by BRIAN NADIG and CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI A 27-year-old man was charged with murder Wednesday, Jan. 26, in connection with the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old woman on Dec. 5 of last year outside an...
by BRIAN NADIG A staffing shortage impacting the 16th (Jefferson Park) Police District for years has been made worse by a large number of the district’s officers being sidelined by COVID-19, other illness and...
by BRIAN NADIG As it celebrates its 20th anniversary, Gift Theatre co-founder Michael Patrick Thornton is stepping down from his artistic director position but plans to play a leading role in raising funds for...
by BRIAN NADIG The 20th anniversary celebration of the Jefferson Park Neighborhood Association on Nov. 18 was a festive occasion compared its first anniversary when a brawl almost broke out. “Much to my surprise,...
by BRIAN NADIG History took center stage at the Jefferson Park Neighborhood Association’s Sept. 29 meeting when members discussed the community’s 109-year-old Masonic temple and took a look back a the “Operation Greylord”investigation that...
by BRIAN NADIG Alderman James Gardiner (45th) has proposed downzoning a 28,125-square-foot vacant parcel at 5342-52 W. Argyle St. that recently went up for sale. The site was rezoned in 2016 for a 4-story,...
