West Side Celebrates Eighth Consecutive Safe Summer Basketball Season

Near West Side Celebrates Eighth Consecutive Safe Summer Basketball Season Near West Summer league connects 350 youth to safe and…
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West Side Stories

In the early 1900s, editor and founder of The Chicago Defender Robert Sengstacke Abbott urged Blacks to come to the…
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Basketball Legends and 2 Chainz Visits Chicago: Discuss Sports and Community

Basketball Legends and 2 Chainz Visits Chicago: Discuss Sports and Community By Mary L. Datcher Senior Staff Writer Kenny “The…
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BUILD: The Streets Are Watching

The streets of Chicago is not as hard to maneuver as some may think. Growing up on the West Side,…
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Willie Lloyd: Former Gang Leader of the Vice Lord Nation Dead at 64

Former leader of Vice Lord Nation and reformed advocate of anti-violence, Willie Lloyd died Monday at the age of 64.…
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Rep. LaShawn Ford Says He Still Has Supporters, Hasn’t Lost ‘Respect’

After everything State Rep. LaShawn Ford (D-Chicago) has experienced since federal prosecutors indicted him in 2012, he said he isn’t…
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Chicago Alderman Owned Reputed Drug House

For roughly a decade, Ald. Jason Ervin owned an “investment property” that was a magnet for drugs and other crime.…
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