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The “Three’s Company” character, who dressed in long, flowy caftans — or kaftans — glided into any room with confidence and flair. A South Side group will have a caftan pub crawl to support charity later this month.

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Grand Crossing neighborhood woman, 30, strangled

A 30-year-old woman was found strangled in a South Side garage in the Grand Crossing neighborhood, Chicago police said.

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Fans on West, South sides feel differently about Bears this season — in a good way

The low-key origin of the shift rests in the quiet reconnection the organization has made in the communities that have felt neglected by the team for decades.

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Migrant families allegedly forced to leave South Side shelter

Four men say they weren’t allowed to enter the shelter because they had found jobs. The staff refused to let them join their wives and kids, prompting them to leave the shelter for O’Hare Airport.

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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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New South Side, North Side migrant shelters planned as crisis intensifies at police stations

The first, located at a Kenwood hotel, is expected to open next week. The city’s real estate committee also approved the purchase of a former North Park Marine Corps site to become another shelter.

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After South Side clerk admitted to cop he defrauded Link food-stamp program, he kept scamming for almost two years, feds say

Said Qreini was arrested late last month while boarding a plane for Turkey, authorities say.

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Details get nailed down for 2 affordable housing deals on South Side

The projects in West Englewood and Pilsen are designed for families, helping fill what experts call an unmet need.

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How to watch The Chi season 6: catch the South Side drama online or on TV

Here's how you can watch The Chi season 6 online, ready for when it debuts on Friday, August 4.

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Season 6 of ‘The Chi’ brings new drama, and a chance to catch up on TV’s most Chicago show

While it digs into heavy issues from the local headlines, Showtime series also stands out by showing the fullness of a South Side community.

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Immigrant chased, stabbed by fellow asylum-seeker brandishing 3-inch knife during fight at South Side police station, prosecutors say

A judge Wednesday said the suspect, Jorge Goyo, would need to pay $1,000 bond and go on electronic monitoring after he was charged with aggravated battery for seriously injuring 48-year-old man, prosecutors said.

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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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Pioneering environmental justice organization threatened with eviction from South Side headquarters

The group founded in Altgeld Gardens in 1979 was part of a federal civil rights complaint prompting a city settlement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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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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Scientists test South Side air, rain to find ways to tackle climate-related problems

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory say they want to help understand perennial flooding as well as climate-related bad air quality and extreme heat.

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South Side bait shop coming

A source said Bridgeport Bait & Tackle is coming to South Halsted Street, filling a major void left when Henry’s Sports & Bait closed late last year.

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House music fans celebrate the Chicago-born genre at the Chosen Few picnic

Desiree Taylor, 47, from Baltimore, came to Chicago for the first time with eight friends who go to house music festivals every year for the “funkier” and “more soulful” approach of house music.

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Members of Chicago's Goonie gang convicted of racketeering; verdict mixed on other counts in federal trial

CHICAGO — Three members of a South Side gang were found guilty of racketeering conspiracy Wednesday after a lengthy trial in which prosecutors accused them of acting as “urban hunters,” terrorizing residents and ruling territory in the Englewood neighborhood through unrelenting waves of gun violence.

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Movie gives South Side’s Khalil Everage the high school experience he never had

During filming of ‘The Crusades,’ Everage said he gained about 15 pounds after eating Portillo’s and Giordano’s most days

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‘Hyde Park is back’ at annual ‘4th on 53rd Parade’ on South Side, Brandon Johnson’s first as mayor

An estimated 5,000 people attended the Hyde Park tradition that dates back to 1992. The festivities included a battle of the bands between two rival high schools.

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Chicago pharmacist convicted on charges of selling blank COVID vaccination cards on eBay

CHICAGO -- A Chicago pharmacist has been found guilty of federal charges alleging he stole hundreds of COVID-19 vaccination cards from the South Side Walgreens where he worked and sold them on eBay at the height of the pandemic.

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NASCAR and Bubba Wallace are bringing ‘Bubba’s Block Party’ to a South Side museum in Chicago

CHICAGO — Ahead of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race, Bubba Wallace — driver No. 23 of Michael Jordan co-owned 23XI Racing — will host “Bubba’s Block Party,” a nationwide community initiative at The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center on Wednesday.

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Woman, 67, found dead in South Side home, second woman, 96, hospitalized with injuries to face in domestic attack

The incident happened just before 8:30 a.m. inside a home in the 7300 block of South Luella Avenue,

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Migrant soccer team trains for local ‘Refugee World Cup’

The squad is made up of asylum seekers staying at a South Side shelter. They will play in a tournament against other refugees from around the world who now call Chicago home.

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City again delays moving migrants from shuttered YMCA to Daley College

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has been unclear about the reasoning behind the transfer, and has even kept a local City Council member in the dark about the plan.

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