Gresham
Barbara’s Market hopes to bring relief to the food desert around the Auburn Gresham parish by offering free produce every Wednesday.
Debra Lenoir ran away from her home in the 8300 of South May Street, according to a missing person alert from Chicago police.
A gunman opened fire around 12:50 a.m. following an argument with the two guards who had denied him entry to the club in the 8300 block of South Halsted Street, Chicago Police said.
The store has a 2,200 square foot room the South Shore Drill Team can use as a second rehearsal space, with lockers, a refrigerator and microwave, a cushioned floor, free Wi-Fi and a video and audio projection system.
As a fight between Rodjzae Funches-Heard and Tiara Lloyd turned physical, multiple witnesses allegedly heard Lloyd shout “Shoot that b----.” And that’s when 36-year-old Bryan Tart pulled the trigger, shooting Funches-Heard in the face, killing her, prosecutors said.
“Chicago has a lot of great things going for it but sadly the post office isn’t one of them,” said one resident, who had documented her problems with mail delivery on her blog.
“I do not think it was fair. I know people right now who are serving more than 30 years for a non-violent drug charge,” Rev. Michael Pfleger said. “Now, am I happy he got 22 and a half and not 15 ... but had Derek Chauvin been a Black man and George Floyd a white man, he would’ve got 40.”
Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox now cites Green’s criticism of a plan for a new Boys & Girls Club on the police and fire academy campus as a reason to block a youth center Green wants built in Auburn-Gresham.
About 12:25 a.m., officers on patrol saw a man shooting in an alley into a garage in the 8300 block of South Kerfoot Avenue.
Debra Lenoir was last seen April 24 and has been reported missing from the 8300 block of South May Street.
The Chicago Works Community Challenge is intended to provide money for smaller projects, such as converting vacant lots into neighborhood playgrounds or gardens or improvements to schools, parks or libraries.
Green told the Sun-Times after the clash that he admits he got “pretty emotional” when the mayor said she was unaware of his proposed Morgan All-Stars Youth Center — which the Sun-Times wrote about last week.
“She takes things too personal,” Green told the Sun-Times. “Her vindictiveness, her personal vendettas. … That’s the game ball that she plays. If you’re not her friend, she is not willing to help you.”
The 19-year-old was killed as he ran down an alley in the 8300 block of South Sangamon Street.
He was shot in his head and chest Monday morning in the 8600 block of South Halsted Street.
The on-duty sergeant, a 26-year veteran of the police department, had suffered a graze wound to the chin.
Reginald Brown was angry with Leashia Ford because he believed she had taken his wallet and cellphone and made a purchase using one of his debt or credit cards. So he filled a bleach bottle with gasoline and set the fire to her home, in the 8600 block of South Hermitage Avenue, prosecutors said.
A 63-year-old was charged in their murders.
The fire broke out at a Gresham home early Sunday.
A woman and a 15-year-old girl died in a fire Sunday morning in the 8600 block of South Hermitage Avenue.
About 1 a.m., the man and woman, 19 and 20, were driving a vehicle in the 8300 block of South Damen Avenue, when someone inside a passing SUV fired shots at them.
The male barricaded himself inside a home about 4:10 p.m. after threatening a female with a gun in the 8900 block of South Eggleston Avenue, Chicago police said.
The Postal Service inspector general found delivery and customer service issues at four sites, including delayed mail, inaccurate reporting of mail conditions, improper scanning and unsecured delivery vehicles.
The fire raged on for over an hour as crews tried to keep it from spreading to neighboring buildings.
Cecelia Glinsey, was pulled from a rear bedroom at 8032 S. Hermitage Ave, according to officials.
Michael Walker was last seen Jan. 20 in the 1200 block of West 85th Street.
One witness allegedly said they heard the victim say, “You’ve got a gun. You’re going to shoot me.”
What are those who love and respect Father Michael Pfleger to make of accusations against him?
The victim was critically wounded Tuesday morning on 79th Street.