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A judge convicted Darien Harris in 2014 in connection with a fatal shooting at a South Side gas station in 2011. Harris was 30 years old when he went free. Man convicted of Chicago murder based on ...
Chicago receives its first charter. [3] Rush Medical College is founded two days before the city was chartered. It is the first medical school in the state of Illinois which is still operating. The remaining 450 Potawatomi left Chicago. 1840 July 10, Chicago's first legally executed criminal, John Stone was hanged for rape and murder ...
The name may also refer to youth gangs in the neighborhood, who were known as "wild canaries". [9] Central Park Avenue: Refers to the original name of Garfield Park. Cermak Road: Slain Chicago mayor Anton Cermak (formerly 22nd Street) Chicago River: A French rendering of the Miami-Illinois name shikaakwa, meaning wild leek. [10] [11] [12 ...
At its first appearance in records by explorers, the Chicago area was inhabited by a number of Algonquian peoples, including the Mascouten and Miami.The name "Chicago" is generally believed to derive from a French rendering of the Miami–Illinois language word šikaakwa, referring to the plant Allium tricoccum, as well as the animal skunk. [3]
A Speedway gas station at 3744 Chicago Avenue inside the square area was damaged during unrest in the immediate aftermath of Floyd’s murder. [153] After the operator of the gas station abandoned the property, [ 154 ] activists painted it over with graffiti and rebranded it "Peoples' Way".
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about #OneChicago, Yellowstone, Survivor, Brilliant Minds and more ...
George Floyd Square, officially George Perry Floyd Square in Minneapolis, is a commemorative name applied to Chicago Avenue between the East 37th and 39th Streets in the Powderhorn neighborhood. George Floyd , a Black man, was murdered there by police officer Derek Chauvin in 2020.
James Christopher Lindsey, 42, allegedly killed 40-year-old Kristin Stevens after breaking into her Chuluota home around 1 a.m. when he learned she went on a date with another man, according to ...