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Woman Hit Girl, 16, With Hammer At Gold Coast Store, Police Say

Charges are pending against a woman who police said attacked a girl with a hammer.

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DOWNTOWN — A 16-year-old girl was attacked with a hammer in a Gold Coast business on Monday night.

At 9:15 p.m., officers were called to the first block of East Chicago Avenue and found the girl with a laceration on her forehead, police said. Witnesses told officers the girl got into an argument with a 36-year-old woman and the woman hit the girl with a hammer.

Officers saw the woman standing behind a counter while holding a hammer, police said. They took the hammer and arrested the woman.

Charges were pending, police said. The girl was treated at the scene.

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Anyone Who Receives Government Assistance Can Now Get A Big Discount On The Internet In Chicago

The Internet Essentials program is making it so anyone who participates in at least one government assistance program can get discounted broadband in Chicago.

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Flashback Friday: Logan Square Auditorium Corner Looks Totally Different Today Than It Did In The Early 1900s

Back then, the site was home to the one-story Geannopoulos Market.

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Little Victories, A New Bar And Restaurant In Former Anthem Space On Division Street, Opening Soon

The Wicker Park sports bar is gone, and the new place will now be "more in in-line with the neighborhood evolution over the past 10 years," an owner said this week.