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Charles "Chuck" Panici (December 26, 1930 - December 20, 2017 ) was mayor of Chicago Heights, Illinois from 1975 to 1991. He was also head of the Bloom Township Republican Party from 1978 to 1992. He was born in 1930 in the "Hungry Hill" section of Chicago Heights, a south suburb, which was the home to mainly Italian immigrants in a heavily ...
Albert "Caesar" Tocco (August 9, 1929 – September 21, 2005) was an American mobster and high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit during the 1970s and 1980s. He was the mob boss of Chicago Heights, the south suburbs, and parts of Northern Indiana.
Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime starting in the late 1960s. Murders in the city peaked in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29 per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had fewer than three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 murders per 100,000 citizens.
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Crime in Illinois (2019) [2] Violent Crime Property Crime Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated assault Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle theft Total 51,561 832 6,078 12,464 32,187 233,984 34,433 180,776 18,775 Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 406.9 6.6 48.0 98.4 254.0 1,846.5 271.7 1,426.6 148.2
Drybar revenue grew from $1.5 million in 2010 to $19 million in 2012 and to $39 million in 2013. [14] As of January 2016, Drybar had 66 [1] locations in 11 states, Washington DC and Vancouver, British Columbia. [5] [15] As of November 2017, the number of locations had expanded to almost 90. [16]
From the late-2000s to early 2010s, Parkway was the center of gang shootings mostly amongst teenagers and young adults. Tenants of Parkway and community leaders contested the crime wave that came after CHA demolished the drug-infested Robert Taylor Homes, nicknamed the "Calumet Buildings" which were once located at 6217 S. Calumet Ave.