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Verndell Smith’s sister said the charges feel like "justice served." "It’s bittersweet," LaToya Smith said. "I can never get my brother back, but I can show this to his dance kids and how (police) are gonna get the bad guys."

Brian Wyatt, now 36, faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the slaying of Eddy N. Vaughns, who was fatally wounded on the front steps of his South Side apartment.

Pendleton was caught in gang gunfire on Jan. 29, 2013, days after traveling to Washington to celebrate President Barack Obama’s second inauguration.

The Cook County assessor cut values based on jobs he thought neighborhoods would lose due to the pandemic. It was a wild miscalculation that worked out well for some, including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, not so well for residents of a poor South Side neighborhood.

This plan potentially brings new commercial choices to the South Side, while showing there is a future for vacant, city-owned buildings.

The consolidations are part of the church’s ongoing restructuring program that was launched in 2016 to address declines in membership.

Melissa Ortega was walking with her mother on 26th Street near Pulaski Road when a gunman stepped from an alley and opened fire at a rival gang member, according to a police report.

The management company and the owner of the properties dispute residents’ claims about deteriorating conditions, saying they have been making improvements in recent months.

Rick Wojcik, owner of the Dusty Groove record store, called him ‘a legend.’ He carried all musical genres, but his specialty was jazz.