But step into the handsome sanctuary of St. Peter's Church on West Madison, and the noise and haste halt instantly.

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"It's more or less for security's sake, because there's too many places for people to hide," said Alvina Donnelly, the longtime secretary at St. Andrew Church on North Paulina.

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Like St. Peter's, which offers multiple masses every day, St. Hyacinth on West Wolfram and Old St. Pat's in the West Loop allow visitors to wander in during off-hours. So does St. Michael's in Old Town, which is open to all comers from morning until early evening.

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Like St. Peter's, which offers multiple masses every day, St. Hyacinth on West Wolfram and Old St. Pat's in the West Loop allow visitors to wander in during off-hours.

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About 12:45 a.m., a man was shot in the 1600 block of South Springfield Avenue, Ogden District police said.

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About 1:20 a.m., crews were on the scene of a fire in a factory building at the 4500 block of South Western Avenue, Fire Media Affairs spokesman Joe Roccasalva said.

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Chicago Police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor said police responded to a shooting about 12:45 a.m. at 77 N. Michigan.

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After being shot, the man made his way to the CTA platform at Randolph and Wabash, where emergency crews found him, Flynn said.

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Police responded to the robbery at the TCF bank in the Jewel grocery store at 1341 N. Paulina around 9:20 a.m. The man, dressed in body armor, ordered customers to the ground and sprayed two employees with pepper spray, FBI Special Agent Ross Rice said.

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Tommye Freeman was killed in the car accident that occurred at the 7600 block of South State Street Wednesday night, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

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Byron Brown, of the 11900 block of South Eggleston Avenue, has been charged with residential burglary, murder, driving the wrong way on a one-way street, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and driving on a suspended driver's license, according to police News Affairs.

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Police said the offenders were fleeing the scene of a burglary in the 7600 block of South Langley Avenue, about a mile away, when they struck Freeman.

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Pierre Moore, of the 2200 block of South Springfield, died of a gunshot wound to the neck, officials said. He left his second-floor apartment, went downstairs and knocked on the door of the unit. An unknown gunman opened it and shot him, police said.

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Jeremiah Welsh, 54 days old, was pronounced dead at his home in the 2000 block of West 52nd St. at 9:40 a.m. Friday, the Cook County medical examiner's office said. An autopsy Saturday was inconclusive.

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Three children and a woman were injured in a possible alcohol-fueled hit-and-run crash at 2:45 a.m. Saturday on the South Side. It happened near 99th Street and Princeton, Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said.

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At approximately 2:13 a.m., a Chicago Lawn District unit responded to a call of shots fired on the 6100 block of South Kedzie Avenue, according to police News Affairs.

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On Friday evening, an adult male was shot by police at the 2000 block of East 83rd Street, Independent Police Review Authority spokesman Mark Payne said.

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The shooting happened about 10:54 p.m. in the 6200 block of South Drexel Avenue, according to police News Affairs.

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The incident happened about 12:09 a.m. in the 800 block of East 65th Street, according to police News Affairs.

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The shooting occurred about 12:12 a.m. on the 3100 block of West 59th Street, according to police News Affairs.

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Quenton Harvest, of the 9200 block of S. Drexel Ave., was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 3:06 a.m., according to a Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office spokesman.

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Byron Brown, of the 11900 block of South Eggleston Avenue, was charged with residential burglary, murder, driving the wrong way on a one-way street, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and driving on a suspended driver's license, according to police News Affairs.

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Tommye Freeman was killed in the car accident that occurred at 7600 S. State St. Wednesday night, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 6, 2008.

Police said the offenders were fleeing the scene of a burglary in the 7600 block of South Langley Avenue, about a mile away, when they struck Freeman.

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As historic Chicago landmarks go, Graceland Cemetery is one of the least obtrusive. You've probably passed the entrance to this storied burial ground at Clark and Irving a thousand times without even realizing it's there.

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Police said a man was trying to rob a 70-year-old woman of her purse when he struck her and fled about 5 p.m. near the intersection of South Racine Avenue and West 76th Street.

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The man was arrested shortly after he allegedly robbed a TCF Bank inside the Jewel Food Store at 1341 N. Paulina St. on the city's Near Northwest Side.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 6, 2008.

Pierre Moore, 22, of the 2200 block of South Springfield Avenue was home about 1 a.m. when he heard noises in a first-floor apartment that was supposed to be empty, said Chicago Police Officer Laura Kubiak, a department spokeswoman.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 6, 2008.

At about 2:13 a.m., police responded to a call of shots fired in the 6100 block of South Kedzie Avenue, the Chicago Police News Affairs office said in a release. Police and an armed person exchanged gunfire.

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"I don't claim to eat exclusively local," said Nina Interlandi Bell, 30, of Rogers Park, who founded Chicago Locavores, which has grown to about 50 members since forming in January. "It's not realistic, and there's no point in making yourself crazy."

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 6, 2008.

Frese is a blacksmith with the soul of a poet. In 1940, when he was 14 and living near the tiny blacksmith shop his German immigrant father ran at 4019 N. Narragansett Ave., he bought a canvas kayak for $15.

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Sneed's letter file was filled with vitriol last week stemming from our item about a recent shooting in Canaryville -- and allegations that a female Chicago Police sergeant may have driven a shooter near the backyard of Michael Sparr Jr., 21, shortly before Sparr was shot on June 22.

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Byron Brown, of the 11900 block of South Eggleston Avenue, was charged with residential burglary, murder, driving the wrong way on a one-way street, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and driving on a suspended driver's license, according to police news affairs.

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Tommye Freeman was killed in the car accident that occurred at 7600 S. State St. Wednesday night, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Published by NBC 5 on July 6, 2008.

Police said the offenders were fleeing the scene of a burglary in the 7600 block of South Langley Avenue, about a mile away, when they struck Freeman.

Published by NBC 5 on July 6, 2008.

Lawn District unit responded to a call of shots fired on the 6100 block of South Kedzie Avenue, according to police.

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On Friday evening, a man was shot by police in the 2000 block of East 83rd Street, Independent Police Review Authority spokesman Mark Payne said.Payne said he did not know what condition the man was in on Sunday but said the shooting remains under investigation.

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Chicago Police and the FBI say a man robbed the bank at 1341 North Paulina around 9:20 a.m.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 6, 2008.

Investigators say it all began with police responding to a call of shots fired in the 6100 block of South Kedzie. Officers say they were confronted by a man armed with a gun.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 6, 2008.

Crews responded to the call around 1:30 on Sunday morning and arrived to find the building in the 4500 block of Western Avenue fully involved. It burned for more than two hours before firefighters were able to extinguish the flames.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 6, 2008.

At approximately 2:13 a.m., a Chicago Lawn District unit responded to a call of shots fired on the 6100 block of South Kedzie Avenue, according to police News Affairs.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 6, 2008.

On Friday evening, an adult male was shot by police at 2046 E. 83rd St., Independent Police Review Authority spokesman Mark Payne said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 6, 2008.

Tommye Freeman was killed in the car accident that occurred at 7600 S. State St. Wednesday night, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 6, 2008.

Byron Brown, of the 11900 block of South Eggleston Avenue, has been charged with residential burglary, murder, driving the wrong way on a one-way street, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and driving on a suspended driver's license, according to police News Affairs.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 6, 2008.

Police said the offenders were fleeing the scene of a burglary in the 7600 block of South Langley Avenue, about a mile away, when they struck Freeman.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 6, 2008.

CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports that firefighters were called to the 4500 block of South Western Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Four-and-a-half hours later, they were still putting water on hot spots at the building.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 6, 2008.

Francis was killed last week while responding to a disturbance near the Belmont Area Headquarters at Belmont and Western.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 6, 2008.

If the economy's causing you to take "stay-cations" instead of vacations this summer, you might consider a sampler tour of Uptown, Andersonville & Lincoln Square on Tuesday, July 22, 10am - 1pm.

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If the economy's causing you to take "stay-cations" instead of vacations this summer, you might consider a sampler tour of Uptown, Andersonville & Lincoln Square on Tuesday, July 22, 10am - 1pm.

Published by Uptown Update on July 6, 2008.

If the economy's causing you to take "stay-cations" instead of vacations this summer, you might consider a sampler tour of Uptown, Andersonville & Lincoln Square on Tuesday, July 22, 10am - 1pm.

Published by Uptown Update on July 6, 2008.

Yes, Mr. Monk talks, although if you visited him at Animal Rentals Inc. at 5742 W. Grand and engaged him in conversation, you wouldn't get much response. He's smart enough to talk only to the Sun-Times.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 6, 2008.

When it's time to relax on a summer day, residents of a three-bedroom, two-bath unit at 4041 N. Sheridan Rd. in the Buena Park neighborhood will head for the balcony—just one of the lures to the apartment with 2,000 square feet of space.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 6, 2008.

About 6:30 a.m., a car struck a tree in the 700 block of West 69th Street. Two men in the car -- including the driver -- were killed and two women were injured, said police News Affairs Officer JoAnn Taylor.

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Spencer Watters, 17, of the 600 block of West 70th Street, was pronounced dead at 7:35 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

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When Francis’ wake began at noon at Cooney Funeral Home, 3918 W. Irving Park Road, the line was already down the block.

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