Three men were shot -- one fatally -- late Sunday near the intersection of South St. Louis Avenue and West Lexington Street on the West Side.

Published by NBC 5 on September 22, 2008.

The three were shot about midnight near the intersection of St. Louis Avenue and Lexington Street, according to Harrison District police.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 22, 2008.

Jarrell Johnson, 18, of 3331 W. Fulton Blvd., suffered multiple gunshot wounds at 720 S. St. Louis Ave. and was pronounced dead at 2 a.m. on the scene, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 22, 2008.

Three men were shot -- one fatally -- late Sunday near the intersection of South St. Louis Avenue and West Lexington Street on the West Side.

Published by The Southtown Star on September 22, 2008.

The three were shot about midnight near the intersection of South St. Louis Avenue and West Lexington Street, according to Harrison District police.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on September 22, 2008.

Jarrell Johnson, 18, of the 3300 block of West Fulton Blvd., suffered multiple gunshot wounds at 720 S. St. Louis Ave. and was pronounced dead at 2 a.m. on the scene, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on September 22, 2008.

Three men were shot -- one fatally -- late Sunday near the intersection of South St. Louis Avenue and West Lexington Street on the West Side.

Published by Fox News Chicago on September 22, 2008.

Douglas Edwards, 45, of the 3500 block of West Flournoy Street, was found dead in his apartment and pronounced on the scene at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on September 10, 2008.

Douglas Edwards, 45, of 3542 W. Flournoy St., was found dead in his apartment and pronounced on the scene at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 10, 2008.

...and Congressman Danny K. Davis, who will celebrate with his annual big block party at Homan & Arthington Sunday on the West Side. On Sunday: Maureen Schulman and ESPN's Jonathan Hood. On Monday...

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on September 4, 2008.

...of the Chicago Honey Co-op is hosting a potluck tomato fest at the Coop (3740 W Fillmore). Reservations are required. Tickets are $15 for Slow Food members and Honey Coop members and...

Published by Time Out Chicago on August 13, 2008.

...your garden for the first annual Slow Food Chicago Heirloom Tomato Fest. Reservations required. 6pm. 3740 W Fillmore. $15 + potluck dish for Slow Food members, $20 + potluck dish for non-members...

Published by Time Out Chicago on August 11, 2008.

Last month, the U.S. attorney's office filed charges against Jeff Trochowski, 41, and Greg Sarwa, 39, for allegedly obtaining $757,500 in fraudulent loan proceeds for the purported sales of four basement condos in the 3200 block of West Polk.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 29, 2008.

The first thing Moore wants to do? Clean her East Garfield Park home from top to bottom -- something that would have been too strenuous before.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 13, 2008.

The first thing Moore wants to do? Clean her East Garfield Park home from top to bottom -- something that would have been too strenuous before.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 13, 2008.

One part of the top cop's job is to make residents feel safe. That's why taking part in anti-violence marches are part of the beat. On Saturday afternoon, Weis took part in a march in the one in North Lawndale.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 13, 2008.

The firm has been awarded four management contracts with CHA since 2001, and despite the announcement of a contract suspension at the rowhouses, it appears UPA will continue working on several CHA projects, including "The Park Boulevard" in Bronzeville and "Scattered Sites West" with housing in such neighborhoods as Austin, Lawndale and Chinatown.

Published by NBC 5 on July 9, 2008.

The firm has been awarded four management contracts with CHA since 2001, and despite the announcement of a contract suspension at the rowhouses, it appears UPA will continue working on several CHA projects, including "The Park Boulevard" in Bronzeville and "Scattered Sites West" with housing in such neighborhoods as Austin, Lawndale and Chinatown.

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

In a separate crash overnight, five people were seriously hurt when a car struck a pole near 13th Street and Pulaski Road in the Lawndale neighborhood just before midnight, Chicago Fire officials said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 1, 2008.

The blinds were closed, and no one was home at 2910 W. Warren Blvd. in East Garfield Park one frigid January afternoon. Four Cook County Sheriff’s deputies were parked outside. In his hand, one deputy held a court order to evict the owner, Kevin Rice, who had fallen several months behind on his mortgage payments and lost the rental property in foreclosure.

Published by Chicago Reporter on June 30, 2008.

Claudia Mosqueda was barely born when community activist Rudy Lozano was killed in 1983. But as a teacher at Little Village-Lawndale High School, a school born from the efforts of Lozano's spiritual descendants, Mosqueda is aware each day of the work he did and the work that remains.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 23, 2008.

The shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. at 312 S. Whipple St. The victim, identified as Lawaide Labon, of 1135 S. Independence Blvd., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office, was shot by someone from a passing vehicle, according to police News Affairs Officer David Banks, citing preliminary information. Labon suffered a gunshot wound to the back, police said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 15, 2008.

Chicago's top hot spots for auto theft, according to the Chicago Police Department, are: Austin, Roseland, Englewood, South Shore, West Englewood, Near West Side, Auburn Gresham, Humboldt Park, Chicago Lawn, North Lawndale and Greater Grand Crossing.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 13, 2008.

But everybody else was leaving their strollers at the door, and Matt figured maybe he was being the paranoid city guy. The Hickeys live in East Garfield Park. They parked the stroller outside with the rest and took Liam inside to get his first look at gorillas and orangutans.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 10, 2008.

In March 2007, Business Week named East Garfield Park on the city's west side as one of the nation's 10 hottest housing markets. But a year later, there have been far fewer properties sold, the median price has been slashed in half and the marketing time has almost doubled.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 6, 2008.

In March 2007, Business Week named East Garfield Park on the city's west side as one of the nation's 10 hottest housing markets. But a year later, there have been far fewer properties sold, the median price has been slashed in half and the marketing time has almost doubled.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 6, 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.

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.

North Lawndale, in a neighborhood where the unemployment rate is almost triple the city average, would focus on academics and Teen Living would provide shelter and support services.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 23, 2008.

North Lawndale, in a neighborhood where the unemployment rate is almost triple the city average, would focus on academics and Teen Living would provide shelter and support services.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 23, 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.

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.

It was exactly one year ago today that 16-year-old Blair Holt was gunned down on a CTA bus. His father, Ron Holt, will spend the anniversary of his son's death trying to pay tribute to him by participating in tonight's town hall meeting.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 10, 2008.

About 60 students from Little Village/Lawndale High School picked up spray cans to lay images of life and promise on the sidewalk – a safe passage. In Little Village, students are fighting violence with spray paint. It's called the "Safe Passage" project. The program organizers hope to create a path where students can feel safe going to school

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 10, 2008.

"What black man hasn't been harassed by the police?" said Mike Smith, 35, of North Lawndale. "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that."

Published by Austin Weekly News on May 8, 2008.

In the aftermath of the recent surge in meningitis cases so far this year, most notably two Austin area teens that have died since March 6. One girl was a sophomore at North Lawndale College Preparatory High School, but no information has been released about the man.

Published by Austin Weekly News on May 1, 2008.

While health officials are not calling this an outbreak, they want to make sure children in the North Lawndale neighborhood are vaccinated against the disease.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 23, 2008.

Because of a high demand for student spots, L.E.A.R.N. is outgrowing its main school facility at 1132 S. Holman Ave. More than 1,000 applied for 200 spots last fall.

Published by Chi-Town Daily News on April 23, 2008.

A 31-year-old man was critically injured and a 32-year-old woman was shot in the arm and stomach when a gunman walked up to their van and opened fire, in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 21, 2008.

Consider Emma Moore, of East Garfield Park, on the city's West Side. Moore has been on the list for a new heart since August. While she waits, she has had to give up her job, her independence and her plans for retirement.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 20, 2008.

Some days, the 59-year-old grandmother from East Garfield Park gets so discouraged she's tempted to unplug the machine that keeps her alive.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 20, 2008.

Twenty-four Chicago Public Schools students have died violently since fall. The bloodshed has hit a small high school in the North Lawndale neighborhood especially hard. We report from our West Side bureau.

Published by Chicago Public Radio on April 17, 2008.

North Lawndale is in line for roughly $100 million in improvements after City Council approval last week of a 877-acre Ogden Avenue-Pulaski Road tax-increment-financing district.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 13, 2008.

At his home in North Lawndale, he and the seven other residents all shared one washcloth. No one in the house owned a toothbrush.

Published by Austin Weekly News on April 10, 2008.

Erica DeLatora, a senior at Farragut Career Academy, rattles off the streets of Little Village and South Lawndale where many of her friends have been murdered, as if reciting a list of field trips she'd been on.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 6, 2008.

This time, a new school which is a replication of Burroughs Elementary, will be made up mostly of Latino students. The new Burroughs will be located within Pope Elementary in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood.

Published by Chicago Public Radio on March 26, 2008.

That was the sentiment from friends and family at the girl's funeral on Monday. The crowd at Sunshine Missionary Baptist Church, 3660 W. Roosevelt, was overflowing with youth as well as adults. Marsh, a West Side native, was shot Sunday March 2, while walking to her grandmother's house with her sister.

Published by Austin Weekly News on March 13, 2008.

Known as "Dee Dee" to many, Marsh was a sophomore and honor's student at a charter school on the Orr High School campus. Much of the information surrounding the shooting has come from law enforcement officials and from the media. Marsh, according to news accounts, was shot by 20-year-old Tennille Tyson in a dispute over a boy. Marsh was walking in the 800 block of North Waller with her sister at around 9 p.m. Marsh, of the 3500 block of West Polk, was shot in the chest. Police believe Marsh's older sister was the intended target.

Published by Austin Weekly News on March 13, 2008.

Marsh, of 3528 W. Polk St., was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 9:44 p.m. Sunday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

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

Kadeidrah, of 3528 W. Polk St., was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 9:44 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

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