Avondale

A half-dozen homeless people living in an Avondale park say the city wants to remove them, but the city says that’s not the case.

Three years after calling a Northwest Side intersection “notoriously unsafe and hazardous,” the Active Transportation Alliance renewed calls Thursday for improvements where “School of Rock” actor Kevin Clark was fatally struck by a car while biking. “We can only hope that we see an immediate response before another tragedy happens,” said Jim Merrell, managing director of advocacy for ATA. “This…

Actor and musician Jack Black expressed his shock and disbelief after Chicago musician Kevin Clark, who costarred with Black in the 2003 film “School of Rock,” was struck and killed while riding his bicycle early Wednesday morning in the city’s Avondale neighborhood. Black posted a message on Instagram Wednesday afternoon, saying that he was “heartbroken” over the news. “Devastating news….

After a local musician and actor was struck and killed while riding his bike in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood Wednesday morning, his friends are remembering his prodigious talents, and the legacy that the 32-year-old left behind. At just 15 years old, Kevin Clark was introduced to the world as Freddy Jones in the hit 2003 comedy “School of Rock.” Starring Jack…

After a local musician and actor was struck and killed while riding his bike in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood Wednesday morning, his friends are remembering his prodigious talents, and the legacy that the 32-year-old left behind. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos share their memories.

Kevin Clark, a Chicago musician famous for playing the drummer Freddy “Spazzy McGee” Jones on “School of Rock,” was struck and killed by a driver early Wednesday while he biked in the Avondale neighborhood. Clark, 32, was struck by a Hyundai Sonata around 1:20 a.m. in the 2600 block of North Western Avenue, police said. Paramedics found him at Logan…

An investigation is underway after an ambulance was involved in a crash cause it to flip in the Avondale neighborhood on Thursday evening. Chicago Fire Department officials say the crash took place around 8:06 p.m. near the intersection of Addison and Kimball. The private ambulance was struck by a vehicle causing it to flip, according to officials. Two employees, including…

Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that fled after running over a bicyclist last week in Avondale.

The Belmont Snack Shop will close permanently after a fire destroyed the Avondale restaurant earlier this month, owner Nelson Rodriguez announced in an emotional Facebook post Thursday afternoon. “After a lot of thought and consideration and looking at every angle possible it is apparent to all of us at the Snack Shop that rebuilding and attempting to bring Belmont Snack…

Four people are displaced after a fire broke out at a building housing a restaurant in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Firefighters arrived at 7:24 p.m. to the building, which houses the Belmont Snack Bar, at 3407 W. Belmont Avenue. Responders found the first floor of the building on fire as well as the second floor,…

Police are warning residents about a series of robberies since last week by suspects posing as police officers in Albany Park, Belmont Central and Avondale on the Northwest Side. In each case, a man pulled up in a black vehicle, pointed a flashlight at the victim and demanded the person’s ID or wallet, according to a community alert from...

A Chicago brewery took to Facebook this week calling out patrons, restaurants and bars that allowed massive crowds of people and long lines on the first weekend of indoor dining. Metropolitan Brewery in Avondale took to Facebook and posted a strongly worded message to those not following public health guidance. “This b****** will squander every sacrifice made over the past…

Police are investigating after someone spray-painted racial slurs on two Avondale garages Friday on the Northwest Side. Officers responded to two reports of criminal damage in progress at 1:47 a.m. in the 3100 block of North Central Park Avenue, according to Chicago police. Responding officers found racial slurs spray-painted on the garage doors of two homes in the block, along…

A Chicago police officer was stabbed by someone who allegedly started a fire Wednesday in Avondale on the Northwest Side. Police and fire crews were called about 4:45 p.m. for reports of the fire in the 3100 block of North Spaulding Avenue, according to Chicago police. When they arrived, a female started arguing with officers and firefighters. The female, who…

A man was wounded in a shooting Sunday in Avondale on the Northwest Side.

Authorities say a car drove into a building on Chicago’s Northwest Side early Tuesday.

Starting on Dec. 5, DMen Tap in the Avondale neighborhood on the city’s Northwest Side will transform itself into a Krampus-themed pop-up bar.

 Griswold’s, a pop-up bar themed after National Lampoon’s “Christmas Vacation,” officially opens its doors on Sunday.

A 4-year-old girl was sexually abused last month at an elementary school in Avondale on the Northwest Side, according to Chicago police.