Sunday, January 18, 2026

Search results for keyword: Lawndale found in 42 News.

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.

columnists
  • by david hall
A bullet to the leg put a Chicago police officer on the path to the suburbs

Angelo Wells loved being a Chicago police officer. Then one night in 2020, his femur was shattered by gunfire in North Lawndale. Recovery took a year and pointed him toward Northbrook.

lawndale
  • by david hall
Youth-led tours show North Lawndale culture, history

My Block My Hood My City kicked off its youth-led tour program on Wednesday. Tours run every Saturday throughout the summer in North Lawndale.

crime
  • by david hall
Violent Father's Day weekend in Chicago ends with at least 25 people shot in five hours early Monday

In all, at least 72 people were hit by gunfire from Friday evening through the predawn hours of Monday, according to data collected by the Sun-Times. Eight of them died.