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Two men were fatally wounded in a triple shooting overnight on the North Side in the Edgewater neighborhood, Chicago police said. Officers responded about 1:20 a.m. Saturday to a call of a person ...
A man was killed in a drive-by shooting on the city's Southwest Side early Saturday morning, Chicago police said.
Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is from southeast suburban Dolton. Throughout Thursday, people from all over Chicago slowly drove ...
The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...
Pope Leo XIV and his family have a long history on Chicago's South Side. Long before Robert Prevost was elected by his fellow Cardinals, he was a friend to a South Side family. Among the many things ...
“The former St. Mary of the Assumption building is unique for its connection to the youth of the first American pope, but it ...
St. Mary of the Assumption, the church that served as the pope’s base, has been closed for years now. CHICAGO — Pope Leo XIV ...
The City of Chicago marked a construction milestone for a new affordable housing development on the South Side.
Thrive Exchange South, at 79th Street and Exchange Avenue, celebrated its "topping off" on Thursday, as crews raised the ...
The two neighborhoods are economically ... University of Chicago economist Jens Ludwig stands at the corner of South Dorchester Avenue and East 71st Street. “I think it’s really useful first ...
A 30-year-old woman was in critical condition after gunfire pierced a window Wednesday night in the South Chicago neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly before midnight Wednesday officers ...