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Two Chicago men have been charged with the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old high school honor student who was gunned down at a Kenwood Park late last month only days after marching at President Obama’s inauguration. Micheail Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, each were charged Monday with one count of first-degree murder and two […]

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His name is Ivan Horton and if you saw him today without knowing his testimony, you would never believe he used to be caught up in the drug-dealing and gang-banging lifestyle. But after surviving 16 gunshots during 2 separate incidents, he gave his heart to Jesus Christ. “I had a goal that by the time […]

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  Two thieves got a lesson in reaping and sowing while trying to steal from a Houston Church. The thieves broke into the Westway Baptist Church building attempting to steal copper from the church’s main electric cable. As they tried to take the wire they set off an explosion leaving the church without power. “Our […]

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After months of media reports about the murder rates in Chicago, the killing seems to have slowed down in October. According to some, basketball and faith may be behind the increase in peace. According to Associated Press reports, the murder rates in Chicago were so low last month that 1982 was the last time that the […]

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A North Texas pastor was killed Monday by an attacker who rammed a car into a church wall, chased the pastor and beat him with an electric guitar, police said. Police in Forest Hill, a suburb of Fort Worth, did not say why the unidentified suspect attacked the Rev. Danny Kirk Sr., the founding pastor […]

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An exclusive 5 On Your Side investigation reveals a history of Cleveland Regional Transit Authority drivers allegedly assaulted with cans, bottles and even gunshots. A court will decide who was at fault in a case of involving an RTA driver who was recently caught on video tape punching passenger. But a review of transit authority police records show 47 […]

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Detroit was once the industrial capital of the nation. But, decades of economic decline and a ruinous recession have turned the Motor City into America’s crime capital. For the fourth years in a row, Forbes.com has rated Detroit, Michigan, as the most dangerous city in the country — with a violent crime rate of 2,137 […]

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A South Side pastor calling for an end to youth violence is marching through neighborhood streets.ishop Larry Trotter is he senior pastor at Sweet Holy Spirit Church on Chicago’s South Side. Nearly 200 people joined him Sunday afternoon. He says he’s holding the rally to end violence gripping his community. The marchers wore red clothing […]

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A workplace shooting in Minneapolis on Thursday has left at least two people dead and four others wounded, police said. The shooting at Accent Signage Systems, on the city’s north side, resulted in “a couple of fatalities” and at least four people being taken to hospitals, Minneapolis police spokesman Steve McCarty said. He said police […]

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Perhaps the conditions were too ripe for him to pass on this kind of action. Recently Michael Winans Jr., who’s related to the Winans family of gospel singers, was charged with wire fraud in connection with accusations that he operated an $8 million Ponzi scheme in which he promised people they’d make out big by […]

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Chicago pastor Corey Brooks is serious about stopping violence in Chicago, which is quickly approaching a record number of homicides for the year. Just this past weekend, nine people were killed and 37 wounded in gun violence. It seems like every big city has its turn and this year, Chicago is leading so far in […]

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Joyce Meyer Ministries has defended itself against allegations that it was in any way responsible for the deaths of a former employee’s family. A legal representative for the ministry made the assertions to a judge on Wednesday at Monroe County Courthouse in Waterloo. “He did a terrible thing, but it had nothing to do with […]