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Independent Chicago Bookstore Owner's Tweet, Venting Over $800 Return, Goes Viral
“Please don’t do this to a small business, people,” the owner tweeted. “That one sale was a third of our rent.”
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Wicker Park Walgreens With Iconic ‘Vitamin Vault' to Close For Good
After months of closing rumors, a Chicago Walgreens housed inside a century-old bank that recently gained local TikTok fame has confirmed that it will soon shut it doors for good, according to a spokesperson for the company.
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Recap: This Week's Top News Headlines in Chicago and Illinois
A look back at the top news headlines for this week in news with Evrod Cassimy.
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Chef at Michelin-Starred Chicago Restaurant Badly Hurt After Being Shoved Onto CTA Tracks
A Chicago chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Wicker Park is sharing his story after being nearly killed while waiting for the CTA train.
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Chicago Sisters, Entrepreneurs Pay it Forward to Help Communities Celebrate Their Heritage
If you’ve spent time on Chicago’s thriving beauty, fashion and festival circuit, you likely know Michelle and Melissa Gomez, even if you don’t know their names. The sisters and co-owners of Dynamic Salon in Wicker Park are also the brains and brawn behind the 15-year-old Do Division fashion show. “We consider ourselves from this community,” said Melissa Gomez. “We...
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Festival Au Cinema to Screen 20 Genre-Breaking Films at Den Theater
Festival Au Cinema, the micro film festival at Den Theater, will screen twenty genre and form-breaking movies this weekend.
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Three Armed Robberies Reported Within an Hour in Gold Coast, Wicker Park and East Ukrainian Village
Police did not say if the attacks were related.
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The Food Guy: Vaca's Creamery
Over in Wicker Park, the 1-year-old Vaca’s Creamery is a 100 % vegan creamery, making sundaes, cones and shakes.
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Man Attacked With Knife After Verbal Altercation on CTA Blue Line Train in Wicker Park
A man suffered a laceration to his face after he was attacked with a knife following a verbal altercation on a CTA Blue Line train Saturday night.
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At Least 19 Armed Robberies Reported in Wicker Park, Other NW Side Neighborhoods, Police Say
Chicago police have issued an urgent warning to residents after a string of at least 19 armed robberies have been reported in several Northwest Side neighborhoods, including Wicker Park and Bucktown.
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Owners of Pandemic-Born Wicker Park Small Business Share Success Story
The owners of a small business that opened in Wicker Park just weeks before a stay-at-home order was put into place last year describe how they not only survived – but thrived – as entrepreneurs. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.
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Piggin' Out: Enjoy Filipino Cuisine at Cebu in Wicker Park
Marlon Tan, the co-owner at the Wicker Park Restaurant, recommends some of the most popular menu items at Cebu including lumpia, BBQ pork Skewers, and Cebu lechon.
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Man Shot During Armed Robbery Friday Afternoon in Wicker Park
A heavy police presence was reported in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood Friday afternoon following a shooting in which a suspect opened fire, injuring a man during an armed robbery, authorities said.
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Chicago Man Charged in Wicker Park Mass Shooting
A 35-year-old Chicago man was charged Wednesday in a weekend mass shooting in Wicker Park that left one person dead and four injured.
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Wicker Park Mass Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured
A mass shooting on Sunday morning in Wicker Park has residents and business owners rattled, not knowing what solution would solve the rising crime problem in the area.
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Wicker Park Mass Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured
Surveillance cameras at nearby businesses captured the shooting in the 1500 block of Milwaukee Avenue that killed a 32-year-old man and injured four other men and women. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.
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Wicker Park Residents on Edge After Paintball Attacks Send Victims Fleeing for Cover
Residents and business owners are on edge after a group of assailants unleased a flurry of paintballs in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood on Tuesday, sending customers at a sushi restaurant scrambling for cover.
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Wicker Park Residents on Edge After Paintball Attacks Send Victims Fleeing for Cover
Residents and business owners are on edge after a group of assailants unleased a flurry of paintballs in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood on Tuesday, sending customers at a sushi restaurant scrambling for cover. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos has the story.
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String of Robberies, Carjackings Reported in Bucktown, Wicker Park
Police are warning residents in Wicker Park and Bucktown about a recent string of carjackings and robberies