Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Saturday, February 16, 2013 Author/Byline: Stefano Esposito ; Staff Under different circumstances, President Obama’s speech at Hyde Park Academy High School on Friday might have simply been a proud occasion for Mike Lopez. After all, the South Side man’s 15-year-old stepdaughter was among the students there to hear the president talk … Read more →
Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Author/Byline: RUMMANA HUSSAIN AND MITCH DUDEK ; Staff Reporters The gunman who allegedly killed Hadiya Pendleton in a South Side park chalked her death up to the collateral damage of an ongoing three-year gang war, telling police the 15-year-old girl had “nothing to do with it. She … Read more →
Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Thursday, March 28, 2013 Author/Byline: RUMMANA HUSSAIN ; Criminal Courts Hadiya Pendleton ’s alleged killers pleaded not guilty to several dozen counts of murder and myriad other charges Thursday in the high-profile slaying of the 15-year-old honors student. Nathaniel Pendleton , the girl’s father, said he felt “some bit of anger” … Read more →
