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3 dead in separate crashes during overnight snowstorm

Officials couldn’t immediately say if the weather factored into the crashes on the South Side and in south suburban Hazel Crest.

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Don’t take school choice away from Chicago’s families

I understand that the mayor’s idea here is to make every neighborhood school great, but that will take years, and that school still might not meet your child’s needs, a parent from the South Side writes.

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Christmas lights up Chicago — we found houses decked for the holiday season in every part of the city

Sun-Times photographers fanned out across Chicago’s South, West and North Side neighborhoods to capture their favorite displays.

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Volunteers deck South Side homes for the holidays: ‘It just brings the whole area to life’

More than eight miles of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on the South Side were brightened with lights, inflatables, ornaments and wreaths.

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Armed robbery sprees reported on South, Southwest sides

Ten were reported within 45 minutes Saturday morning on the Southwest Side. Six were reported Friday evening on the South Side.

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Max Sansing’s ‘Culture is Power’ mural is reborn on the South Side

The Chicago artist restored — and reimagined — the work that’s across from the Avalon Regal Theater after years of chipping and fading resulting from Chicago’s weather.

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South Side cancer rates are among Chicago’s highest. The community needs more care options.

UChicago Medicine recently announced an $815 million project to build a state-of-the-art cancer facility. South Siders need more health care institutions to pay attention to Black patients’ needs.

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14-year-old boy wounded in Auburn Gresham shooting

A teenager was wounded in a shooting early Friday in Auburn Gresham on the South Side.

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Alex R. Hibbert, Kevin on ‘The Chi,’ leaves the show, says he’ll ‘cherish the memories’

On the latest episode, Kevin bid farewell to the South Side for Los Angeles to pursue his gaming aspirations.

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CTU president defends sending her son to private school, calling it a result of ‘unfair choices’ for South Side families

The Chicago Teachers Union leader is facing backlash for the move. She says it represents a stark statement about disinvestment in public schools.

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Pamela C. Rayner — who grew up above A.A. Rayner and Sons Funeral Home she later took reins of — dies at 65

Ms. Rayner comforted thousands of families as funeral director and co-owner of A.A. Rayner and Sons Funeral Home on the South Side.

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J Bambii is ready for the moment

From making music to planning community events, Jasmine Barber is staying true to her path.

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Exodus of major, full-service grocers offering healthy variety paints a bleak picture of food access for some in Chicago

The number of Chicagoans living over a mile away from a supermarket or superstore — a major grocer — has jumped by 63% in the past decade, a WBEZ-Chicago Sun-Times analysis found.

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Chicago rapper Kidd Kenn set for Lollapalooza debut

The gay rapper from the South Side of Chicago felt like he “made it” after getting the call that the mega-music festival was interested.

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This wasn’t the future the Cubs, White Sox pictured during 2021 crosstown trades

The trade that sent Craig Kimbrel to the South Side and Nick Madrigal and Codi Heuer up North provided a snapshot of two organizations headed in opposite directions.

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Chicago Public Schools hosts first back-to-school bash on the South Side: PHOTOS

In the first of 13 planned celebrations, CPS provided music, food, games, school supplies, and more for students and their families in Davis Square Park on the South Side.

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Theaster Gates South Side arts hub names programming team

The acclaimed Chicago artist has renovated vacant buildings across the South Side through his Rebuild Foundation. The former elementary school, vacant for 20 years, will be transformed into an arts hub in 2024.

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Man fatally shot in Chicago Lawn

A man was fatally shot Thursday night in Chicago Lawn on the South Side.

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Picture Chicago: 20 must-see Sun-Times photos from the week in news

Thousands turned out for the Chicago Pride Parade, President Biden visited the Old Post Office to kick off “Bidenomics,” and NASCAR has come to town.

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Bubba Wallace throws a block party in Hyde Park to introduce NASCAR to a new audience

NASCAR’s sole Black driver plays the role of ambassador ahead of the Chicago Street Race by bringing a taste of the track to die-hard NASCAR fans and the NASCAR-curious.

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PHOTOS: Lil’ Kim closes out Hyde Park Summer Fest

More than 40,000 festival goers turned out at Midway Plaisance Park on the South Side for the two-day event that kicked off on Saturday.

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Man and woman dead after crashing into pole in Auburn Gresham

A man and a woman were killed Saturday night after their car jumped a curb and crashed into a pole in Auburn Gresham on the South Side.

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Funeral arrangements set for Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston

The officer’s funeral service will take place Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Trinity United Church of Christ on the South Side.

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Obama shares words of advice with a new generation of community organizers

Barack Obama credits Lilydale First Baptist Church on the South Side — where he spoke with about 30 students — and its longtime pastor for helping him find his way.

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Latino flower vendors see brisk sales for Mother’s Day, which is celebrated May 10 in Mexican, other Latin American communities

Street vendors on the South Side are setting up shop for Dia de los Madres, which takes place Wednesday in many Latin American countries.

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