Avalon Park (Chicago, Illinois)

A woman who was found robbed and stabbed to death this morning in what appears to be a domestic-related attack on the South Side has been identified. Authorities were seeking a male relative of the woman, who fled in the victim's SUV, police said....

A 44-year-old man was struck by a car and killed Saturday night in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said. The man stepped into northbound traffic on the 7900 block of South Stony Island Avenue at about 11:15 p.m., Chicago...

Two teenage boys were shot and seriously wounded in the Avalon Park neighborhood this evening, authorities said. The two teens, one 14, one 15, were shot in the 1300 block of East 80th Street, near Kimbark Avenue, about 6:48 p.m., said Chicago Police...

Chicago police are looking for a 41-year-old man missing from the Avalon Park neighborhood since March 20. Harding Baker, 41, lives on the 1100 block of East 81st Street and was last seen in a black T-shirt with a white emblem, black sweat pants and...

Two traffic crashes tonight required multiple-ambulance responses from the Chicago Fire Department. An Emergency Medical Services Plan 1 was called to send about six ambulances to the scene of a vehicle crash on the South Side in the city's Avalon Park...

The Chicago Department of Transportation is seeking input from South Side residents on how to improve public transit in the South Lakefront Corridor--the area spanning from 22nd Street to 95th Street east of the Dan Ryan Expressway. CDOT is holding a...

The CTA has faced a long, slow road in introducing bus rapid transit—express bus service that would get riders to their destination faster because of bus-only lanes and traffic signals that give buses priority over other traffic. In 2008, the CTA...

The CTA will be holding two open houses next month about express bus service on Jeffery Boulevard. The CTA received an $11 million federal grant last year to launch bus rapid transit, which typically relies on bus-only lanes for expedited service,...

Posted by John Byrne at 2:43 p.m. Former Cook County Board President Todd Stroger wants to start collecting unemployment checks. But the county is fighting Stroger's request on the grounds he isn’t eligible to get unemployment for wages he made........