Maxwell Evans

After three decades in Woodlawn, the Southside Center of Hope is temporarily moving to the West Side as it plans to build a new shelter in the 34th Ward.

Larry Arnold, 70, well known for his outgoing nature and infectious laugh, "had a buddy in every part of the country," his family members said.

It took nearly a year and legal threats from the city to pressure Ellis Lakeview's owner to fix an elevator, tenants said — but there's still much work to be done.

"I will tell [my story] again today. I will tell it again tomorrow. I will tell it again until no other woman in the city of Chicago is ever treated that way again," Young said at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event.

Two projects on 92nd Street, one of which has been in the works for more than a decade, will bring 78 units of affordable housing with space for a grocery store alongside a Calumet River garden and play space.

Two of Chicago's top 10 census tracts with the most households in need of broadband internet access are in South Shore.

Records show the battle for video of the incident that critically injured Martina Standley in South Shore stretched on for more than a year.

Hundreds of playwrights competed in Pegasus Theatre's 34th annual festival.

Whether or not they attended his St. Sabina Church, Auburn Gresham residents say the outspoken pastor has been a vital member of the predominately Black South Side community since 1981.

"I have been asked by the Diocese not to speak out at this time," Pfleger wrote on Facebook. "I am Blessed with good leadership and amazing members, whom I love."

Martina Standley was left with a traumatic brain injury and a crushed leg after a Chicago police officer drove into her in November 2019, according to a lawsuit.

The South Shore park will be closed for six weeks as city crews complete a project to protect the south lakefront from erosion and flooding.

The UrbanMain small business marketplace publicizes shops without an online presence and encourages business owners to partner with neighborhood chambers of commerce.

The Soondra Foundation, WORK+SHELTER and Chicago Fair Trade have partnered to make and give away at least 8,000 sustainably made, organic cotton masks for vulnerable communities in Chicago and India.

RMG, General Iron's parent company, must refile its application to open a recycler at 116th Street and Burley Avenue after the city found numerous portions didn't meet local health requirements.

A week of programs celebrating the Black holiday continues with a fundraiser, a community discussion, a giveaway of books and art supplies and a restocking of Little Free Libraries citywide.

Maira Khwaja's election hearing reflects the messiness and confusion behind the entire local school council process, she said.

Though a state board rejected Mercy's application to close, hospital officials are working to shut down by May 31. Activists want a moratorium on hospital closings and pressure from the city and state to ensure Mercy remains open.

The six-episode "experimental" series details the lives of queer Black organizers, artists and activists. Its producers — all local Black femmes — are fundraising to cover post-production costs.

Children of the 400 families who received free produce through Experimental Station's Market Box program will now receive a personalized book set, toys and $75 in groceries.