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of mayonnaise “I normally do my shopping at Aldi; I have to take a car,” Rosado said “I was looking forward to seeing the fresh produce and I get tired of having to hop in my car Mary Kay Rosado shows off the items in a giveaway bag for the first shoppers at Save A Lot’s new West Lawn store comes two years after owner and operator Yellow Banana signed a $26 million redevelopment agreement with the city of Chicago to open six Save A Lot stores Marty Quinn (13th) said his southwest ward residents often traveled to nearby suburbs to buy their groceries “When I was in high school I worked here,” Quinn said “So I have an idea how important this grocery store is for our community A free reusable bag of grocery items were handed to shoppers And “Vivir Mi Vida” by singer Marc Anthony pulsed from the DJ booth in the recently renovated store like to the Sam’s Club in Hodgkins or to Costco,” said Alicia Serna at the grand opening The new store changes things for Serna and her husband And they got a lot of variety of stuff too,” she said “Before it was a little like … you wouldn’t want to go in there.” Customers line up before the opening of the renovated Save A Lot grocery store at 4439 W Yellow Banana CEO Joe Canfield and Chicago Department of Planning and Developing Commissioner Ciere Boatright were also on hand to celebrate the reopening The West Lawn store is the last of six locations on the South and West sides to be reopened and renovated under Yellow Banana’s city deal aiming to improve grocery access in communities that need it Stores opened under the deal are required to remain open for 10 years Yellow Banana CEO Joe Canfield and Yellow Banana co-founder Michael Nance (right) at the Save A Lot grand opening celebration in West Lawn very pleased that we were able to fulfill our commitment to remodel and reopen grocery stores in communities that really really need grocery stores,” Canfield said But Yellow Banana has been fraught with controversy, beginning with protests at the first store opening in Englewood was a former Whole Foods and is not part of Yellow Banana’s city deal Issues continued for the Ohio-based company with unpaid taxes and millions in lawsuit debt and local violations The company’s original portfolio of 38 stores in five states shrank to just the Chicago stores last year The first renovated store was promised to open 2 1/2 years ago, but the first renovated Save a Lot West Garfield Park didn’t open until last fall. Meanwhile, the company racked up over $2 million in fines, lawsuits and debts to cities and vendors The West Lawn opening also comes after Canfield asked the city for an extension on its two-year deal If Yellow Banana met its requirements last month and the city found the company compliant in all other areas according to the development deal it would have been set to receive its funding In a letter to Boatright, Canfield said it needed more time, citing a delay in store signage, an issue previously reported by the Sun-Times giving the company six more months to wrap up the project “They had just normal construction activity … but it’s just been hyper evident that they’ve had some hiccups But they’re not atypical for construction projects both rehabs and new construction,” Boatright told the Sun-Times at the reopening “We’ll continue to go through our due diligence for any compliance before any funding is released.” and I think that’s what I want everyone to remember when they think about the store,” Canfield said at the reopening has told me it is not an option to fail at this location I’m demanding you be successful.’ That’s great That’s fair … we are very serious about the commitment.” A customer shops at the newly-opened Save A Lot at 4439 W was in an alley near the 3600 block of West 60th Place at 4:36 p.m Sunday when he was shot in the armpit and head A man was fatally shot in West Lawn on Sunday afternoon died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office Terms of Use • Privacy Notice • Cookie Policy • Terms of Sale Joe was a 1964 graduate of Reading High School and attended Kutztown State College He was employed 26 years as a service technician with Boscov’s Joe was employed with the Wilson (West Lawn) School District as a bus driver He was a member of West Lawn United Methodist Church where he was a Sunday school teacher for over 30 years and involved in West Lawn Wednesdays at the Church Joe was a former councilman for 18 years with West Lawn Borough Council and was in charge of Fire Prevention Week with the West Lawn / Wyomissing Hills Fire Company Joe also volunteered over 20 years of his time to the American Red Cross where he was a CPR and First Aid Instructor and served as a past chairman of the disaster services team Joe was also the proud grandfather of two grandsons: Connor H. a soon expected 1st great -grandchild to Connor and Ruth December 13th from 9:00 am – 11:00 am in West Lawn United Methodist Church Services will be held on Friday at 11:00 am in the Church Stitzel Family Funeral Homes & Crematory (CNN) — Antisemitic incidents in the United States rose for the fourth consecutive year in 2024 hitting their highest level since the Anti-Defamation League started tracking them in 1979 according to the organization’s annual audit released Tuesday The audit identified 9,354 cases of assault, harassment, and vandalism in 2024, marking a 5% increase from 2023 The record-breaking number is based on incidents reported by victims The majority of the incidents in 2024 — 6,552 — were classified as harassment defined by the organization as cases where someone targets one or more Jewish people or people perceived to be Jewish with language that includes antisemitic slurs ADL leaders displayed images of some reported incidents These included swastikas and the phrase “Holocaust is a Hollywood Lie” painted on garages and buildings They also highlighted a bomb threat at a synagogue in Youngstown restaurant being harassed by individuals saying “Hitler was on to something”; and a Jewish student at the University of Pittsburgh being assaulted in the Oakland neighborhood by a group who noticed he was wearing a Star of David necklace “If your idea of protesting Israeli government policies is to assault or harass or intimidate Jews that doesn’t make you a political activist ADL’s senior vice president for counter-extremism and intelligence “Our mission is not just to catalog antisemitism it is to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure fair treatment to all.” a majority of antisemitic incidents — 58% — were related to Israel or Zionism with many occurring at anti-Israel rallies The ADL does not conflate general criticism of Israel or anti-Israel activism with antisemitism support for Palestinian rights or expressions of opposition to Israeli policies” are not included in the audit “Hatred toward Israel was a driving force behind antisemitism across the U.S.,” Segal said in a statement “These incidents … serve as a clear reminder that silence is not an option,” Segal said The audit details where antisemitic incidents most commonly occur noting that this “provides critical insight into how different environments contribute to — or fail to protect against — antisemitic activity.” Antisemitic incidents on college campuses increased by 84% between 2023 and 2024 Many of these incidents occurred during protests on college campuses between mid-April and mid-May 2024 in response to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza The Trump administration has revoked student visas and cut federal funding to colleges and universities accused of tolerating antisemitism ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt told CNN’s Dana Bash the rise in antisemitic incidents on college campuses is a “catastrophe” that has not received “nearly enough attention from the very institutions where it’s happening.” Greenblatt told Bash he supports the federal government holding institutions accountable for antisemitic incidents but cautioned the Trump administration to be clear about what student protestors are being charged with they will have all people of good faith on their side,” he said Incidents in public areas and commercial spaces non-Jewish K-12 schools experienced a decrease in antisemitism cases The three states with the highest number of incidents were New York and confront antisemitism wherever it appears And that starts with understanding what fuels it and learning to recognize it in all its forms,” Segal said The report noted the continued increase shows antisemitism “has become a persistent reality for American Jewish communities rather than a temporary spike in the months immediately after the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7 “This horrifying level of antisemitism should never be accepted and yet it has become a persistent and grim reality for American Jewish communities,” Greenblatt said in a news release assaulted and targeted for who they are on a daily basis and everywhere they go But let’s be clear: we will remain proud of our Jewish culture and we will not be intimidated by bigots,” he said The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2025 Cable News Network KRDO NewsChannel 13 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. 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In January, the operator kicked off business at a long-planned Save A Lot store in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.  The Save A Lot operator previously shared that it was investing $26.5 million in its Chicago stores the effort was supported by new markets tax credits third-party financing and funding from Yellow Banana While all of the stores are now serving customers the projects experienced some hiccups in timing As part of the funding arrangement to shore up local food security This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Pay-what-you-can café serving ethically grown coffee and locally sourced foods Family-owned Mediterranean restaurant serving authentic cuisine in West Reading Community theater venue featuring house productions of diverse plays & musicals Bringing talent from around the world to local audiences Stadium seating with high-back rocking chairs West Reading family-friendly diner serving American classics daily from 7am-9pm A West Lawn man was arrested on drug and weapons charges following a months-long investigation by the Berks County Drug Task Force was taken into custody after authorities executed a search warrant on December 11 was obtained as part of an investigation that began in August in the City of Reading During the search in the 300 block of Logistics Drive investigators seized 37 plastic packets containing crack cocaine according to the Berks County District Attorney’s Office Soto-Arizmendi was formally charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine and possession of prohibited offensive weapons before Magisterial District Judge Alvin Robinson and was released on $50,000 unsecured bail Authorities emphasized that the investigation is ongoing and encouraged anyone with information to contact Berks County Detectives at 610-478-7171 Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Alert Berks County by calling 877-373-9913 or texting ALERTBERKS along with the tip to 847411 Officials also reminded the public that criminal charges are accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court locally owned digital newspaper covering the latest regional news and headlines in the City of Reading and Berks County was fatally shot on the Southwest Side in a road rage attack in 2022 A suburban Chicago man is facing charges in a 2022 road rage shooting that killed a 3-year-old boy in West Lawn Govanni Hernandez, 32, of Berwyn was arrested after DNA evidence connected him to the shooting that killed 3-year-old Mateo Zastro on Sept Mateo was sitting in the back seat of his mother’s sport-utility vehicle when he was shot chief of detectives Antoinette Ursitti said Thursday “While we know this will not bring Mateo back we hope this brings a measure of closure,” Ursitti said The shooting stemmed from a road rage incident between Hernandez and Mateo’s mother that started near Cicero Avenue around 8:40 p.m She attempted to get away from Hernandez but he continued to follow close behind Ursitti said there was no relationship between the two In an interview with the Sun-Times Zastro said she was driving home when a red car suddenly cut her off Veronica Zastro holds her 3-year-old son’s urn as she sits on the couch in her Southwest Side home discussing his 2022 homicide as he sat in the back seat of his mother’s SUV on the Southwest Side She was just blocks from their home when the shooting started in the 4400 block of West Marquette Road Zastro drove off from where shots were fired before flagging down officers for help which show that a police officer quickly identified the shooting as a case of road rage Ursitti said they believed she was the intended target who was riding in the vehicle with his three siblings He died about eight hours later at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn knowing that they can see kids and girls in the front seat?” Zastro told the Sun-Times “What possessed them to want to come up and down the block looking?” Ursitti said officers found the vehicle involved in the shooting on Oct 2022 and were able to collect DNA evidence a match came through the Combined DNA Index System Hernandez was taken into custody Tuesday in suburban Berwyn near his home With DNA results combined with witness testimonies and digital and physical evidence Hernandez was charged with one count each of first-degree murder attempted first-degree murder and murder with a strong probability of death or injury “We never forgot Mateo or his family,” Ursitti said “I wanted to commend Area One detectives .. and the work they did to apprehend this violent offender who for two years cowardly went on with his life while Mateo’s family lived with the trauma of his loss in this shooting.” Veronica Zastro and her grandmother Lucy Giza stand in front of a mural in honor of Zastro’s 3-year-old son at South Kolmar Avenue and West 67th Street on the Southwest Side earlier this year Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon The best of Los Angeles straight to your inbox We help you navigate a myriad of possibilities Sign up for our newsletter for the best of the city By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news Sign up for our email to enjoy Los Angeles without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush) Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about 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for soccer games at the various fields kids and adults play basketball at the courts and different groups host community or private events.  On especially hot days, the tree canopy and lagoon offer respite from industrialization and the heat island effect of the Southwest Side My favorite trees are the willows that lean towards the lagoon as if staring at their reflection I especially like visiting in the evening when the sun is setting painting the tops of trees pink and illuminating the surface of the lagoon with its glow I recently learned that at the center of the park lies a precolonial piece of land known as the Ashburn Prairie The three-and-a-half acre prairie was transplanted from its original location on 87th and Kedzie in 1993 as a preservation effort This got me wondering how the park’s history shapes how we relate to it Known as the largest park on the Southwest Side Marquette is also marked by a racist history Named after “explorer and missionary” Father Jacques Marquette the park’s racist and violent history—along with the rest of Chicago’s—can be dated back to the colonization of the Americas derived from Jacques Marquette’s “exploration” of the Mississippi River with Louis Joliet disregards the knowledge and relationships to the land that exists among native people According to the Park District’s website Marquette and other Chicago parks were created by the South Park Commission which worked to “acquire” the land between 1878 and 1909.  Frank Foster conceived the new parks as beautifully landscaped ‘breathing spaces’ that would provide educational and social services to the City’s congested immigrant neighborhoods,” the website reads The immigrant communities that these parks were originally designed to serve were composed of central to commemorate the fifty-years since the event The memorial was sponsored by the Inner-city Muslim Action Network located on 63rd and California If you are the site owner (or you manage this site), please whitelist your 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screenings and expert cardiology care “We are committed to growing alongside our community and ensuring our neighbors have access to high-quality comprehensive healthcare closer to home,” said Gordon B president and CEO for Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital “This expansion reflects our ongoing dedication to meeting the needs of our rapidly growing community to provide exceptional care for patients today and in the future.” The new heart clinic at Westlawn is part of Ascension Saint Thomas Heart the region’s most trusted name in cardiovascular care with more than 80 heart specialists across 45 locations in Tennessee Westlawn patients will now have access to advanced diagnostics and compassionate care—right in their own neighborhood our mission is to make world-class cardiovascular care more accessible,” said Fahad Tahir president and CEO of Ascension Saint Thomas “This expansion for cardiac care at Westlawn will allow patients to have access to advanced diagnostics and compassionate care—right in their own neighborhood.” About Ascension Saint Thomas Brava Energia, formed recently from the merger between Enauta and 3R Petroleum, has completed the farm-out of 20% of the BS-4 concession offshore Brazil to Houston-based Westlawn Americas Offshore LLC. The concession includes the Atlanta and Oliva fields The transaction concluded following the receipt of a further $234 million on top of the upfront $75 million installment paid by Westlawn in March Westlawn’s experienced management team will be beneficial to the next phases of Atlanta’s development The Record Goshen College's independent student newspaper since 1912 dining was moved to a temporary home in the Leaf Raker Café in the Union Building said: “It felt limited when we first started but as time went on we found ways to bring new items and variety to the new space.” will provide approximately 40 seats in a sheltered dining section and 30 more in the surrounding Westlawn will also feature a new and improved kitchen which includes a flat top grill in the serving line When asked about working in the new kitchen “We are looking forward to modernization of our equipment and serving a four-week cycle menu with items new to campus cuisine.” likely shared by many: “Just say that we’re excited to move in.” Between the dining hall and the nursing department the project represents about 40,000 square feet of renovation and around $21 million in total construction costs which has been on the second floor of Wyse Hall for “as long as the nursing department has been here The nursing department is actually [the oldest] in Indiana … and we’ve been cranking out awesome nurses from this really tiny space and so there was a [need] there to expand.” the plan was to construct a new building for that purpose the planning committee learned that there was a federal grant opportunity available if they had a “shovel-ready project” to start on This led to a rapid rethinking of the project in order to find something that would qualify The upper floors of Westlawn — once used as dorms — had been out of use since the late ‘90s “It was a lot of stuff up there.” That proved to be the “shovel-ready” space that was needed the project developed in sometimes unexpected ways The Historic Preservation Society determined that the structure was possibly a building that contributed to a historic district Mast explained that this meant the exterior could not be altered with the exception of a new elevator to provide access to the entire building That assessment from the Historic Preservation Society also meant that they had to keep the “awkward” connector area between Westlawn and Kulp “But what that gave us was what will be this new with a mezzanine … seating for students to study … what we’re calling ‘the community room.’” The area had previously been referred to as “The Hub” and had once housed the phone room and switchboard to connect phone lines back in the days when there was only one phone per hallway Among the surprises that the building crew encountered in that connector area was a section of wall that could not actually be taken out They only realized this when “the roof started to sink that’s a supporting wall’ and we had to reengineer … so that was a big hiccup and kind of engineering on the fly.” an enormous labyrinth of piping feeds the new heating and cooling system to the entire building The builders have intricately fabricated and installed the unique pieces over the past 10 months the new nursing department shows no traces of having ever been dorm rooms Every space has been improved and expanded based on designs made in collaboration with the nursing faculty The new array of spaces ranges from the skills lab dedicated to three different areas of training currently occupying 6,000 square feet in Wyse Hall will soon have access to roughly triple that amount “What has me excited about Westlawn is the return of student space.” Yoder expects the incoming first-year class to add a large number of students to the program are designed to allow the number of people in the program to double Yoder said that this improvement to the nursing space is a positive for Goshen College as a whole “What beautifies our campus for some students lifts us all up.” By Mackenzie P. Miller By Igor Sapucaia 112 years of editorial independence for student journalists Chicago artist James Jankowiak created this mural at the Chicago Public Libary’s West Lawn branch As James Jankowiak planned his mural for the Chicago Public Library’s West Lawn branch he knew he wanted to pay tribute to the little person’s tavern that once stood on the property With an X-acto blade that he also used to create dozens of colorful silhouettes for the mural he shaped ruby slippers and a soldier to include That was to recognize actor and tavern founder Parnell St who played a Munchkin soldier in “The Wizard of Oz.” Those were among many neighborhood-flavored characters and figures that Jankowiak, a native of the Southwest Side, included in the 36-foot-long mural titled “Our Collective Catalog / Nuestro Catálogo.” Unveiled in March it arcs around the curved brick wall in the library’s community room “I’m pretty much from the neighborhood,” Jankowiak says of the library branch at 4020 W. 63rd St. in West Lawn the exciting thing about going to a library was the vast breadth of knowledge at your fingertips It was a place where I could learn about anything.” He says he hoped to appeal especially to kids to give them something that might take them away for a bit from their phones they see something different in it,” says Jankowiak who was hired for the project by the Chicago Public Library and the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events This mural by James Jankowiak at the Chicago Public Library’s West Lawn branch features a colorful array of silhouettes is made of pieces of archival fiberboard laser-cut into the shape of Popsicle sticks and assembled side by side Jankowiak projected about 200 silhouette images onto paper traced the silhouettes onto the giant sticks and colored them in with acrylic paint “They gave me complete creative control,” says Jankwiak “I tried to include as many different career paths as possible I used the general stock image of a Little League player.” Another closeup view of James Jankowiak’s mural at the Chicago Public Library’s West Lawn branch The library is offering visitors a do-it-yourself scavenger hunt to search for items and people in the mural “It was my guiding principle going into the project,” he says, “this idea of giving something to the community that held up this ideal.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by James Jankowiak (@jamesjankowiak)