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Recent jump in shootings alarms neighbors West Side neighborhoods led Chicago’s historic shooting reduction last year, activists hope longterm drop continues

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West Siders help expand Whole School Safety plan

Chicago Public Schools releases guide for restorative practices and social-emotional learning

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By JESSICA MORDACQ

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Malika Slaughter was waiting outside of Michelle Clark High School on the first day of the school year last Monday when she noticed neighbors staging a press conference to discuss a recent uptick in local shootings.

The press conference caught her attention, as Slaughter said the shootings in recent weeks concerned her, especially with her son starting back up at school.

In the last two weeks, at least six people were shot, including one fatally, within a mile of the school at 5101 W. Harrison St., according to Violence Interrupters, Inc., whose volunteers are deploying to Austin corridors frequented by students to keep them safe this back-to-school season.

“It’s been a lot going on, but personally, I keep him busy during the summer,” Slaughter said of her son.

The West Side has seen an increase in shootings over the last month compared to the same time period last year,

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Tio Hardiman, executive director of Violence Interrupters, speaks at Michelle Clark High School about an uptick in violence in recent weeks. when shootings in the area and citywide reached historic lows.

Since July 29, the community areas of Austin, North Lawndale and East and West Garfield Park saw 49 people shot, a nearly 20 percent increase over the previous year, according to the city’s Violence Prevention Dashboard. Seventeen of those victims were in East and West Garfield Park, a nearly 42 percent increase

over the same time period last year.

That span includes incidents that have shocked the community, including the shooting of two teen brothers in South Austin, the fatal shooting of a 64-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man in West Garfield Park and the killing of 30-year-old mother Yolanda Chaytor outSee SHOOTINGS on page 6

In 2020, Chicago high schoolers spoke out against police presence in their schools, which they said promoted a school-to-prison pipeline.

Disproportionately affecting students of color, that pipeline pushes students from classrooms into the justice system through punishment like expulsions or arrests that don’t address the root cause of behavioral infractions.

Also in 2020, Chicago Public Schools and partnering organizations — including those from the West Side, like BUILD and POWERPAC IL — convened a steering committee to develop a Whole School Safety plan that addresses students’ holistic safety by removing police from schools and providing resources for emotional support, restorative justice and traumainformed care inside schools.

Now, some of what was discussed six years ago is coming to fruition in the school year that started last week.

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Meal by meal & piece by piece Young Oak Park artists celebrate Beyond Hunger’s mission with mosaic murals outside food pantry’s new headquarters

By JACKIE PISANO Staff Reporter

This spring, Oak Park nonprofit Beyond Hunger announced its purchase of 6209 W. North Ave., sharing plans for transforming a vacant grocery store into a modern, client-centered and permanent headquarters in order to advance its nearly 50-year mission of ending local hunger.

While construction to transform the 600-square-foot space into a state-of-the-art food pantry and community hub is not expected to be completed until next year, young artists from the Oak Park Area Arts Council (OPAAC) Off the Wall program have also been hard at work this summer. They used their talents to transform an ordinary exterior brick wall at the location into a vibrant, five-panel mosaic display celebrating exactly what Beyond Hunger is all about — neighbors gathering resources, skills and compassion to build a stronger community for everyone.

Ten local artists, ages 16 to 22, oversaw the project titled “Gathering Together.” The artists dedicated their finished work on Saturday, Aug. 1.

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Artists work on the mosaic mural set to go up on North Avenue.

The theme for the murals emerged from the group’s wish to create a visual narrative of how Beyond Hunger reaches everyone from all diverse corners of Oak Park and its neighboring communities, from volunteers and students to elders and families.

With visuals showcasing local community gardens, the collection and distribution of harvests, the blending of diverse ingredients, cultures and talents, and fellowship over shared meals, “Gathering Together” represents a celebration of neighbors gathering their abilities to build a stronger, more self-sustaining community where everyone can thrive.

The opportunity for collaboration began with a request from The North Avenue Business District, inquiring if Beyond Hunger was interested in having outdoor artwork displayed as part of recently-secured grants and a call for beautification of the business corridor.

Jennie Hull, CEO of Beyond Hunger, said the nonprofit was thrilled with how the murals turned out, capturing the story of how food comes to the pantry, how volunteers help source and distribute food and how people finally get to enjoy their food.

“Our new location is meant to be a home for the community,” she said. “The mural done by folks in the community — to brighten up the community — will hopefully contribute to our space being welcoming and inclusive to

all of our neighbors. We know with increased capacity, we will be able to serve folks with even more dignity and respect [and] be better equipped to meet the increased need and expand our culinary nutrition programming as well.”

Overseeing the student artwork was longtime Off the Wall leader and master artist Carolyn Elaine — her final project following 21 years since she helped co-create the program. “‘Gathering Together’ tells the story of nourishment from seed to table,” she said. “It highlights the many important roles that people can play to help ensure food security in our communities. It was important to Beyond Hunger that the imagery reflect the diversity of all the communities they serve. We had a very diverse group of apprentices, and they thoughtfully addressed the concerns regarding representation by drawing from both the clients feedback and their own lived experience growing up in Oak Park.”

Elaine added that in the past two decades of Off the Wall leadership, she has enjoyed seeing how the students flourish and step into leadership roles, training the next generation of artists.

“We’ve always held slots for those returning from college who need summer employment,” Elaine said. “Often, I challenge specific people to take on responsibilities that I know will stretch them beyond their comfort level. It is

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Assembling (left) and installation (right) truly gratifying to witness them grow in a new medium as well as in their communication and organization skills — it builds their confidence to lead and take on new things.”

Indigo Field, an Oak Park resident, was one of the artists involved in the mural. A 2025 graduate of Oak Park and River Forest High School, she returned to Off the Wall for a second year before beginning her sophomore year at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she’s majoring in textile and material studies.

“As a student passionate about the arts, I truly appreciate the guidance of my high school art teachers and the incredible artists at Off the Wall,” she said. “Mosaic is a really unique medium outside of the mainstream fine arts course of painting, drawing, etcetera, so learning how to create with it was super cool.”

A fellow Oak Park resident and 2025 OPRF graduate, Kaspian Murray was also part of the mural creation with Off the Wall. A sophomore at University of Cincinnati majoring in industrial design, Murray has participated in the program for four years.

“It means a lot to have our artwork permanently displayed at Beyond Hunger’s new headquarters,” he said. “It’s rare for young artists — some of us still in high school, others like me who did the program in high school and are now in col-

lege — to collaborate on a piece this large: five five-by-seven foot panels, totaling over 175 square feet. We worked with a master mosaicist and learned a medium that isn’t widely taught, and we were even paid for our work. Having a lasting piece of that experience on permanent display

feels incredible.”

For Field, having her artwork permanently displayed in Oak Park is something deeply meaningful.

“Having vibrant artwork around Oak Park shapes our sense of community — it encourages people to approach the neighborhood in a more social sense, bringing together different generations,” she said.

“Public artwork is not only for a purely aesthetic cause, but it reflects our values in this current moment. For me, I hope the aspects of the mosaic I worked on can bring joy to the volunteers and community.”

Elaine added that public art displays throughout the village, like the new Beyond Hunger murals, add to the colorful spirit of Oak Park.

“I think that the public art in Oak Park is one of the things that really contributes to the welcoming feel and character of the community,” she said. “The murals, sculptures and mosaics add color and vibrancy.”

Without public art, Murray says, public spaces would otherwise feel “dry and colorless.”

“Public art is important not just for Oak Park, but for every community,” he said. “Art brings people together and gives a community a shared identity. It’s also a powerful form of self-expression, and having a piece this large and visible in Oak Park shows how we, as a community, express our collective feelings and values.”

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Is West Sub removing equipment from hospital?

By BILL DWYER Staff Reporter

Attorneys for the three, and possibly four, parties in the ongoing lawsuit over the operation of West Suburban Medical Center spent more than an hour haggling in court Tuesday morning with no resolution.

The hearing was both to address an emergency motion by landlord Ramco Healthcare alleging that Prasad is illegally removing medical equipment from Weiss Memorial and West Sub, and to hear arguments on Ramco’s motion to enforce a May 29 settlement agreement reached in Judge Patrick Stanton’s chambers.

Stanton continued the hearing to Sept. 11, after what devolved into an extended squabble over whether or not the 14-point late May agreement is legally binding and enforceable without a formal contract.

Howard Brookins, the replacement attorney for Resilience Healthcare, at one point told Stanton that he wanted an evidentiary hearing on the issue.

S & P Consulting president David Rosenfeld, who has appeared at court hearings the past three months, once again contended he is trying to intervene, despite having not yet filed a formal motion to do so.

Rosenfeld, who has taken over ownership of S&P, according to Illinois Secretary of State records, is seeking to recover $900,000 he said he spent operating the West Sub ER and a mental health center for several weeks in the spring of 2025. He insists he was given the right of first refusal by Prasad to contract for administering the West Sub ER. “$900,000 I spent running the ER and mental health unit,” Rosenfeld said by Zoom. “I’ve spent money that’s just going to go out the window.” He called any ruling by the judge on Ramco’s motion to enforce the May 29 agree-

ment “premature.”

A perturbed Stanton fired back, “How many times have I told you to file a motion to intervene?” The problem, Stanton told Rosenfeld, wasn’t that a ruling would be premature, but that Rosenfeld had “filed a procedurally defective motion.”

“You do not have a dog in this fight,” Stanton said. “I gave you the opportunity to follow the rules and you didn’t do it.”

Stanton also appeared to be out of patience with the pace of reaching a resolution he said had already been reached months ago.

Besides Rosenfeld, Prasad’s personal attorney, Travis Richardson and Brookins also objected to the motion to enforce the May 29 settlement.

Richardson said an “agreement in principle” is not necessarily a binding agreement.

“The issue is, regarding the agreement, whether or not it’s a contract.”

Stanton disagreed, saying the agreement was negotiated in his presence, over four and a half hours, with Prasad in the room. When Richardson referred to the negotiated agreement as “hypothetical,” Stanton replied, “This isn’t a hypothetical. It happened.”

In a 20-page brief Brookins argued that the May 29 agreement was not final, was not a contract, and listed a litany of concerns over legal details. Brookins also alleged that Prasad was suffering from low blood sugar during the May 29 settlement conference and had not agreed to the terms.

“You’re saying Dr. Prasad didn’t agree,” Stanton asked Brookins. When Brookins said Prasad had a different understanding of what occurred, Stanton replied, “Then he wasn’t listening, because I know what I said.”

Stanton also refuted Brookin’s contention that any specific concerns over the wording of the 14-point terms of agreement were ever voiced, saying, “You’ve never identified

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“If it’s just in principle, there’s a problem, judge,” Richardson told the judge.

“I’m going to have to change the way I do my job,” Stanton replied. “I do think if that becomes the rule, there’ll be no more settlement conferences.”

“They won’t mean anything,” Stanton said. “(People can just say), “I don’t care if I reached an agreement, I’m reneging.”

Stanton reiterated that the issue before him for a ruling is limited to the agreement between Resilience and Ramco, saying “I’m just deciding whether Resilience is bound to receive the offer from Insight.”

“I think what you’re suggesting is agreements reached before a judge aren’t enforceable” Stanton said.

“You made a statement that (Prasad) didn’t think he had a deal,” Stanton told Brookins.

“That’s news to me, as I sat there and talked to him for hours.” He added, “In every subsequent hearing, not once did anyone say, ‘That’s not what we agreed to.”

At one point Brookins said, “I never saw the agreement,” to which Stanton replied, “Just because you haven’t read it doesn’t mean your client hasn’t agreed to it.”

Brookins then seemed to contradict himself, saying, “I have seen it, and it’s not acceptable to my client.” He then told Stanton that he had “reached out and have not had a conversation with Insight Healthcare.”

That led Kaplan to interject, “As I’ve told (Brookins) many times, I don’t represent Insight, I represent Ramco.”

In their emergency motion, Ramco asked that Prasad and Resilience be held in contempt of court for removing equipment from Weiss and West Sub despite Stanton’s order that “Resilience shall not make any transfers outside the normal course of business with-

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Ramco attached an affidavit from Erin Borders, the former head of operations for Resilience Healthcare, that she had received numerous reports that Prasad had directed West Sub employees to inquire into costs for moving items with U-Haul, and had directed security at Weiss Memorial Hospital to allow a U-Haul vehicle to load equipment at the hospital loading dock.

That equipment, Ramco alleged, was “including but not limited to computers and monitors, an examination table, three blood pressure machines, five ultrasound units, and eight chairs.”

Borders, who worked for Resilience for “approximately three years” before being terminated on June 26, said she’s stayed in touch with numerous subordinates still employed at the hospitals.

Kaplan said he emailed Brookins to confirm, but that Brookins did not respond to either e-mails or phone messages.

Brookins admitted in court Aug. 25 that items were in fact being transferred from the hospitals, but said the transfers were within the hospital system, relocated “spot to spot within the company.”

“We’ve been asking for confirmation for three weeks,” said Kaplan, who provided an email string to the court.

Stanton appeared to side with Kaplan, telling Brookins, “He asked you a question and you ignored it.” But he declined to issue a ruling, instead instructing Brookins to work with Ramco.

“Take it seriously, or we’ll have our emergency hearing,” Stanton said. “Talk to each other. If it’s that simple, we don’t (need a hearing).”

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Third City Studio opens ‘Midnight Blooms’ featuring 9 Chicago artists Studio explores nighttime as a space for creative self-expression

By HECTOR CERVANTES Staff Reporter

Third City Studio welcomed a new art exhibition on Saturday titled Midnight Blooms, featuring the work of nine Chicago artists.

About 30 people attended the opening event at 5538 W. North Ave. The exhibition, curated by former Third City Studio artist Jeff Rivers, explores nighttime as a refuge for creativity and self-expression, bringing together artists whose work reflects the ideas and emotions that emerge after the city’s daylight fades. The exhibit will remain on display through Oct. 10.

The exhibition features the work of nine artists: Josh Cook, Ladipo Famodu, Avin HannahSmith, Shanelle Harrison,

Braimah Lawal, Kenya Moffet-Garner, Raven Smith, Messejah Washington and Kare Williams.

Rivers dedicated the evening to a close friend who passed away the previous year, who he described as one of the greatest people he had ever known and his best friend.

“He was an art lover, somebody who was my biggest supporter. He would have been happy to support everybody’s art in this room just as much as he supported mine.

So I would really like to dedicate tonight to his memory and everything that he gave to his community,” Rivers said.

When asked what he wanted first-time visitors to know about Third City Studio, Rivers described it as a welcoming and humble space with ambitious goals. He said the studio aims to push itself and its artists to the next level through community engagement, greater access to the art market and increased visibility across Chicago.

Toby Abalanche attended the exhibition

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to support his friend and artist Lawal. He praised Third City Studio for supporting local artists and bringing hope to communities through art.

“Art is a way of communicating, both from a present and historic perspective, all at the same time in a weird way. But it’s very important to use art to bring hope to communities,” Abalanche said.

Moffet-Garner said she was invited to participate in Midnight Blooms by curator Rivers. She said they have worked together on several shows and have attended each other’s exhibitions, describing their relationship as being that of “art friends.”

“A lot of people are coming out and showing their skills, engaging with the community and showing that art can exist in every pocket and corner, in every space, especially in the Austin area. You wouldn’t expect a fine art gallery over here, but they’re here, they’re existing.

So I think it’s a really cool opportunity for artists to show up and showcase their work here,” Moffet-Garner said.

It was her first visit to Third City Studio, and she has called the Austin neighborhood home for about a year.

“Austin is very diverse compared to the South Side and there are a lot more artists coming out here as well. I’m just excited to see what can come here in the future,” Moffet-Garner said.

Rivers explained that the title Midnight

Blooms was not something he intentionally developed. Rather, it seems natural to connect the theme to his own creative process, noting that he spent much of the summer staying up until 5 or 6 a.m. painting and making art.

“I think that’s the way it is for a lot of us. Pretty much every artist in this show has a full-time job in addition to a fulltime art career. So, a lot of the time we carve out for our art is during the midnight and late-night hours, when we’re burning the creative oil to get our work done, knowing we need to go to sleep within an hour or two so we can wake up and get to work in the morning.

Rivers said he hopes Third City Studio can become a catalyst for greater financial investment in the surrounding area, including attracting collectors and artists interested in larger-scale installations.Third City Cafe, which is being planned next door to Third City Studio, is scheduled to open in winter 2026.

“I hung everything the way I wanted to. I chose the art, and there was really little to no criticism or outside input from the gallery director or board. That wasn’t from a lack of involvement; it was out of the trust they gave me as a professional artist to make this happen. So I think the biggest thing and I think it’s true in all creative fields, whether it’s acting, music or art, is that people just need a chance,” Rivers said.

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SCHOOL SAFETY

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side a West Garfield Park hot dog stand.

Local leaders have called for an end to the violence.

“Our community mourns the loss of innocent life and our hearts go out to their families,” Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) said in a statement after the shooting of the 64-yearold woman. “We cannot allow those who commit such disgraceful, senseless crimes to get away with them.”

Despite the bump in violence in recent weeks, violence prevention organizers on the West Side said their work is still showing dividends.

Since the start of the year, the number of shooting victims in the four community areas that largely make up the West Side are down 5 percent, with 258 this year compared with 272 over the same period last year. Antiviolence workers are hopeful that the promising trend can continue over the long term despite the recent uptick.

“We’re in a difficult stretch, and we experience these each year, but people need to understand that progress is real, it’s just fragile,” said Edwin Galletti, vice president of violence intervention and prevention services at the North Lawndale-based violence interruption organization UCAN. “The data can tell us that violence has decreased, but you can’t use statistics to tell a mother or a senior how safe they should feel.”

At a Chicago Board of Education meeting in July, members passed a $10 billion budget for the 2027 fiscal year, including several million to implement the Whole School Safety plan citywide this upcoming school year. And Chicago Public Schools published an implementation guide that, for the first time this school year, charges every school with creating a Whole School Safety Committee and staffing behavioral health professionals, plus outlines standards for social-emotional learning, restorative practices and evaluating students’ holistic needs.

The implementation guide says Whole School Safety Committees should meet at least once every two weeks to develop individual school plans and evaluate their effectiveness. Committee members must include either the principal or assistant principal, a security officer, teacher, at least two parents and three students — and will be recruited by the Local School Council, a student committee and Behavioral Health Team. The new Behavioral Health Team will be made up of a school administrator, counselor and social worker that refers, screens and connects students to behavior and mental health supports.

The Whole School Safety Committee will then create a Whole School Safety Vision Statement, conduct a needs assessment and develop an official plan for the school.

“It was more than getting police out of schools. There had to be a whole school framework, and that has been our stance from the beginning,” said Karen Lynn Morton. She’s an Austin resident and cochair emeritus of POWER-PAC IL — or Parents Organized to Win, Educate, and Renew-Policy Action Council — which is led by parents who are trained by Community Organizing and Family Issues, a Chicago-based organization that empowers parents to get involved in civic issues.

Morton is also co-chair of POWER-PAC IL’s elementary justice campaign and has been a part of the Whole School Safety steering committee since its launch in 2020.

Six years ago, only about 50 of over 600 Chicago Public Schools practiced Whole School Safety, according to Morton.

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The workers have had success creating nonaggression agreements amid feuds and enrolling people in workforce development programs to get them off the streets.

With the reduction in shootings caused by longstanding conflicts, spontaneous shootings — such as during robberies, carjackings and domestic violence — have grown to dominate much of the current violence on the West Side, Hardy said. That includes the killing of Chaytor, who was fatally shot Aug. 16 after an argument in the parking lot of an Original Maxwell Street in West Garfield Park.

“With these types of incidents, it’s hard for us to prevent them because we don’t have time to even get knowledge of them,” Hardy said.

Another issue has been teen gatherings and parties attended by young people, which have been a major contributing factor to shootings this summer, Hardy said. Several gatherings either start in a central area like Downtown and migrate towards the West Side before ending in violence or just spontaneously begin on the West Side. Due to how quickly the gatherings occur, Hardy said his team is doing all they can to be proactive.

“We don’t have a two- to three-day notification [of gatherings], so we don’t have the CPD forces or manpower to hold 200 to 300 kids,” Hardy said. “We just got to really just let them hang out until it ends.

And if you look at the data, pretty much all the teen trends ended in a shooting.”

That includes a teen gathering July 4th weekend in West Garfield Park, where sev-

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Shifting types of violence The work that groups like UCAN and The Institute for Nonviolence Chicago perform led to a historic 60-year-low in shootings last year, with much of that drop in violence led

by West Side neighborhoods.

Nekenya Hardy, the associate director of outreach and intervention at The Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, told Block Club earlier this year that the group’s success in driving down shootings came largely from the work to reduce gang or group-on-group violence.

The same is true at UCAN, where outreach workers leverage their credibility in the neighborhood as well as past affiliations to reach young people and mediate conflicts.

en teens and young adults were shot, leaving one in critical condition. Slaughter’s son was trapped in a family member’s home near the gathering, she said.

“We couldn’t get out because the crowd was so big,” Slaughter said. “We were stuck there for about 30 minutes trying to get the car out. They were jumping on cars, all types of crazy stuff.”

As the Institute for Nonviolence works to handle the spontaneous shootings, Hardy said his team is working with Crisis Prevention and Response Units and police throughout the 11th, 25th and 15th districts to be aware of gatherings and when dispersed teens could be traveling to West Side communities. Additionally, the organization is working to provide teens an alternative way to gather through regular Light in the Night block parties.

UCAN also offers similar events.

Taking a long view on violence reduction While there have been more than 250 people shot on the West Side this year, that is over 700 fewer than through the same period in 2016, which was one of the most violent years in recent history, according to the city’s violence dashboard.

Organizers said that this massive progress over the last decade is their north star as they continue violence prevention work into the fall.

“We’re going to treat these shootings just like we were treating them 10 years ago when the shootings were really high,” said Pablo Galvez, a manager at BUILD Chicago, an Austin-based nonviolence and social services group. “We’re going to be stepping up our visibility in the communities, even at night … we’re going to go back to square one.”

Austin Weekly News, September 2, 2026 “Those were the schools that still had SROs,” Morton said of school resource officers, or on-duty police, some of which were on the West Side.

In the following years, some of those schools removed police officers from their campuses, replacing them with more mental health and restorative justice resources, and more counselors. “POWER-PAC and other members of the Whole School Safety Committee, we wanted to see this across the board with every school in the district.”

Dexter Leggin, who was also a part of POWER-PAC’s West Side branch and died in June, co-chaired an elementary justice campaign with Morton that advocated for implementing restorative justice practices in all Chicago schools and led to the Whole School Safety campaign.

In July 2024, the Chicago Board of Education voted to remove resource officers from all city schools. That same summer, the board also adopted the Whole School Safety policy for the upcoming school year. And now there’s a charge to implement more Whole School Safety framework.

According to WTTW, today 275 of 630 Chicago Public Schools have im-

plemented the Whole School Safety framework. And according to Chalkbeat, schools that had resource officers who were removed were given an amount similar to the salary of an officer to implement Whole School Safety plans.

When asked what resources for Whole School Safety the recently passed budget includes, Morton said, “We’re not sure. We have a picture of cuts that are happening across the board at CPS, but at the individual school level, we don’t know yet.”

Despite funding uncertainty, Morton said one of the things she’s most excited about in implementing Whole School Safety citywide is the collaboration with parents and the wider community.

“There’s an invisible barrier I want to see come down. I always say parents are crucial to the learning process, but we are also looked upon as not knowing. But I can help you educate my child because I have a PhD in being that child’s mother,” Morton said.

“That inward and outward level of respect, and going back and forth with each other to improve our schools — That’s what I want to see.”

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Karen Lynn Morton, Austin resident and co-chair emeritus of POWER-PAC IL, has been a part of Chicago Public Schools’ Whole School Safety steering committee since its launch in 2020. Dexter Leggin, who died in June, co-chaired POWER-PAC IL’s elementary justice campaign with Morton, helping create the Whole School Safety campaign.

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Uncle Remus founder celebrates 100th birthday, Austin roots Food giveaway and a foundation formed

By CHARLES THRUSH

sippi, Rickette was 16 when he came to Chicago by train in the early 1940s. He was homeless in Chicago before joining the U.S. The legendary co-founder of Uncle Re- Army during World War II, he said. In the mus Saucy Fried Chicken celebrated his years after his return, Rickette worked as 100th birthday, Aug. 11, with a motorcade, a bricklayer, steel worker and janitor until a food giveaway and the launch of a foun- he opened G&G Chicken at 135 S. Pulaski Road in 1962, the first brick-and-mortar dation that will support West Siders. chicken shack on the A crowd of dozens West Side. gathered that morn“When you grew up ing in Austin to honin a place like Misor centenarian Gus sissippi, many of the Rickette Sr.’s legacy people did not surand lasting business vive,” Rickette said. footprint on the West “I attributed [my Side. Rickette rode survival] to leaving in a large motorcade through the neighborhood before reaching Mississippi when I was about 16 years of a stage built in the parking lot next to the age, and I came here looking and expecting a better life, and I received a better life. … original Uncle Remus, 5611 W. Madison St. A celebration was held outside the Uncle Chicago became freedom for me.”

Rickette hit his stride when he founded Remus location before 700 fried chicken meals were given away out of the Uncle Re- Uncle Remus Chicken on Madison Street in 1968 with his wife, Mary Roberts. The mus food truck.

Born into extreme poverty in Missis- Madison Street location, which is still in business, quickly became a pillar on the West Side and even provided food to the Black Panther Party’s free breakfast for children program.

It was there he developed his iconic mild sauce recipe. Charmaine Rickette, CEO of Uncle Remus and daughter of the restaurant’s founder, previously told Block Club her father started serving mild sauce after noticing that customers would combine ketchup and hot sauce to have with their chicken. Rickette claims to have invented the ubiquitous Chicago condiment, CHARLES THRUSH/BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO Block Club Chicago

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Gus Rickette Sr., co-founder of legendary fried chicken chain, Uncle Remus, celebrates his 100th birthday on Aug. 11, 2026.

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Gus Rickette Sr. though there are some differing accounts.

At his peak, Rickette operated 14 businesses throughout Chicago and its suburbs, including Uncle Remus, BBQ Kingdom, Rickette’s Country Kitchen, Bobo’s and Royal Chicken. Today, his family still have a sizable footprint in the city, with Uncle Remus and Royal Chicken locations still in business.

Mayor Brandon Johnson stopped by the birthday celebration to proclaim Aug. 11 as Gus William Rickette Sr. Day. The mayor

also commemorated Rickette’s culinary impact and poked fun at Uncle Remus’s South Side counterpart, Harold’s. The two Chicago fried chicken chains have enjoyed a healthy rivalry for years, sparking fierce debate over which mild sauce reigns supreme.

“You don’t have to ask me what the best chicken in Chicago is,” Johnson said. “The West Side is the best side. There’s a reason why Uncle Remus doesn’t have a bunch of locations like Harold’s, and it’s because Remus puts care into making their chicken.”

Rickette’s family announced the launch of the Uncle Remus Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship, hunger relief and community development on the West Side.

The nonprofit will carry on charitable work the family has already done. That includes Debra’s Place, The Safer Foundation, an Illinois Department of Corrections initiative to help get former inmates back into the workforce and an annual holiday party that feeds 300 families in need, according to the Rickette family.

“The Uncle Remus Foundation ensures that the same spirit of grace, grit, and generosity that built this iconic Chicago brand will continue to uplift our community for generations to come,” Rickette’s daughter, Sanja Rickette Stinson, said in a statement. “This is not just about celebrating a centenarian — it is about codifying a legacy of service.”

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION EF MORTGAGE LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS.

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 Johnny Dale Frevert, Jr., KELLEY KRONENBERG, P.A. Plaintiff's Attorneys, 20 N CLARK STREET SUITE 1150, CHICAGO, IL, 60602 (312) 216-8828.

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.

Johnny Dale Frevert, Jr. KELLEY KRONENBERG, P.A. 20 N CLARK STREET SUITE 1150 CHICAGO IL, 60602 312-216-8828 E-Mail: jfrevert@kelleykronenberg.com Attorney ARDC No. 6305960 Attorney Code. 49848 Case Number: 2025 CH 10105 TJSC#: 46-251 I3293318

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, Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd., 1900 Spring Road, Suite 200, Oak Brook, IL 60523. 630-571-1900.

SHFCU vs. Calixto-Ruiz INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3293162

LARRY MCMAHAN, DEFENDANTS. CASE NO.: 2025CH10105 130 NORTH WALLER AVE, UNIT B CHICAGO, IL 60644 CALENDAR: 59 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 21, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will on September 30, 2026 at 10:30 AM, 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 130 NORTH WALLER AVE., UNIT B, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-08-415035-0000 The real estate is improved with a townhouse.

The judgment amount was $106,862.77.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 100% of the bid amount shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. The certified check must be made payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

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 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).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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION SELF HELP FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Successor in interest to Second Federal Saving And Loan Association Plaintiff vs.

EUSEBIO ANASTACIO CALIXTORUIZ; ASUNCION RUIZ-GARCIA; GABRIELA TOVAR occupant; ROMANA TOVAR occupant, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendant 25 CH 10724 CALENDAR 62 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 October 6, 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. 16-24-314-042-0000.

Commonly known as 2832 W. 21st Place, Chicago, IL 60623.

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 189.5 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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT W. BECKER III; 3347 W. WARREN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; Defendants.

2024CH07991 3347 W. Warren Blvd, Unit 3, 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 5/13/2026, an agent of Auction.com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www. auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 9/28/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on September 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate.

Commonly known as 3347 W. Warren Blvd, Unit 3, Chicago, IL 60624 Property Index No. 16-11-415086-1004 The real estate is improved with a Condominium. The judgment amount was $275,409.13 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 3347 W. Warren Blvd, Unit 3 into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction's end.

All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. 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 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

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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)(l) 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. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: Diaz Anselmo & Associates, LLC (630) 453-6960 please refer to file number 7242-206878.

Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 7242-206878 Case Number: 2024CH07991 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. I3292496

AM on September 28, 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 543 N TROY STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60612 Property Index No. 16-12-107003-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $79,298.03.

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 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).

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 CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff's Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 2416901. Please refer to file number 24-187152.

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.

CHAD LEWIS ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC

6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325 ROSEMONT IL, 60018 561-241-6901 E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM Attorney File No. 24-187152 Attorney ARDC No. 6306439 Attorney Code. 65582 Case Number: 2024 CH 03415 TJSC#: 46-1251 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 # 2024 CH 03415 I3292852

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 Jeffrey Chadwick, Esq. at REED SMITH LLP, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 10 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 40TH FL., Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 639-1721.

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.

REED SMITH LLP 10 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 40TH FL. Chicago IL, 60606 Attn: Jeffrey A. Chadwick 312-639-1721 Firm Code. 44486 Case Number: 2026 CH 01094 TJSC#: 46-1918 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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION TOWD POINT MORTGAGE TRUST 2015-4, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE Plaintiff, -v.CITY OF CHICAGO, JESSE L. HARRISON JR, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JESSE L. HARRISON, DECEASED, WILLIAM BUTCHER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR JESSE L. HARRISON, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2024 CH 03415 543 N TROY STREET CHICAGO, IL 60612 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 20, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CHICAGO HURON MORTGAGE LENDER LLC Plaintiff, -v.OXFORD 127 HURON HOTEL VENTURE PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC, GODFREY HOTEL FUND, LP, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2026 CH 01094 127 WEST HURON STREET CHICAGO, IL 60654 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 18, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 30, 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 127 WEST HURON STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60654 Property Index No. 17-09-218018-0000, 17-09-218-019-0000, 17-09-218-020-0000 The real estate is improved with a non-residential/non-agricultural/ commercial property, a hotel, The Godfrey Hotel, with 221 modern guest rooms.

The judgment amount was $63,442,479.43.

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 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION Groundfloor Properties GA LLC Plaintiff vs.

Melvin and Katheryn LLC; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Katheryn J. Bailey; Melvin Bailey aka Melvin D. Bailey; Karen L. Bailey; Joanne E. Bailey; Corey J. Lindsey; Damon Rittenhouse, as Special Representative for Katheryn J. Bailey, deceased; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants Defendant 25 CH 10585 CALENDAR 56 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 October 5, 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. 16-10-421-009-0000.

Commonly known as 4041 W. West End Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60624.

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

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assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 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, Sottile & Barile, LLC, 7530 Lucerne Drive, Suite 210, Middleburg Heights, Ohio 44130. (440) 5721511. ILF2505001 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3293086

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