Bronzeville

On Monday, officials and community activists celebrated the survival of the former Mercy Hospital and a full reopening of its emergency room.

According to police, Jamani Lewis was last seen in his residence in the 5700 block of south Calumet Avenue Sunday – Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.

A 47-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with a shooting that left a 55-year-old grandmother dead, and a security guard wounded in the Bronzeville neighborhood earlier this month.

In honor of Black History Month, a new painting was unveiled Friday celebrating Chicagoan Ida B. Wells.

Four people were killed, and eight others were wounded, in shootings Tuesday in Chicago.

The family of a grandmother killed by a security guard's stray bullet is now suing the businesses who employed the guard.

Bobby Johnson, 55 was struck by stray gunfire Tuesday. She was standing a quarter mile away from a liquor store where gun shots originated. Victor Brown, 34, is now charged with first degree murder. He was hired as a security guard for the liquor store. Police say he fired back at an unknown gunman after being shot.

Victor Brown took a another security guard’s gun and began shooting while lying on the ground, despite the man known as “Renegade” being blocks away by that time.

A security guard was charged Friday in connection with a shootout that killed a grandmother in the Bronzeville neighborhood.

“She loved God, loved church, loved her grandkids,” one of Johnson’s children said in a statement. “She was so sweet to everyone, even if you did anything wrong she would always have the best to say.”