Back of the Yards

Two train cars and semi-trailers were burglarized in August in Back of the Yards on the South Side. In each incident someone broke into train cars or semi-truck trailers and stole property, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The burglaries happened about 4 a.m. Aug. 27 in the 3900 block of South Ashland Avenue and about 5:30 p.m….

A five-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were both injured in a shooting Thursday afternoon in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on the city’s South Side, fire officials confirmed. The adult male and boy were both sitting on a porch in the 700 block of West 50th Place when an unknown male approached from a gangway, produced a...

A woman was critically injured in a fire Tuesday in Back of the Yards on Chicago’s South Side. Firefighters responded to a blaze at a single-story home about 10:20 a.m. in the 5300 block of South Wallace Street, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said. A woman, about 60 years old, suffered third degree burns over the majority of her…

Some sidewalks in the Chicago area remained messy Tuesday, days after it snowed—and that’s against the law, as one alderman points out — and neighbors want violators to be held accountable.

A 55-year-old man is dead after a fire inside of a condo in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on Saturday morning, according to fire officials. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene in the 1900 block of West 48th Street just after 4 a.m. Saturday. First responders were able to strike out the blaze within half an hour, according to…

A Chicago senior who became one of 100 students around the world to achieve a perfect score on the Advanced Placement Spanish Language and Culture exam has been given a full ride scholarship to the University of Chicago. Arturo Ballesteros walked into the principal’s office during his third period class at Back of the Yards College Prep Wednesday wearing a…

A 16-year-old boy is in grave condition after he and a woman were wounded in a shooting Friday in Back of the Yards on the South Side.

Family says they believe there might be a connection between the Sunday slaying of 18-year-old Treja Kelly, who was pregnant, and her testimony as a witness in a murder case just weeks earlier. “I feel in my heart of hearts that that might be the case,” Kelly’s grandmother, Judy Fields, told the Chicago Sun-Times. “But we don’t know for sure.”...

A teenager from Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood was shot and killed Sunday after getting into an argument with a man in an alley, and now her family is calling for justice.

A 17-year-old girl was shot to death Sunday in Back of the Yards on the South Side. Susan Carlson reports.

A man died almost two weeks after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Back of the Yards on the South Side.

A man died almost two weeks after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Back of the Yards on the South Side.

A man was shot and wounded Friday night while selling corn in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

Firefighters dealt with frozen hydrants Monday night during a blaze in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

Thick, black smoke billowed from a burning building Monday night on Chicago’s South Side as first responders scrambled to extinguish the flames.

Thick, black smoke billowed from a burning building Monday night on Chicago’s South Side as first responders scrambled to extinguish the flames.

A GoFundMe page has been launched to help pay for the funerals of two brothers killed in a South Side fire earlier this week.

A 17-year-old girl who was reported missing in June from the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side has been found safe, according to Chicago Police.

A 3-year-old girl was one of two people shot near the intersection of 47th and Damen on Wednesday afternoon, police said.