West Englewood

First lady cites Chicago violence in CBS interview

2013-05-06 00:00:00

First lady Michelle Obama said the nation has to embrace youths whose lives are surrounded by violence and "let them know we hear" their concerns. In a taped interview on CBS' "Sunday Morning" television show, the first lady weighed in about violence in...

First lady says nation must 'embrace' youths impacted by violence

2013-05-05 12:09:00

First Lady Michelle Obama said the nation has to “embrace” youths whose lives are surrounded by violence and “let them know we hear” their concerns. In a taped interview on CBS’ “Sunday Morning” television show,...

Authorities: Death of woman found in vacant building ruled homicide

2013-05-05 13:44:00

An autopsy today found a woman found in a vacant South Side building died of stab wounds, authorities said. Denise Warfield, 47, died of multiple stab and incise wounds and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner'...

Coming to terms with the reality of our city

2013-05-01 00:00:00

In Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie," a prosperous Chicago businessman, George Hurstwood, takes up with the young, gorgeous Carrie Meeber, chucks family and home, and runs away with Carrie to Montreal. They find their way to New York, where their tales...

5 wounded in separate shootings

2013-04-27 05:08:00

A 15-year-old boy released from police custody on Friday was among five people shot through early Saturday morning, according to police. The boy was shot About 2 p.m. on the 6400 block of South Claremont Avenue in the West Englewood neighborhood, said...

Michelle Obama: Violence against kids 'personal'

2013-04-11 00:00:00

As politicians in Washington took a step toward tightening the nation's gun laws Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama sat down with Chicago high school students whose stories about violence brought her to tears. Before the meeting began at Harper High...

First lady to visit Harper High in West Englewood

2013-04-10 00:00:00

— First lady Michelle Obama, visiting Chicago on Wednesday for a discussion with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and civic leaders on ways to combat youth violence, will stop afterward at Harper High School, whose students have often been casualties in recent...

1 killed, 11 wounded by gunfire since Friday

2013-03-30 10:06:00

A shooting in the Logan Square neighborhood left one man dead and another wounded Friday night as at least a dozen people were shot between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Just after 8 p.m., three people asked for directions from a 23-year-old...

Autopsy: Girl, 2, was beaten to death

2013-01-20 21:24:00

A 2-year-old girl from Chicago’s South Side was remembered by neighbors as happy, energetic and healthy Sunday night, not yet a day after she died. Layla Stewart, of the 2000 block of West 69th Place in the West Englewood neighborhood was...

'This American Life' tackles Chicago violence

2013-02-13 20:14:00

William Rainey Harper High School, in West Englewood, is known for a few things. It has a really good football team for its size. In 2010 it was featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” for its success in boosting a dismal academic record....

West Englewood blaze sends 2 to hospital

2013-01-18 12:31:00

Two men who were rescued by firefighters were taken to a hospital this morning from a South Side house fire, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The blaze erupted about 9:15 a.m. at a 2-story home in the 6400 block of South Marshfield Avenue in...

West Garfield Park logs 2 homicides in 3 days

2013-01-09 17:18:00

West Garfield Park has recorded two homicides in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. A 24-year-old man was shot to death Tuesday in the 4000 block of West Wilcox Street, police said. A 33-year-old man was stabbed to...

Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis, right, listens as teachers describe what union officials consider to be systematic neglect of Simon Guggenheim Elementary in West Englewood by Chicago Public Schools prior to putting the school on their closing list during a press conference at CTU

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Chicago police respond to a report of four people being shot at 55th Street and Ashland Avenue today.

2012-03-11 00:00:00

An injured firefighter is rushed to a waiting ambulance as Chicago firefighters battle a house fire in the 7000 block of South Justine Street, in the West Englewood neighborhood of Chicago,

2011-08-25 00:00:00