast and crew of FX's "Justified" revival experienced another scare this week when an unidentified person ignited an object and threw it toward the set of the TV show, which was filming in the South Loop of Chicago. The object did not explode and no one from the production…

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Woman charged in January murder at South Loop home

Chrystal Martin, 28, was arrested Wednesday in Lyons after she was identified as a participant in the Jan. 4 murder of Timothy Vallianatos, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Person found dead on L tracks in South Loop

He was found in the 1600 block of South State Street on the tracks shared by the Green and Orange lines Tuesday morning, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man shot while walking in South Loop

He was attacked in the 100 block of West Roosevelt Friday morning, Chicago Police said.

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Man wounded in shootout in South Loop parking lot minutes after woman is carjacked less than a mile away

Both incidents occurred in the 1st Police District, where crime is up 111% over last year, including a 136% increase in motor vehicle theft, a 155% increase in theft and an 82% increase in robbery.

Chicago Sun-Times

Does Chicago’s Near South Side need a new $120 million high school?

With Chicago Public Schools enrollment falling, the Chicago Board of Education is about to take up plans to build a new high school near Chinatown.

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Family of musicians celebrates reunion with stolen 1760 violin

CHICAGO — After a monthlong disappearance, police have returned a stolen violin made in 1760 to a South Loop family of musicians whose home was burglarized and robbed of the 262-year-old violin, as well as two other valuable instruments in May.

Chicago Tribune

At least 3 hurt in South Loop crash after boy driving stolen SUV led officers on chase, state police say

State police are investigating the crash and Chicago police are handling the arrest, officials said.

Chicago Sun-Times

4 women created a mural on Roosevelt Road in the South Loop celebrating women’s strength

The varying images and styles are meant to convey that “women are very complex,” one of the artists says. “We have dark sides, light sides, colorful sides.”

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Man attacks 3 women at CTA Red Line stations near South Loop

The man stabbed a woman and punched another on the platform of the CTA Cermak-Chinatown station, then fled to another station and struck a woman with a construction cone, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Musician reports 1758 violin stolen from Chicago home

CHICAGO — Three musical instruments including a 1758 violin were stolen from a town home in the South Loop Wednesday morning while a family of musicians was sleeping.

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Bally’s River West casino proposal gets city nod

Bally’s was picked over two rival bids involving South Loop sites: one by gaming behemoth Hard Rock International and another by hometown favorite Rush Street Gaming, chaired by billionaire Rivers Casino mogul Neil Bluhm.

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Health, housing and hope: Owner of new South Loop smoothie shop offers jobs for people experiencing homelessness

After providing temporary shelter in hotel rooms for homeless people during Chicago’s polar vortex in 2019, entrepreneur Candice Payne wondered, “What can I do permanently?”

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UPS driver charged with stealing $187,000 in Louis Vuitton packages

Video surveillance shows the driver taking packages from the South Loop UPS warehouse and then dropping them off at his South Side home, police say.

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Man charged with stealing CFD ambulance, leading police on 80-mile chase downstate

A person entered the ambulance as it sat empty, parked on the street outside a fire station in Chinatown Monday afternoon.

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CPD officer struck by car fleeing traffic stop in South Loop: police

The officer was taken to the hospital with a leg injury, police said. He is in fair condition.

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3-year-old child taken in stolen vehicle in South Loop, found safely near Union Station

The 3-year-old was taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital for medical observation and was listed in good condition, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The Janes,’ a film on Chicago’s secret abortion collective, will have local premiere at DOC10

Other documentaries in the May festival will explore chef José Andrés and the fight to save a South Loop school.

Chicago Tribune

Fourth CTA attack of week: Man stabbed, beaten outside train station in Chicago

CHICAGO — A man was stabbed and beaten outside a CTA station in the South Loop Friday evening in what appears to be at least the fourth similar attack in less than a week, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

86 the ‘Rivers 78’ casino? South Loop residents tell developers gambling complex ‘inconsistent with the original vision’ for site

Known as “The 78” for its potential to become the city’s 78th official community area, the site’s 62 vacant acres have seen other grand plans surface and fail repeatedly over the years — and many in the community say they want the casino proposal to meet the same fate.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man stabbed and robbed at Green Line station — second CTA attack in the Loop in two days

The latest attack happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Green Line station at 12 E. Cermak Rd.

Chicago Sun-Times

Between a rock and a Hard Rock place? Casino developer hears resident gripes about traffic, crime — and looming ‘millstone’

Developers of the proposed Hard Rock Chicago casino were met by hundreds of South Loop residents concerned about more traffic, crime and noise in the neighborhood — and the prospect of another massive development next door.

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