South Side Weekly
5 days ago · Community newspaper by and for Chicago's South Side. Arts, Culture, Politics. Est. 2013.
Calls Widen for Police District Councilor’s Resignation
Jan 13, 2025 · A coalition of Police District Council (PDC) members from across the city are calling on 14th PDC member David Orlikoff to resign, citing a pattern of troubling behavior. In …
After Intense Debate, City Council Passes 2025 Budget
Dec 17, 2024 · This story was co-published with The TRiiBE.. O n Monday, the City Council passed Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed 2025 budget in a 27–23 vote. It was the Johnson …
Inside Chinatown’s Century-Long Fight for Power
Dec 26, 2023 · C han and other civic leaders attribute the exclusion to Chinatown’s lack of a political voice and involvement, to the detriment of the community. In 1998, Chan founded …
Making it as a Muralist – South Side Weekly
4 days ago · D amon Lamar Reed, a forty-seven-year-old acrylic painter living in South Shore who’s participated in the majority of mural restorations in Chicago over the last decade, was …
Hilliard Homes Tenants “Heartbroken” After Fatal Shooting in a …
Dec 12, 2024 · M ore than two months after a fatal shooting in the Hilliard Towers Apartments, tenants are still waiting for answers about what happened, whether it could have been …
Two Mental Health Districts Added to South Side
Dec 17, 2024 · A s states and cities were squeezed by federal cutbacks across the board, they found that “mental health was an easy line item to cut,” Snedeker said. “And the city would …
Mayoral Working Group Recommended Keeping ShotSpotter
Dec 23, 2024 · The working group hotly debated the question of ShotSpotter’s accuracy. Some members of the group voiced their support for the technology. One said, “Gun violence is …
Cook County Commissioners Hear Testimony on Jail Deaths
Dec 19, 2024 · O n Wednesday, seven people whose loved ones died while being held at Cook County Jail gave testimony at a meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners’ …
Best of the South Side 2024
I f you’re thinking, “Huh, it’s been a while since I saw one of these…” you’d be right. Our last Best of the South Side issue, which celebrated ten years of BoSS, came out in 2022. After iterating …