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Some residents and business owners are happy to see the traffic and noise leave and for the community to regain access to green space. Others are sorry to lose the excitement and crowds.
Brian Crowder, a former dean of students at the Greater Lawndale High School for Social Justice, entered a guilty plea Wednesday in a deal with prosecutors, only to ask for a continuance when he learned he would have to register as a sex offender for life.
Neighbors had gathered to celebrate the birthday of Kenneka Jenkins, who died of hypothermia in a Rosemont hotel freezer in 2017. Early Sunday, four people were shot and a 28-year-old man was killed.
Rodney James was in the 1400 block of South Harding Avenue when he was killed around 1 a.m. Sunday, police said.