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Driver of pickup with high front end fatally struck Xyaire Askew, 4, Sunday evening in Avalon Park
The driver said he didn't see the boy before running him over, possibly due in part to the design of his vehicle.
June 5, 2024
Taste of 79th Community Walk uses stroll with a New Orleans-style band to highlight corridor
Saturday's event was a reminder that there's no better way to get to know a neighborhood than taking a walk with others, enjoying live music, and supporting local businesses.
September 20, 2023
Drivers killed 2 people walking in the Loop and Avalon Park Memorial Day Weekend
Motorists struck and killed a 55-year-old woman on Friday evening in the Loop, as well as a 72-year-old man on Saturday afternoon in Avalon Park.
June 1, 2021
Leland Slow Street reopens, and two more routes are opening in the 5th Ward tomorrow
Once the sun comes out, we'll surely see lots of people, including plenty of families and kids, enjoying these safer, traffic calmed streets again.
May 27, 2021
Postcard from Chatham: How a Chicago community hard-hit by COVID-19 is holding up
The Far South Side community of Chatham has seen a greater-than-average number of coronavirus cases, but life goes on as residents go about their business on foot, by car, and by CTA.
April 21, 2020
Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Male Pedestrian, 40, in Avalon Park
The man was the 34th Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2017.
November 1, 2017
Driver Who Had Been Drinking Fatally Strikes Man, Flees the Scene
A motorist is facing reckless homicide charges after she struck and killed a 51-year-old man last month in the South Side’s Avalon Park neighborhood while driving as much as 50 mph, and then fled the scene.
June 7, 2016
Driver Fatally Strikes 45-Year-Old Woman in Avalon Park
A 45-year-old woman was struck and killed Tuesday night while walking across Stony Island Avenue in the 8100 block of South Stony Island in the Avalon Park neighborhood.
March 3, 2016