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Nancy B. Je erson, early West Side activist, recalled in play

Written by her daughter, the play comes to Austin this Juneteenth weekend

By EMMA BRADFORD Intern Reporter

Nancy B. Jefferson was one of the earliest and most consequential activists on the Black West Side going back to the 1960s. Now her daughter has written a play about both her mom and other Black activists who made change real.

This weekend at The Kehrein Center For The Arts, a theatrical experience blending history, culture, music and storytelling will commemorate Jefferson with special guests Congressman Danny K. Davis and State Representative Shawn Ford

Presented by HELP-N-HANDS Organization, “The Shadow of Greatness Play! A Nancy B. Jefferson Story” tells the history of Jefferson’s 25 years of serving the West Side as a civil rights activist and community advocate.

In a tribute to her mother and the under reco gnized community advocates who have done a lot for the West Side, Alice Teague decided to write, direct and produce a stage production to honor Black history.

“I wanted to do a play with Black his-

tory [in] Juneteenth, because our history is being erased and we cannot have history without culture; we cannot have culture without history; we cannot have either one of them without our ancestors,”

Teague said.

Teague began writing the play about

two years ago and officially debuted it in Georgia, where she now resides, and sold out the show twice in an area where nobody had heard of Jefferson.

Known as both “The Mother Teresa of

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City gets $22.1 million federal grant to replace lead service lines in Austin

All lead lines must be

replaced by 2071

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth recently announced that the Chicago Department of Water Management will receive a $22,119,933 federal grant to help cover the costs of removing and re placing around 650 lead service lines throughout the Austin community. In 2021, Illinois passed the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act, which requires municipalities to replace lead service lines, with the deadline based on how many lead service lines a municipality has. For Chicago, which had estimated 412,000 lead service lines, the deadline is set at 2071. While the state set up grants to help cities meet the mandate, it never fully funded it – leading municipalities to look for some combination of state and federal funding sources.

In the past, municipalities only replaced lead pipes as far as the property line; however, the act requires Chicago to replace it all the way up to the

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Nancy B. Je erson is the subject of a new play honoring her activism on the West Side.

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Austin Town Hall farmers market adds 17 new vendors

New Market Manager Cinnamon Sanchez adds more produce and food vendors

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

The Austin Town Hall far mers market is back up and running for the year.

Every Thursday through October, the market at 5610 W. Lake St. will offer a variety of produce, meat and dairy, baked goods, hot food and local art.

On the first day of the 2026 market on June 11, vendors set up tents in the grass in front of Austin Town Hall before rain ended the market a few hours early. In the coming weeks, the market will boast 17 new vendors, brought together in part by this year’s new Market Manager Cinnamon Sanchez

At the end of last year’s market season, market staf f and Sanchez, who was produce stand manager for Forty Acres Fresh Market, discussed how to improve the market in 2026.

“We were able to debrief and hone in on some of the vendors that we wanted to look for for the next season, some staples and things that were missing,” Sanche z said. That included multiple produce vendors, plus re gular meat, poultry and dairy vendors too. “We wanted to make sure that we had some artists there as well, because that’s something that was lacking last year.”

Every Thursday, the Austin Town Hall far mers market will still include a few tables set up by organizations offering resources to the community. Though three or four will rotate throughout the season, the goal is “to make sure vendors were the focus,” Sanchez said.

“We want to make sure there are more vendors than nonprofits,” Sanchez added, “make it feel more-so like a market as opposed to a resource event or something smaller where folks can’t really get all of the things that they would get at a traditional far mers market.”

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Before becoming market manager, Sanchez’s career has been spent in restaurants, hotels, and most recently, urban farming and ag riculture. Over the last year, Sanchez has worked for Forty Acres Fresh Market, first as a vendor and produce stand manager at last year’s Austin Town Hall far mers market, then as the marketing manager for the brick and mortar that opened last September.

With a passion for local food access, Sanchez is excited to become more immersed in the Austin community throughout this far mers market season.

“The area is in need of a robust, energetic far mers market, and I want to be able to help build that out as much as possible because the people in the community are amazing,” Sanchez said. “I want to make sure that the West Side has a dope market, just like the North Side. Everyone who is a part of the community deserves to have local food access and a bunch of diverse options and information available for them.”

As in previous years, the Austin Town Hall far mers market takes SNAP and Link and, for every dollar customers spend with

either, they get $1 back from the market, up to $25.

Also similar to past seasons, this year’s market will host cooking demonstrations throughout October. Some chefs or nonprofits have done demos in previous years, and Sanchez is also coordinating with chefs associated with Austin EATS. Last year, five local chefs who were recipients of Austin EATS grants held cooking demonstrations at the market.

Local chefs interested in hosting a cooking demonstration, or community members who have suggestions about programming or community events they’d like to see at the market can email austintownhall.citymarket@gmail.com.

Sanchez said this Thursday’s market is in celebration of Juneteenth and Father’s Day.

“We have a pretty packed vendor list and are looking to make sure folks are in the park celebrating with us,” Sanchez said.

The Austin Town Hall farmers market is held every Thursday from 1 to 6 p.m. at Austin Town Hall Park, 5610 W. Lake St.

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As nal elevator fails, Oak Park closes West Sub campus

Fire ghters carried dialysis patients down ve ights Thursday

By DAN HALEY Contributing Reporter

West Suburban Medical Center’s entire Oak Park pus was closed Thursday by Oak Park building of ficials as the final functioning elevator in the complex failed

Firefighters were called to carry dialysis patients down from the hospital’s fifth floor when the elevator stopped operating. Sean Lintow, Sr., the village’s chief building official, said he saw at least three patients being carried down on “special lifts.”

Lintow said the hospital has a total of 28 elevators, none of which are currently functional. He said the village require that at least two elevators are brought back use and then pass inspection by Oak Park’s contracted elevator inspection firm.

In the meantime, no member of the public is allowed into the building. Only hospital employees working in building maintenance, engineering or security will be allowed on site.

The nonprofit PCC Wellness, a longtime tenant of the professional building, had been operating three clinics in that building but “is working urgently” to relocate those

services, said a source at PCC.

Village officials said they saw no other activity in the building Thursday when they walked the building’s halls.

Manoj Prasad, CEO of Resilience Health the owner of West Sub, shuttered the hospital in late March. He has

claimed that he was gradually reopening clinics within the hospital though that has been difficult to confirm. Prasad had initially said he had a plan to reopen West Sub by June or July depending on his ability to collect millions in unbilled services.

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Faith leaders call for re opening of West Suburban Hospital

Activists say the closure risks lives, call on elec ted o cials to support hospital

By ELIZABETH SHORT Contributing Reporter

Over 50 community members gathered in the Columbus Park Refectory Tuesday morning, calling for the reopening of West Suburban Medical Center. Representatives from The Concerned Clergy to Save West Suburban Hospital, the Leaders Network Chicago, and the Chicago Medical Society were in attendance, as well as additional faith leaders, care providers, and residents.

West Sub’s emergency room and inpatient services have remained closed since the hospital was shuttered in late March. The community meeting fell on the 76th day of the closure, activists repeated during the meeting. Speakers said the closure risks Chicagoans’ lives and exacerbates existing health inequities.

“This is our moment to stand together. We need to save our hospital. … The closure of West Suburban is not merely a business decision, it is a public health emergency. It is a moral issue. It is a justice issue,” said Rev. Ira Acree, pastor of Greater St. John Bible Church in Austin.

According to the Chicago Health Atlas, the life expectancy in the Austin neighborhood is 73 years, while in the Loop the expectancy is 88. The hospital, which closed after a billing issue and years of unpaid debt to the state, is in Oak Park but primarily serves Austin and West Side residents and is one of the few safety-net hospitals in the area. Now, according to Bishop Dwight Gunn, most ambulances are taking people to the Community First Medical Center in Portage Park, which is 34 blocks and over four miles away from West Sub.

“When a mother suffers a stroke, when a father has a heart attack, when a child ex-

periences seizure, when grandmother suffers an aneurysm, every second counts,” Acree said. “A five minute trip to the emergency room should not become a 20 minute ride across town. T hose lost minutes can become lost lives.”

Dr. Vishnu Chundi, a for mer West Suburban physician, said the community deserves better care. He called on the governor, state legislators, and other elected of ficials to protect the hospital.

Other speakers had similar message s. “We have not heard the type of outcry that we should be hearing from our elected officials… We need to rise and raise the

temperature,” Gunn said.

In early June, a local judge rejected an attempt to change hospital leadership and remove control from Manoj Prasad, CEO of Resilience Health, the company that runs West Suburban. Prasad has told the community he is working on plans to reopen the hospital as early as July. The judge said he believed there were plans in place to reopen the facility When asked if he thought this goal was realistic, Gunn called for a change in ownership of the hospital.

“You have millionaires fighting each other. … while our community is suffer-

ing,” Gunn said. “We think that there needs to be really a change in leadership, because we don’ t believe that this current leadership, this private ownership, is the method in which we should be operating a safety-net hospital, because they are simply there to make money, and they’re not there for the good of the community.”

At the end of the meeting, roughly 20 members of the clergy stood behind Gunn in support of saving West Suburban. “We need to reimagine to make sure that we are addressing all the necessary concerns for this community, and the time is not tomorrow,” he said. “The time is now.”

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Over 50 community members gathered in the Columbus Park Refector y to suppor t reopening West Suburban Medical Center.

NANC Y JEFFERSON

‘Mother Teresa of the West Side’

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the West Side” and “The Joan of Arc of the West Side,” Jefferson was a nurse, social worker, community organizer and civic leader.

“Jesse Jackson said it better than anybody, ‘You are somebody,’ and so she took that, and that’s what she stood for.”

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Jefferson was born in Tennessee, and when she moved to Chicago, she started working at the U.S. Post Office, in factories and at a medical center before shifting to activist work. The turning point for Jefferson was the murder of her brother, a voting rights worker in the South. This propelled Jefferson into a decades-long career that helped transform Chicago ’s West Side. She served as the president and the CEO of the Midwest Community Council, one of the oldest councils for justice, and led them in rebuilding the West Side after the 1968 riots following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Later in 1979, she was appointed as the first Black woman to the Chicago Police Board, where she devoted years to prison

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In the winter of 1979, Jefferson gathered hundreds of protesters to go to CTA headquarters and challenge the transit authority for skipping stops in Black West Side neighborhoods.

“She felt that the West Side was unserved, but she always would tell us, when we grew up, ‘No matter where you came from, whether you lived in Beverly Hills or if you lived in the projects, you are somebody,’” Teague said. “Jesse Jackson said it better than anybody, ‘You are somebody,’ and so she took that, and that’s what she stood for.”

Jefferson is reco gnized with a designated street, school and park named after her, including the U.S. Post Office on 2419 W. Monroe St., which was passed by an act of Congress, sponsored by Davis, on June 3, 1998. While “The Shadow of Greatness Play! The Nancy B. Jefferson Story” centers around Jefferson, Teague also wanted to incorporate the stories of historical Black figures like Aunt Jemmima, Harriet Tubman, Claudette Colvin — who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman before Rosa Parks was arrested — and many others

Showings start Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m.; doors will open 30 min-

utes before the show. Runtime will be about two hours.

Advance tickets are $25 and can be purchased through Eventbrite and through Rep. Davis’ website. Prices will increase to $30 at the door.

“‘The Shadow of Greatness’ is not just a play,” Teague said. “It’s a le gacy of education. It’s a le gacy of learning where we came from and where we’re going, because if we don’t know where we’re going, we don’t know where we came from.”

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Joining Juneteenth to reparations

Danny Davis and Malcolm Crawford make the case

By DEBORAH BAYLISS Contributing Reporter

From an early age, U.S. Cong. Danny K. Davis encountered the same historical forces that Juneteenth invites the nation to remember and confront.

At 8 years old, in 1949, Davis began picking and chopping cotton in the sweltering fields of Parkdale, Arkansas, moving in step with his parents and neighbors dragging overstuffed burlap sacks down endless rows managing labor that carried the unmistakable echo of chattel slavery’s brutal le gacy

“My parents were sharecroppers,” Davis said. “I grew up on a farm in rural Arkansas and typically, on June 19, people would only work a half day in the fields and then we’d have a great big wonderful dinner.”

June 19 carried a meaning far deeper than a date on the calendar. It marked the day in 1865 — more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation — when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, the Confederacy’s final holdout, finally learned they were free, signaling slavery’s effective end in the United States.

into a federally recognized holiday.

At age 12, June 19, 1939, Lee’s family’s home in Fort Worth, TX, was torched by a mob of white rioters, an act of ter ror that deepened a lifelong commitment to civil rights.

Rev. Ronald Myers, Sr., M.D. also played a major role in helping make June 19 a national holiday.

“I knew that June 19 was a special day,” Davis told the Austin Weekly News. “They told us that Juneteenth was really our 4th of July. I mean that’s what my parents and other people where I lived as a child. … and we would actually celebrate.”

Once Davis was old enough to read and go to school, he understood better the meaning of June 19.

“I’m not even sure that all the slaves knew even then,” Davis said. “I suspect there were people even more isolated and there were places where they probably still didn’t know.”

“Once I got to congress (1996) and by the time president (Barack) Obama was elected to the (U.S.) senate, (2004) he and I collaborated on a Juneteenth activity in 2005. One year we had it on the House side and the next year we’d have on the Senate side.”

Davis also spoke of Ms. Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” whose relentless determination helped turn June 19

Credited with spearheading the modernday Juneteenth movement and founding the original National Juneteenth Obseroundation, cording to those who closely with him, was the primary reason Juneteenth went from commemoration to legis-

In 1997, the House and assed a joint gnizing Juneteenth historical significanc ould take 24 y becoming a national holida Myers died in 2018.

“He lived in Greenville Miss,” Davis said. “It’s also w He too was an activist and (jazz) musician and would go around the events and playing hi music (trumpet and piano). He was doin the same thing Ms. Opal Lee was doing.”

Davis added that resolutions through and ultimately a bill by Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX).

A central figure in the decadeslong ef fort to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

re parations, with local groups, groups in Illinois and nationally, meeting and planning and also looking into filing class action lawsuits

Juneteenth is not only a celebration of freedom but also a reminder of how long exploitation persisted after emancipation and how the consequence of slavery, racism and the ensuing Jim Crow laws, shaped the economi social, outcomes of

make you whole because of wh at they did. It ’s not for them to say wh at they ’l l do to make you whole, that’s for us to dec ide.”

Jackson Lee’s work be g an in 2013, when she introduced her first Juneteenth resolution in Cong ress to reco gnize the day’s historic significance.

Her introduction of annual resolutions in the House built momentum over time. T he ef fort gained major acceleration in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd and the nationwide protests against racial injustice

“Sen. John Cornyn being from Texas, introduced (legislation) in the Senate and Sheila introduced it the House and of course I co-sponsored it and gave her the option to lead in the House and we ended up getting it passed,” Davis said.

Now that Juneteenth observations are in full swing, the focus now leans toward

for a national study on re parations fo r slave ry and its le ga cy

Malcolm Crawford, executive director of the Austin A frican A merican Business N etworking A ssociation -- an organization with a mission to create business growth and a dvo cate for emerging and existing business in the Austi n neighborhood and the city of Chicago, spoke with the Austin Weekly News about re parations

Crawford of fered that c ontinual req uests for study after study are j ust stall tactics and that the federal gove r nment has no i ntention of paying re parations to descendants of the for merly enslave d.

“It’s li ke somebody slapping you and you want them to acknowledge that you’ve b een slapped, d oesn’t fix anything,” he said. “It’s about wh at will

Crawford serves on Mayo r Brandon Johnson’s Task Fo rce for Re parations. Created by Executive Order 2024 and launched on Juneteenth 2024, the task force is charged with guiding the city ’s first omprehensi parations stud Avenue.”

Black A mericans j ust need a fair shot, he said, referencing T ulsa, Oklahoma prior to the 1921 massacre when T ulsa’s Greenwood District was a prosperous and vibrant c ommunity known as “Black Wall Street,” with thriving businesses, c ultural i nstitutions, and a strong sense of community.

“From the 1700’s, the 1800’s and til now, nothing has changed,” Crawford said of systemic racism. “We li ke to think that p eople are changing but social media proves that it hasn’t with all the “Karen” situations and Black people g etting blown away (shot) or beaten by the police. T he two lynchings in the South where a white man got two boys from the airp ort. This is everyd ay in America.”

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Black Culture Week began June 12 to honor Juneteenth in Chicago

West Side events connect cultural celebration with wellness, economic development and community storytelling

By HECTOR CERVANTES Contributing Reporter

Chicago will host Black Culture Week, a citywide campaign that highlights the intersection of Black culture, wellness, freedom, creativity and community empowerment.

Organized by the Institute of Culture Wellness and the Chicago Juneteenth Planning Coalition, the celebration runs throughout June with a focused demonstration week from June 12-21. It will be the first public demonstration of Black Culture Wellness, a framework examining how authentic Black cultural expression contributes to health, wealth and well-being in Black communities.

Theodore Joseph (TJ) Crawford is the founder of the Institute of Culture Wellness and a co-founder of the Chicago Juneteenth Planning Coalition.

“There are a number of institutions, buildings and organizations operating in Garfield Park that are working together in a more coordinated and collaborative effort to improve the quality of life for residents,” Crawford said. “The 1865 Fest is a shining example of that and serves as a benchmark activity centered on Juneteenth. We know how important that celebration is to the Black community.”

Carol Johnson is the founder of the 1865 Fest and serves on the steering committee of the Chicago Juneteenth Planning Coalition. The 1865 Fest is an annual Juneteenth celebration in Chicago’s Garfield Park that honors Black culture, emancipation history and community resilience through music, food, family programming and community events. Through her work with the West Side Cultural Alliance, she builds

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According to the senators, more than 3,000 properties throughout Ausitn had their tap water test higher than 15 ppb (parts per billion). While any amount of lead in the water carries health risks, under federal law, this is when municipalities are required to take active measures to reduce contamination.

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partnerships that strengthen neighborhood identity, suppo local artists, amplify tural legacy of historic Black communities

“Westside Cultural cago’s West Side, so it it. Because we do the 1865 culture, partnering with Black hand,” Johnson said.

Black Culture W ebrating, commemorating,and with the broader mission of ning Coalition, according to Crawford. originally founded in pa as an official holiday in That effort ultimately coincided with Juneteenth becoming federally recognized holida

According to Johnson, West Side face challenges in preserving and promoting munity history and traditions central, shared location for coordination and programming Johnson added while many groups share a common vision, efforts are often fragmented without a dedicated hub to bring organizations together

“There is some work underway with the Sankofa Wellness Village, a central place where we can learn and engage in our culture. One of the challenges is that not much documentation has been done in the past, so some of our history has not been captured on paper. Moving forward, we have elders who can tell these stories, but it is also a matter of time, because some of them are transitioning or passing away,” Johnson said.

Johnson explained that Juneteenth should not become overly commercialized, emphasizing its deep cultural and historical significance rooted in the legacy and hardships of enslaved ancestors. She added that celebrating Black culture can sometimes be complicated, as Black identity and expression are not always encouraged or fully embraced.

“All we’re doing is celebrating our blackness and our cul-

Inside Climate News found that at least half of all pipes within Austin census tracts are lead pipes that must be replaced. In some central and north Austin census tracts, and Galewood census tracts, 80% to 90% of the pipes need to be replaced.

The senators previously announced over $316 million for clean water funding in Illinois last month, including $295,551,000 for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to boost Illinois’ Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and $21,335,000 through EPA’s Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities grant program

ture for who we are, but sometimes society frames it as racial. No, it’s who we are and with Juneteenth, we don’t want to see it commercialized,” Johnson said.

Crawford added that society often benefits from Black culture while failing to fully value, protect or support the Black people who create it and continue to contribute to it, despite the discrimination and consequences they face for living authentically.

“The importance of recognizing Juneteenth across the entire country is to place value on both the experiences and the people who have lived through them,” Crawford said. “It is about celebrating people for the full scope of their experience, from the best of who they are to what they have endured and moving into a space of healing where we place the appropriate value, investment and attention on the Black community.”

to help address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in Illinois communities. This funding is made possible through clean drinking water provisions Duckworth successfully pushed to be included in the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

In the statements to the media, the senators emphasized that addressing the health risk lead poses is important everywhere.

““Every American – no matter their zip code – deserves to have confidence that the drinking water in their homes and schools won’t make them sick,” Duckworth said. “With Chicago home to more known lead ser-

vice lines than any other city in the country, this significant investment will go a long way to help the city get rid of lead pipes, clean up our drinking water and protect our children’s health.”

“Lead in our drinking water, at any level, is a threat to our public health, particularly to children,” Durbin said. “The lead pipes in Chicago, the most in any city in the nation, have posed a health risk for far too long. With this major investment, we can continue the critical work of ensuring Chicagoans have access to clean water when they turn on the tap.”

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Cermak Road, Chicago, Illinois 60624.

The real estate is: commercial building. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Golan Christie Taglia LLP, 70 West Madison Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 2632300.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3287981

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-AMC2, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE Plaintiff, -v.-

TAKEYLA D. ELLINGTON, STATE OF ILLINOIS - DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Defendants

24 CH 04055 3421 W. 12TH PLACE CHICAGO, IL 60623

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 26, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 1, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3421 W. 12TH PLACE, CHICAGO, IL 60623 Property Index No. 16-23-203046-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $187,303.54.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to qual-

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 601 E. William St., DECATUR, IL, 62523 (217) 4221719. Please refer to file number 1660399.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC

601 E. William St. DECATUR IL, 62523

217-422-1719

Fax #: 217-422-1754

E-Mail: CookPleadings@hsbattys. com

Attorney File No. 1660399

Attorney Code. 40387

Case Number: 24 CH 04055

TJSC#: 46-1139

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 24 CH 04055 I3288129

Plaintiff vs. TERRY A. WATT AKA TERRY WATT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendant 20 CH 1574

CALENDAR 63 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on July 20, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 16-02-115-035-0000.

Commonly known as 1424 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL 60651.

The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Diaz Anselmo & Associates P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563. (630) 4536960. 6710-188361

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3288684

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION SERVBANK, SB Plaintiff, -v.-

TASHIA GAINES, SEDRIC B SMITH, JR. A/K/A SEDRIC B SMITH, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 23 CH 06914 4203 WEST HARRISON STREET CHICAGO, IL 60624

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 9, 2024, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 20, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4203 WEST HARRISON STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60624

Property Index No. 16-15-404046-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, spe-

cial assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Chicago, IL, 60606. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820 Chicago IL, 60606 312-346-9088

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com

Attorney File No. 22-09336IL_956098

Attorney Code. 61256

Case Number: 23 CH 06914

TJSC#: 46-1286

Case # 23 CH 06914 I3288839