Only in N.Y.: Upper West Side’s Nadler vs. Upper East Side’s Maloney
A court-ordered redistricting map has created a cross-town battle that has never happened: One House committee chair, Jerrold Nadler of New York's Upper West Side, is set to face off against Manhattan's other House committee chair, Carolyn B. Maloney of the Upper East Side.
washingtonpost.comBCSO admits to search warrant clerical error in West Side standoff where deputy was shot, suspect was killed
A search warrant for the property where a Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy was shot and a suspect was killed last week included the information for the wrong person, BCSO officials admitted Monday.
Mars Wrigley closing nearly century-old chocolate plant on Chicago’s West Side
Mars Wrigley is closing a nearly century-old chocolate plant on Chicago’s West Side once hailed as the most beautiful candy factory in America. Built in a Spanish-style architecture in 1928, the sprawling plant in the Galewood neighborhood bordering Oak Park employs about 280 workers and will be phased out over the next two years, the company said in a statement Tuesday. What becomes of the ...
news.yahoo.com2 Chicago officers shot, wounded trying to break up crowd
Two Chicago police officers were shot and wounded early Monday while trying to break up a crowd following Fourth of July gatherings, authorities said. The shooting about 1:45 a.m. on the city’s West Side happened less than an hour after a drive-by shooting in Washington Park on the city's South side left two people dead and four others wounded. “There’s been a lot of large crowd gatherings tonight, a lot of celebratory fireworks going off, kind of spontaneous,” police Superintendent David Brown said.
news.yahoo.comMan charged in recent West Side homicide
Jun. 3—Detectives have arrested a man accused of fatally shooting his sister's boyfriend at a West Side home Friday. Sergio Valenzuela, 30, is charged with an open count of murder, tampering with evidence and being a felon in possession of a firearm in the death of 38-year-old Rigo Morales. He was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center on Tuesday. Prosecutors have filed a motion to ...
news.yahoo.com7-year-old fatally shot in McDonald's drive-thru in Chicago
A 7-year-old girl is dead and her 29-year-old father hospitalized after they were shot in a McDonald's drive-thru on Chicago's West Side. A Chicago police officer rushed Jaslyn Adams to a hospital after she was found in a bullet-ridden car. CBS Chicago's Steven Graves reports. Read more here
.cbsnews.comArgument turns deadly at San Antonio IHOP
Google EarthA 44-year-old man died after he was shot inside a San Antonio IHOP on the West Side in predawn hours Saturday. Police say the man was eating at the restaurant in the 1500 block of SW Loop 410 with two women at about 2:30 a.m. when an argument began with another man who also was with two women at another table. The verbal exchange turned physical and one of the men pulled out a gun and began firing, police said, hitting the 44-year-old.
mysanantonio.comNurtured with faith, a community garden in San Antonio springs back from the devastating winter storm
The harvest from the St. Phocas Garden feeds predominantly Hispanic, low-income people living on the West Side of San Antonio — its vitality determining whether many families will be able to eat fresh produce. Named for the patron saint of gardeners, the St. Phocas Garden helps supplement a local food pantry operated by Catholic Charities of San Antonio. click to enlarge Christopher Lee / Texas TribuneAnna-Lisa Esquivel, a project coordinator for Catholic Charities of San Antonio, picks through plants lost during the winter storm. At St. Phocas, the sowing extends to the hollows of the multicolored painted concrete blocks that line 12 garden beds. In recent days, volunteers armed with wheelbarrows, shovels and hope returned to St. Phocas.
sacurrent.comLast Chance Ministries to house unsheltered during cold nights
Billy Calzada, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsLast Chance Ministries, a local religious group, will open the doors of the West Side church to welcome unsheltered people in for a warm night's rest during the upcoming wintry weather. Jimmy Robles, the pastor and founder of the ministry outreach group, shared the information on Facebook Thursday. He said the building at 1311 N. Zarzamora will be open, starting at 7 p.m., for anyone needing shelter from the weather, which is expected to include up to 2 inches of snow on Monday.
mysanantonio.comThe fight over San Antonio's Alazan-Apache Courts shows different visions for the West Side
In 90-second bursts, often interrupted by technical difficulties, a stream of community activists, academics, and public housing tenants commented on SAHA’s plans to demolish and redevelop the Alazán-Apache Courts , San Antonio’s oldest and largest public housing development, with most opposing the plan. The conflict over the Alazán-Apache Courts dates back to 2017, when SAHA announced its plans, but it’s grown more heated in recent months. Anemic federal funding for public housing repairs won’t suffice, the agency says, while the redevelopment project would unlock access to low-income housing tax credits. It’s also easier to concentrate social services in public housing developments. In September, the Alazán-Apache Courts were listed as one of “America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places” by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a D.C.-based nonprofit.
sacurrent.comFamily visit leads to discovery of dead woman on West Side
Jacob Beltran /StaffA woman who had been killed was found in her West Side apartment Friday after family members who arrived for a planned visit couldn’t contact her. The woman, believed to be in her 50s, was discovered at about 2:38 p.m. at the Villas on Springvale apartments, 7678 U.S. Highway 90 East, San Antonio police said.
mysanantonio.comOfficials ID 3 people dead after apparent murder-suicide on the West Side
Update:The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office has identified three people killed in an apparent murder-suicide Thursday on the West Side. Jonathan Lee Hines, 24, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the medical examiner. All three individuals were pronounced dead on Jan. 7 at 9:02 p.m. Original:Three people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide Thursday on the West Side, police said. All three people were pronounced dead at the scene.
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