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• Women waiting for public transit robbed at gun-point in Bronzeville, Oakland Two armed robberies were reported Feb. 16, 2021 on the South Side. | Adobe File PhotoIn each incident, a man pulled up alongside a woman waiting for public transportation, showed a handgun and demanded her belongings. Police are warning residents of two armed robberies reported Tuesday in Bronzeville and Oakland on the South Side. In each incident a man, driving a late model black Jeep Cherokee SUV, pulled up alongside a woman waiting for public transportation, showed a handgun and…
• Mike Madigan urges his hand-picked successor step down — after just two days on the job Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-TimesState Rep. Edward Guerra Kodatt, 26, received the appointment Sunday during a meeting of Democratic committeepersons. But Mike Madigan issued a statement late Tuesday urging the 13th Ward worker to take a hike. Just two days after personally picking his successor in the Illinois House, Mike Madigan is now suggesting the 13th Ward employee step down from the post due to “alleged questionable conduct.” State Rep. Edward Guerra Kodatt, 26, received 63% of the weighted vote needed to…
• Ride-share drivers, food delivery drivers robbed in Lawndale: police Four armed robberies were reported in Feb. 2021, in Lawndale on the West Side. | Sun-Times file photoIn each incident someone ordered a ride-share or food for delivery and once the driver arrived they implied they were armed or flashed a gun, took the person’s property. Police are warning residents of four armed robberies reported in February in Lawndale on the West Side. In each incident someone ordered a ride-share or food for delivery and once the driver arrived they…
• City targets vulnerable communities for mass COVID vaccinations; any local over 18 eligible Mayor Lori Lightfoot has designated Belmont Cragin and 14 other communities as priority areas for COVID vaccinations because they’ve seen high levels of virus cases and deaths. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-TimesA pilot program quietly launched in Belmont Cragin last weekend is expected to be expanded to other West Side and South Side communities hit hard by the virus.   Almost 2,000 people got COVID-19 shots at a Belmont Cragin high school last weekend and the city hopes it provides a…
• Madigan chooses 13th Ward employee to succeed him as state rep Illinois’ former Speaker of the House Mike Madigan speaks during a committee hearing Sunday on the Southwest Side to decide who will take over as state representative in the 22nd House District seat, a position held by Madigan since 1971. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-TimesEdward Guerra Kodatt, 26, has worked since 2017 as an infrastructure manager for Madigan’s handpicked 13th Ward Ald. Marty Quinn. Kodatt received 63% of the weighted vote needed to get the appointment. Former Rep. Michael Madigan passed…
• Attempted robberies reported at Lawndale, Little Village drive-thrus: police Two robberies were reported Feb. 13, 2021, in Little Village and Lawndale. | Adobe Stock PhotoThe incidents both happened Feb. 13. Police are warning businesses in Lawndale and Little Village of a pair of attempted robberies reported recently on the West and Southwest sides. In both cases, a man ordered food through a drive-thru, pulled out a gun and demanded cash, Chicago police said. The incidents both happened Feb. 13, one at 12:50 a.m. in the 5600 block of West…
• City forges $3.5M partnership with Rush to help track coronavirus variants in Chicago Rush University Medical Center staff see patients in the Brennan Pavilion, the hospital’s main lobby, which was transformed into a low-acuity treatment area during the coronavirus pandemic. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-TimesGenomic testing capacity is vital to help the city determine whether any of the COVID-19 variants detected around the world — in the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Japan or elsewhere — are spreading in Chicago, officials said. The Chicago Department of Public Health got the go-ahead on Wednesday to forge…
• Kids Off The Block to gift 1K doorbell cameras to South Side residents Kids Off The Block is lauded for giving to youth and families in need — food, clothing or refuge from the streets in the founder’s own home. On Thursday, founder Diane Latiker launches a partnership with home security firm Ring to donate 1,000 video doorbells to residents in Roseland, Riverdale and Auburn-Gresham. | ProvidedKids Off The Block, a Roseland nonprofit, is lauded for giving to youth and families in need — food, clothing or refuge from the streets in the…
• 2 people robbed in Hyde Park Two people were robbed Feb. 21, 2021 in Hyde Park. | Adobe Stock PhotoIn each incident, two men approached a male walking on the street, demanded his property and took it by force before fleeing the scene. Two people were robbed Sunday in Hyde Park, police said. In each incident, two men approached a male walking on the street, demanded his property and took it by force before fleeing the scene. During one of the robberies, the suspects put the…
• Police-involved shooting in San Jose follows series of armed robberies San Jose residents continue to be on alert after police announced there has been a string of armed robberies in the area. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office made the announcement after a detective shot an armed robbery suspect Sunday morning in San Jose. Because of the series of armed robberies, according to the Sheriff’s Office, police were conducting surveillance in the area when the police-involved shooting happened. The JSO crime mapping tool shows there have been 11 robberies reported in the…