Oh Hyde Park, what a year it's been. From elections to encampments and new businesses and anniversaries, here's a glimpse at what went down in 2024.
News
Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, died in Plains, Georgia, on Dec. 29. He was 100.
Aaron Gettinger
Reporter
An early morning break-in at Hyde Park’s Bank Financial on Christmas Eve left the doors to the building smashed and its ATM strewn across 55th Street.
"Don't kill me, just help me run away," intoned Chaos Control, a motley crew of young men and women from Dyett High Schools’After School Matters program as they stepped into the limelight at The Promontory and launched into a cover of Surf Curse's hit “Freaks.”
Marc Monaghan
Photographer
Hundreds of neighborhood children and their families waited patiently in the chilly weather outside of Kenwood Academy on the Saturday before Christmas. Inside, volunteers with the 4th Ward were hard at work on the office’s annual Winter Wonderland celebration.
Marc Monaghan
Photographer
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- Kenwood girls basketball wins eighth straight game
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Sports
With a cool 78-49 win over Lane Tech High School last week, the Kenwood Academy girls basketball team is on an eight-game winning streak. But even with a solid 12-1 record this season, not everyone on the team is happy.
With a new head coach at the helm after a season that ended in controversy, the Kenwood Academy boys basketball team is off to a strong start this year with a three-game winning streak.
Mount Carmel football has done it again, and then some – with an easy victory over Batavia High School this weekend, the Caravan has clinched its 16th state title.
Obituaries
Arts & Entertainment
January and February bring a fresh round of openings at theaters all over town. They range from solo shows to full-scale musicals with lots of plays in between. Listed here are some we are esp…
Rachel Barton Pine’s new CD entitled “Corelli” is a marvelous journey traversing the 12 Op. 5 sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) for violin and continuo. Barton Pine brings verve and vir…
The world premiere of Lauren Gunderson's “Louisa May Alcott's Little Women” at Northlight Theatre is an exercise in innovation both artistically and practically. Unfortunately, that doesn't ma…
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