Diego Damis News Today

After 115 years of fostering community among families across the South Side, the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club (HPNC) unveiled a major upgrade to its Nichols Park facility at this year’s

Roommates and friends Ross Shapiro, 22, and Dylan Sunjic, 22, began hosting Chess Night at The Cove Lounge in Hyde Park to bring people together. They plan on taking the event to other parts of the city.

Students and staff behind the Cove’s monthly chess night have established a scholarship fund for neighborhood kids who want to learn the game of kings.

Two fourth-years organized a chess night that brought together students and Hyde Park community members.

“Diego was a teacher of the game, he’d play with anybody,” said Sonnie Kireta, owner of the Cove Lounge.

“Diego was a teacher of the game, he’d play with anybody,” said Sonnie Kireta, owner of the Cove Lounge.

Cook County prosecutors accused an 18-year-old man of fatally stabbing and robbing the bartender at a Hyde Park lounge as he walked home after his shift late last month.

An 18-year-old man was charged with fatally stabbing a Hyde Park bartender two weeks ago, prosecutors said.

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Keante McShan was charged with fatally stabbing Diego Damis on Feb. 25.