‘Like the Berlin Wall falling!’ Some West Lawn residents toast neighbor Michael Madigan’s indictment

Michael Madigan has been a fixture of Chicago’s Southwest Side for decades, but some of his neighbors believe his indictment Wednesday on federal corruption charges was a “long time coming.”

Business owners warned of recent break-in burglaries on Southwest Side

Chicago police are warning Southwest Side business owners of a string of burglaries in January and February in the West Lawn and Archer Heights neighborhoods.

Toddler grazed by hit-and-run driver in West Lawn
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A toddler suffered a graze wound after being struck by a vehicle in West Lawn Tuesday afternoon.

22-year-old man charged in September 2021 shooting

A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection to a shooting that injured two in West Lawn. 

Hostage situation ends in West Lawn

A SWAT team responded to a man holding a female hostage in West Lawn early Monday.

Carjacker charged in shooting of man who helped friend change flat tire

A man was charged Thursday in the shooting and carjacking of a man who just got done helping his friend change a flat tire in the West Lawn neighborhood.

No one in custody in murder of 18-year-old Melissa De La Garza, shot dead after Halloween shopping

RIP: 18-year-old artist Melissa De La Garza was gunned down while sitting in her car outside her home in West Lawn on Saturday evening. Her family said she had no enemies and was looking forward to attend the School of the Art Institute Chicago on a scholarship.

Two men shot in buttocks in West Lawn

Two men were wounded in a shooting Sunday night in West Lawn on the Southwest Side.

Carjackings, robberies reported on the South Side

Chicago police are warning residents in Wentworth, Calumet, Deering, Englewood and Chicago Lawn about recent armed robberies and carjackings in those districts.

31 shot, 7 fatally, in Chicago over weekend

Seven people were killed and 24 others wounded in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend.