Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire If you wanted a perfect example of the epidemic of violence on Chicago’s streets this year, look no farther than the Southwest Side Brainerd neighborhood last weekend. On Saturday, a man was shot to death while standing outside his own home. On Sunday, while neighbors were conducting a memorial … Read more →

Kenneth Whitney died Monday, more than five weeks after he got into a fight with his wife and ended up stabbed in the chest in their Auburn Gresham home, according to authorities. About 10 p.m. July 28, a fight escalated between the 59-year-old Whitney and his wife at the home in the 7800 block of … Read more →