Spreading holiday cheer around Chicago area with good deeds and giveaways

Another event held on the city’s South Side on Saturday was sponsored by the Washington Park Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with “My Block, My Hood, My City." Three hundred people decorated Washington Park, adding ribbons, garland and so much more. Some volunteers went door to door.

Teen girl missing from East Garfield Park

MISSING, PLEASE SHARE! Ajia Omagbaluwaje was last seen Wednesday wearing a school uniform consisting of a maroon colored shirt, khaki pants, and white shoes.

Missing girl, 13, last seen in East Garfield Park neighborhood: police

The Chicago Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a 13-year-old girl who was last seen on Thursday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. 

Man, woman shot in home invasion in East Garfield Park

A man and a woman were shot Thursday morning during a home invasion in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

2 men wounded, vehicles and apartments damaged in Chicago drive-by shooting

Two men were wounded Monday morning on Chicago’s West Side in a drive-by shooting that also left behind damage to vehicles and apartments in the area.

Pair shot while driving, crashes car in East Garfield Park

Two people were shot while riding in a car, causing them crash Sunday afternoon in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

Man, 25, shot in East Garfield Park

The victim attempted to enter his home, when the suspect produced a firearm and shot at the victim before fleeing the scene.

Police warn West Side residents of recent armed robberies

Chicago police are warning the public about a group of robbers who are targeting people in the East Garfield Park and Lawndale neighborhoods on the West Side.

Woman charged in East Garfield Park carjacking

A woman was charged in a September carjacking in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

Chicago mass shooting: 6 wounded, 1 critically, in shooting on the West Side

CHICAGO MASS SHOOTING: Six people were wounded, one critically, after a person in a black SUV open fired on a group of people standing outside in East Garfield Park.

Eight people shot dead and 43 others wounded in Chicago over the weekend

One of the victims was a 27-year-old tow truck driver who was just trying to help someone on West 57th Street when he was shot dead.

Man, 19, charged with fatal East Garfield Park shooting

Chicago police identified Rayvon Lofton as the offender who shot and killed a 20-year-old man in East Garfield Park last December.