Avalon Park (Chicago, Illinois)

Residence: Aurora Age: 58 Writing letters since: About 20 years ago. Has written to the Tribune since 2000. Life story in 50 words: Born in Chicago; raised in Avalon Park. Served in the U.S. Air Force and attended Chicago City Colleges. Started working...

A 44-year-old man was struck by a car and killed Saturday night in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said. The man stepped into northbound traffic on the 7900 block of South Stony Island Avenue at about 11:15 p.m., Chicago...

Chicago police are looking for a 41-year-old man missing from the Avalon Park neighborhood since March 20. Harding Baker, 41, lives on the 1100 block of East 81st Street and was last seen in a black T-shirt with a white emblem, black sweat pants and...

Two teenage boys were shot and seriously wounded in the Avalon Park neighborhood this evening, authorities said. The two teens, one 14, one 15, were shot in the 1300 block of East 80th Street, near Kimbark Avenue, about 6:48 p.m., said Chicago Police...

Two traffic crashes tonight required multiple-ambulance responses from the Chicago Fire Department. An Emergency Medical Services Plan 1 was called to send about six ambulances to the scene of a vehicle crash on the South Side in the city's Avalon Park...

Posted by John Byrne at 2:43 p.m. Former Cook County Board President Todd Stroger wants to start collecting unemployment checks. But the county is fighting Stroger's request on the grounds he isn’t eligible to get unemployment for wages he made........