Woodlawn

In a unanimous vote on Thursday, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks took the first step toward making Emmett Till’s childhood home an official city landmark. The commission voted to grant preliminary landmark status to the Woodlawn home on Thursday, which marks 65 years since Till’s funeral was held. “This recommendation is timely, not only for the anniversary today, but...

Thick smoke could be seen billowing from the roof and pouring from the windows of the three-story apartment building in the 6100 block of South Eberhart Avenue. “I could only see the flames and didn’t know if it was my building or the other.” NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Before this week, 33-year-old Adam Hollingsworth was known as the “Dread Head Cowboy.” As of Monday, Chicago’s mayor gave him a new title: “Census Cowboy.” “Everyone keeps complaining about funding for schools and all this brutality. If we want power, we need to stand up,” Hollingsworth told NBC 5. As a way to encourage Chicago residents to fill out the…

A Chicago police officer was hurt after being struck by a vehicle during a traffic stop Monday in Woodlawn on the South Side. The female officer tried to grab documentation from a female driver about 2:20 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Vernon Avenue when the driver sped off and struck the officer, Chicago police said. She was taken…

Two people have been hospitalized after a vehicle involved in multiple shootings crashed into a CTA bus Sunday in Woodlawn on the South Side. According to a Chicago police report, a 27-year-old man was driving in the 6300 Block of S. Greenwood Avenue around 10:30 p.m. when an unknown man got out of a black Jeep Cherokee and fired shots…

Two people were injured when a car crashed into a CTA bus Friday after someone fired gunshots in Woodlawn on the South Side. A 27-year-old man was driving at 10:32 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Greenwood Avenue when someone got out of a black Jeep Grand Cherokee and shot at him, according to Chicago police. The driver was…

A 36-year-old man is facing multiple charges after his child found his gun and accidentally shot himself in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side early Friday, police said. Bernard Shields was arrested Friday in the 6100 block of South State Street after fleeing the scene of the incident. He is facing felony charges of armed habitual criminal and possession…

A man was arrested after his 5-year-old son shot himself in the hand Friday in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side, according to police. While his parents were asleep, the boy found the gun in his father’s pants pocket, took it to the bathroom where he was handling it when it discharged just after midnight, police said. He...

A 10-year-old girl who was playing with two friends outside of her grandmother’s home on the South Side of Chicago was one of the victims of a Sunday afternoon shooting in the Woodlawn neighborhood.

A 20-year-old woman was shot to death early Sunday morning at a party in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood.

The man was standing outside when he heard shots and suddenly felt felt, police said.

Lamont Smith, who disappeared from the 6700 block of South Rhodes Avenue, has been found in good condition.