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the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
Sex dungeon on Near West Side has gotten property tax breaks for decades

The Chicago Illusions building gets a tax break because it has two apartments — even though it appears those units are used as part of the business.

crime
  • by david hall
Person of interest in custody in shooting that killed 7-year-old boy on Near West Side

Jai’mani Amir Rivera was fatally shot about 3 p.m. Tuesday near his home in the 2300 block of West Jackson Boulevard.

city-hall
  • by david hall
Johnson announces $10 million expansion of fund for victims of gun violence and their grieving families

Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot established the Emergency Supplemental Victims Fund as a pilot in five communities. Her successor, Mayor Brandon Johnson, is using federal stimulus funds to expand the program into 10 additional neighborhoods.

news
  • by david hall
Owners of West Town pallet firm assess damage after massive fire: 'Looked like a war scene'

Everything at the business — Commercial Pallet, 2029 W. Hubbard St., including inventory, machinery, equipment, vehicles — was 'a total loss,' in the fire, the owner's daughter said. Fire crews were rotated in and out to protect them from heat exhaustion.