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Inner city children as young as four and up to 15 years old continue to use baseball as a tool for sport, physical fitness and character development, thanks to the Mario Ford Baseball Program and financial support from sponsors such as Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Ltd. (CWCO). Now in its 37th year, the program is celebrated

A judge Friday ordered a 19-year-old man held without bond after he allegedly gunned down his 16-year-old neighbor in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side.

A judge Friday ordered a 19-year-old man held without bond after he allegedly gunned down his 16-year-old neighbor in the Woodlawn neighborhood in Chicago.

A 16-year-old boy who recently moved to Chicago was fatally shot after a dispute sparked by a crying baby, Cook County prosecutors said Friday. Here's what we know:

"His exact words were that I was stopping him from living his best life. And we all went to bed that night, and when I got up in the morning he was gone," the teen's mother said.

A 19-year-old South Side man is accused of gunning down a 16-year-old boy earlier this week in the Woodlawn neighborhood, Chicago police said.

A judge ordered Sir Mario Ford, 19, be held without bond Friday after he allegedly gunned down his 16-year-old neighbor, Uriel Rodger-Knox, in Woodlawn. Ford and Rodger-Knox lived across the street from each other with family members, assistant state’s attorney Andrea Williams said at the bond hearing, overseen by Judge Mary Marubio.

Sir Mario Ford, 19, is charged in the Feb. 8 fatal shooting of Uriel Rogers-Knox.

The showmanship, precision, and melodic tunes are back at the Amway Center for the annual Florida Blue Battle of the Bands.

The showmanship, precision, and melodic tunes are back at the Amway Center for the annual Florida Blue Battle of the Bands.