One woman suffered a gunshot wound to the neck. In each incident, the four to five men armed with rifles, handguns and knives, approached victims on the street in Logan Square, Portage Park, Avondale, Hermosa threatened or struck them before taking their belongings, police said.
The improvements include reconstruction of West Fletcher Avenue at the curve west of Northwest Fourth Street, as well as a mill and overlay of the existing road surface.
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The city spent $17.8 million in voter-approved sales tax revenue this year for seven large street projects in the fourth year of the so-called Lincoln On The Move initiative.