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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Park Manor

 Candidates in the 6th Ward race (top row, left to right) Tavares Briggs, Kirby Birgans, Aja Kearney, (center row left to right) Richard Wooten, Patrick Brutus, Barbara Bunville, (bottom row, left to right) Sharon Pincham, Kimberly Egonmwan and William Hall. 
Elections
11 candidates fight to fill open seat in South Side’s historic 6th Ward ‘so that we can become what we once were’
Former home of civil rights and gospel icons needs new investment, crowded field to replace mayoral candidate Ald. Roderick Sawyer says.
By Kaitlin Washburn
 
Anthony Perry checks out the 2009 Audi he just received on Wednesday.
News
After saving man from CTA tracks, rescuer rewarded with car
Anthony Perry is used to enduring long commutes to work on public transit. Now, he has another option.
By Mariah Rush
 
Th damaged wall where a vehicle crashed into Brown Sugar Bakery at 328 E 75th St. in Park Manor, Monday, March 28, 2022.
Park Manor
Car smashes into Brown Sugar Bakery, takes out giant freezer
No one was at the store at the time, bakery owner Stephanie Hart said.
By Stefano Esposito
 
Crime scene tape.
Crime
Teen boy shot in Park Manor
About 1:15 p.m., he was found in a parking lot in the 7400 block of South Perry Avenue, with a gunshot to his leg.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Cardinal Blase Cupich speaks to Zandra Harris, who has been volunteering with the church for 12 years, during a food and winter gear giveaway outside St. Moses the Black Parish Food Pantry in the Park Manor neighborhood.
Metro/State
Cardinal Cupich helps hand out turkeys: ‘Giving thanks is something that really ennobles all of us’
More than 500 turkeys were handed out at St. Moses the Black Parish Wednesday on the South Side, Their food pantry is open every Wednesday.
By Mitch Dudek
 
Flashing lights on a police vehicle.
Crime
Teen boy shot in Park Manor
About 11:55 a.m., he was walking in the 6600 block of South King Drive, when someone inside a vehicle pulled up and fired shots before fleeing.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Crime scene tape.
Crime
1 killed, 3 wounded in shooting in Park Manor
Two women were sitting in a car and two men were standing nearby in the 6500 block of South Calumet Avenue when someone approached and fired shots.
By Jermaine Nolen
 
Crime scene tape.
Crime
Man found fatally shot inside bedroom of Park Manor home
The man was shot in the head in the 7500 block of South Indiana Avenue, police said. A person with him was taken in for questioning.
By Sun-Times wires
 
Chicago police work a scene where 2 people were shot, in the 7100 block of S Lafayette St. in the Park Manor neighborhood, Tuesday, May 4, 2021.
Crime
‘She was just doing her job and they started shooting.’ Security guard, mother of 5, shot at Park Manor apartment building
A bullet struck the guard in the chest as she helped a senior citizen inside the building at 50 W. 71st St.
By David Struett
 
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Crime
15-year-old charged in Park Manor shooting
The teen allegedly opened fire at a man on State Street.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Lailanni Fields died from child abuse October 18, 2021 in Grand Crossing.
News
Man dies after crashing into Park Manor lamp post
The 52-year-old was westbound in his Ford Fusion in the 300 block of East 71st Street when he veered off the road and crashed into a lamppost, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Police investigate the scene of a shooting Sunday, March 14, 2021 in the Park Manor neighborhood in Chicago.
Chicago
Cops investigating possible ‘gang nexus’ in Park Manor ‘pop-up party’ shooting that killed 2, injured 13
A police spokesman said investigators are also trying to determine whether a “personal conflict” could have precipitated the violence — an acknowledgement that shows the investigation remains in its early phases.
By Tom Schuba and Fran Spielman
 
Crime scene tape. File photo
News
Death investigation underway after firefighters respond to fire in Park Manor alley
A person was discovered on fire in an alley near the 7200 block of South Perry and pronounced dead at the scene.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
El conductor intentó reducir la velocidad del camión pero los frenos se “bloquearon”, lo que provocó que chocara con una casa en 7701 S. Damen Ave., según un reporte de accidente de tráfico. | Archivos Sun-Times
News
Building collapses in Park Manor in city’s 2nd structure failure of day
Firefighters responded to a call of a collapsed chimney in a vacant building Wednesday in the 300 block of East 69th Place.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
A woman was fatally stabbed Feb. 15, 2021, in Park Manor.
Crime
Woman fatally stabbed in Park Manor apartment
The 53-year-old was found face down and unresponsive in the hallway of an apartment in the 300 block of East 68th Street, Chicago police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
A man was killed and another seriously wounded May 25, 2022, in South Austin.
News
Teen among 2 dead after driver loses control on Dan Ryan Expy.
Two of the passengers were pronounced dead at the scene and another person was taken to the hospital.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Six people were shot, two fatally, Jan. 21, 2021 in Chicago.
Crime
Teen boy grazed in Park Manor shooting: police
The shooting happened about 4:45 p.m. in the 100 block of East 75th Street, Chicago police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
An evidence technician works at a crime scene.
Crime
Man killed in Park Manor shooting
Gerald White, 33, was shot in the head about 4:20 p.m. in the 200 block of East 69th Place, Chicago police said.
By Cindy Hernandez
 
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News
Man, 88, dies after crashing in Park Manor
George Greene crashed Wednesday in the 300 block of East 69th Street.
By David Struett
 
Shamika McFee
News
Missing Park Manor woman found safe
Shamika McFee was reported missing from the 7300 block of South Vernon Avenue.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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