Lisa Mack, 39, of the 8100 block of South Dante Avenue pleaded guilty to aiding a felon in Kane County Circuit Court and was sentenced to 30 months of probation and ordered to do 100 hours of community service.

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 29, 2008.

Lisa Mack, 39, of the 8100 block of South Dante Avenue pleaded guilty to aiding a felon in Kane County Circuit Court and was sentenced to 30 months of probation and ordered to do 100 hours of community service.

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 28, 2008.

Chicago and state police, some armed with assault rifles, searched the area near 82nd and Woodlawn for the suspects but they were unable to find the men. Chief Tom Lacheta, Sauk Village Police Department

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 16, 2008.

Meanwhile, in the South Chicago area, homicides have doubled in the first six months of this year as compared to last year. Community activist Neil Basanko, executive director of the South Chicago Chamber of Commerce, said gentrification in other parts of the city has pushed more gangs into his neighborhood, creating a turf war that has spilled much blood in recent years.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 13, 2008.

A 27-year-old man died Tuesday morning after crashing his motorcycle into oncoming traffic in the Southeast Side’s South Chicago neighborhood.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 9, 2008.

Then again, what we don't need is what Stroger has offered in terms of leadership. He runs a government that spits in the eye of the taxpayers who support it. It is an 8th Ward fiefdom in which friends, relatives and precinct workers get high-paying, often six-figure jobs whether they have credentials to do the work or not.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 2, 2008.

Also this month, a sandwich shop worker was shot and wounded in a robbery in the 2100 block of East 75th Street and, on Saturday, an on-duty firefighter was shot and wounded while investigating a fire in the 2900 block of East 80th Street in the nearby South Chicago neighborhood.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 2, 2008.

Shots fired from outside hit a man in a bedroom Monday night in an Avalon Park community house on the South Side. The man was in a bedroom of a house at the 1600 block of East 84th Street when someone outside fired shots and struck the man, 27, in the left leg at 10:15 p.m., according to South Chicago District police.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 24, 2008.

South Chicago needs more places kids can feel safe, Perea says, so she has asked local store owners to mark their shops as havens for kids when trouble brews.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 21, 2008.

In 2006, an average of 16 people were murdered in Washington Park, Chatham, North Lawndale, South Shore, Near West Side, West Pullman, East Garfield Park, South Chicago and Auburn-Gresham. That's 141 lives taken. That same year, 33 people were killed in Austin.

Published by Austin Weekly News on May 29, 2008.

An average of 16 people were murdered in Washington Park, Chatham, North Lawndale, South Shore, Near West Side, West Pullman, East Garfield Park, South Chicago and Auburn-Gresham in 2006. That’s 143 lives taken.

Published by Medill Reports on May 21, 2008.

The incident occurred about 1:30 a.m. at 7935 S. Kenwood Ave., according to a South Chicago District police sergeant.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 12, 2008.

The officer was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital for observation and was released shortly later, said Chicago Police Officer Laura Kubiak. The incident unfolded about 1:50 a.m. when officers approached a home in the 7900 block of South Kenwood Avenue, and the dog suddenly appeared and attacked the officer.

Published by Chicago Tribune on May 12, 2008.

"I actually fit, because I got in here," Bill Bramanti, 67, of South Chicago Heights said. He threw a party Saturday for friends, featuring his coffin filled with ice and, what else, Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 7, 2008.

CHICAGO -- Police in Chicago are investigating the death of a 23-year-old Chicago Tribune employee who was shot while sitting in a car on the city's southeast side. A 22-year-old woman who was with him was hospitalized after the shoting Friday in the South Chicago neighborhood.

Published by NBC 5 on April 11, 2008.

For folks who were wondering what in the world 5th Ward Alderman Leslie Hairston could have been thinking when she decided to remove a heavily used bus stop near the University of Chicago, there was apparently no need for psychoanalysis. It was all about Chicago-style ward politics. You, big University, do things without asking, I take away your bus stop.

Published by Hyde Park Progress on April 11, 2008.

Superman has apparently deleted Sharonjoy's formal superhero application, though he refused to comment for this story, leaving it to Aquaman to set us straight on just where Jackson stands with the Super Friends team. Aquaman rolled his eyes when informed of Jackson's request for a Super Friends-refereed mud-wrestling showdown between Jackson and nemesis 5th Ward Alderman Leslie A. Hairston, who has not applied for super hero status.

Published by Hyde Park Progress on March 16, 2008.

The Realtor group's data compares average sales prices in city neighborhoods for the one-year period ending Nov. 1, 2006 against average prices in the year-long period ending Nov. 1, 2007. Besides Englewood and Belmont-Cragin, drops of more than 2 percent were recorded in West Englewood; New City; Chicago Lawn; Auburn Gresham; West Pullman; Roseland; South Chicago; Garfield Ridge; Dunning; Calumet Heights; Gage Park; South Shore; Norwood Park; and Portage Park.

Published by Chicago Tribune on March 6, 2008.

A witness heard gunshots and found the man at the 7900 block of South Woodlawn Avenue about 8:30 p.m., police said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on January 8, 2008.

A power outage left 2,900 customers in the Chatham, Avalon Park and Jeffery Manor neighborhoods without power Wednesday morning.

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