...and improving their work at an informal, monthly writers group at the Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago. The group will meet on the second Monday of the month from 7 to...

Published by The Southtown Star on September 1, 2008.

Learn a new art form or take your artistic talent to a higher level at the Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago. School of the Arts classes begin the week of Sept. 7, offering more than 125 classes in visual arts, music, theater, writing, graphic design, ceramics and more.

Published by The Southtown Star on August 28, 2008.

McNally's, 11136 S. Western: $1.50 domestics

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on August 28, 2008.

"We're just trying to show appreciation for what the men and women have been doing overseas," said John Kern, manager of Pop's Beef, 10337 Kedzie Ave.

Published by The Southtown Star on August 22, 2008.

McDuffy's, 3300 W. 111th: $3 Irish Apple, Lucky Lemonade, Emerald Isle, Long Island; free darts.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on August 15, 2008.

Visitation will he held at 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Beverly Ridge Funeral Home, 10415 S. Kedzie Ave..

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 13, 2008.

Stephan Borvan, of the 11200 block of South Fairfield Avenue, was found hanging from a tree in Kennedy Park near 113th Street and Maplewood Avenue, a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 11, 2008.

Stephan Borvan, of the 11200 block of South Fairfield Avenue, was found hanging from a tree in Kennedy Park near 113th Street and Maplewood Avenue, a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 11, 2008.

McNally's, 11136 S. Western: $1.50 domestics

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 31, 2008.

•  •  The Beverly Arts Center's Teen Thespians presents Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factoryat 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. today at the Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children younger than 12. Call (773) 445-3838 or visit www.beverlyartcenter.org.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 25, 2008.

Williams, of the 11600 block of S. Artesian Ave., was charged June 11 in the April 23 shootings that left five people -- Anthony Scales Jr., Donovan Richardson, Whitney Flowers, Reginald Walker and Lakesha Doss -- dead in a home in the 7600 block of South Rhodes Avenue.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 24, 2008.

Two other men, Torolan Williams, 22, of the 11600 block of South Artesian Avenue and Arthur Brown, 24, of Lansing, were previously charged with the murders.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 16, 2008.

It has been 40 years since a group of seven black eighthgraders were the first African Americans to attend Mount Greenwood Elementary School.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 15, 2008.

Police had already arrested two other men in the murders but were known to be looking for a third man. Torolan Williams, 22, of the 11600 block of South Artesian Avenue and Arthur Brown, 24, of Lansing were both charged with the murders.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 15, 2008.

Police had already arrested two other men in the murders but were known to be looking for a third man. Torolan Williams, 22, of the 11600 block of South Artesian Avenue and Arthur Brown, 24, of Lansing were both charged with the murders.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 15, 2008.

The year was 1968. The school was Mount Greenwood Elementary School.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 13, 2008.

Cappas made hundreds of thousands of dollars just a couple of years out of Marist High School.

Published by NBC 5 on July 8, 2008.

The Uptown resident thought she was at the Beverly Arts Center to paint faces when London and Kelly rushed in for an intervention.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 8, 2008.

At 21, just three years out of Marist High School, he was a cocaine kingpin on the Southwest Side and in the suburbs. As he pulled together a wide-ranging drug enterprise in the late 1980s, the Oak Lawn man's appetites and attitude grew larger than life.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 7, 2008.

Things began to turn against Cappas when two Chicago cops' kids -- said to owe him money for cocaine -- took their own lives with their fathers' service revolvers in the stairwell of Mount Greenwood Lutheran Church.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 7, 2008.

Williams, 22, of the 11600 block of South Artesian Ave., was ordered held without bond June 13 by Cook County Judge Donald Panarese Jr. and he is scheduled to be arraigned July 23 at 9 a.m., Conklin said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 3, 2008.

Williams, of the 11600 block of South Artesian Avenue, was charged June 11 in the April 23 slayings that left five people -- Anthony Scales Jr., Donovan Richardson, Whitney Flowers, Reginald Walker and Lakesha Doss -- fatally shot in a home in the 7600 block of South Rhodes Avenue.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 2, 2008.

Harrison, of the 3800 block of West 107th Place, has been in the County Jail, isolated for his own safety, since his latest arrest. He was fired by Oak Lawn in October after being charged with the shakedowns.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 28, 2008.

Ibarra, of the 4500 block of South Hermitage, went after the ball, submerged and never resurfaced, authorities said. His friends tried to rescue him but couldn't. Just after 8 p.m., police and firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 3700 W. 103rd St.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 28, 2008.

Emergency crews responded to a report of a man in the water at 3700 W. 103rd St. about 8:07 p.m., according to Fire Media Affairs Assistant Director Eve Rodriguez.

Published by NBC 5 on June 27, 2008.

Man Drowns In Lagoon At St. Xavier University

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 27, 2008.

Miller and two other men knocked on a door in the 10400 block of South Whipple Avenue wearing green hard hats and identifying themselves as Water Department employees, according to a release from police.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 27, 2008.

The body of an 18-year-old has been pulled from a pond at the Chicago campus of St. Xavier University.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 27, 2008.

An 18-year-old man who chased a volleyball into a retention pond drowned Thursday evening on the grounds of St. Xavier University on the Southwest Side.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 27, 2008.

Leonel Ibarra Jr., 18, was found in a campus lagoon at 3656 W. 103rd St. and pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 9:26 p.m. An autopsy is scheduled for later Friday.

Published by NBC 5 on June 27, 2008.

Friends of an 18-year-old man who drowned Thursday night after trying to retrieve a volleyball from a St. Xavier University campus retention pond said he was an aspiring barber who worked two jobs in hopes of enrolling in cosmetology school in the fall.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 27, 2008.

An 18-year-old man drowned Thursday night in a retention pond on the campus of St. Xavier University on Chicago's Far Southwest Side, reportedly after going into the water to retrieve a volleyball, authorities said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 27, 2008.

Otis McDonald, 74, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, lives in the Morgan Park and Beverly area, and keeps a shotgun at home and a handgun outside the city. He'd rather have the handgun close by to protect himself in a neighborhood he says is plagued by gangs.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 27, 2008.

Otis McDonald, 74, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, lives in the Morgan Park and Beverly area, and keeps a shotgun at home and a handgun outside the city. He'd rather have the handgun close by to protect himself in a neighborhood he says is plagued by gangs.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 27, 2008.

Miller and two other men knocked on a door in the 10400 block of South Whipple Avenue wearing green hard hats and identifying themselves as Water Department employees, according to a release from police.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 26, 2008.

Emergency crews responded to a report of a man in the water at 3700 W. 103rd St. about 8:07 p.m., according to Fire Media Affairs Asst. Director Eve Rodriguez.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 26, 2008.

The Cook County state's attorney's office and the Chicago Police Department say Miller and two others knocked on the front door of home in the 10400 block of South Whipple Avenue. When the 93-year-old occupant answered, he was told the crew needed to go inside to turn off a water valve in the basement.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 26, 2008.

When they moved from Beverly to Tinley Park, the die-hard White Sox fans never suspected they were entering enemy territory -- at least in baseball terms. "Who would've known that they would be Cubs fans?" Dawn Cory said of her neighbors. "I mean, I thought they were smart people." While as a southwest suburb Tinley Park likely has more Sox fans than Cubs faithful, the Corys had moved smack dab into a pocket of rabid Cubs fans.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 25, 2008.

It's Fiesta time on these lovely patios, enjoy a Margarita, a Mojito and some great Mexican cuisine at Mario's Tacos flower filled patio at 13325 S. Old Western Avenue in Blue Island or at La Fiesta at 3333 W. 111th Street in Mt. Greenwood.

Published by beverlymorganpark.net on June 24, 2008.

A Cook County judge denied bond Friday for Torolan Williams, 22, of the 11600 block of South Artesian, who was charged Wednesday with murdering five people at a Chatham home in April.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 14, 2008.

Torolan Williams, 22, of the 11600 block of South Artesian Ave., was denied bail.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 14, 2008.

Torolan Williams, 22, of 11623 S. Artesian Ave., was charged Wednesday in the April 23rd slayings that left five people fatally shot in a home in the 7600 block of South Rhodes Avenue.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 13, 2008.

Torolan Williams, 22, of the 11600 block of South Artesian Ave., was also charged with one count of home invasion and five counts of armed robbery, according to Chicago Police.

Published by Chi-Town Daily News on June 12, 2008.

Williams, 22, of the 11600 block of South Artesian Avenue was arrested Monday as he left Northwestern Hospital and was charged with five counts of murder, five counts of armed robbery and home invasion. Police say he admitted to the crimes.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 12, 2008.

Torolan Williams, 22, of the 11600 block of South Artesian Avenue, has been charged for an April 23rd murder that left five people dead in a home in the 7600 block of South Rhodes Avenue, police said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 11, 2008.

Police have arrested and charged a man in connection with the slayings of five people in a South Side home in April.Torolan Williams, 22, of the 11600 block of South Artesian Avenue, has been charged in connection with the five slayings after being taken into custody on Tuesday.

Published by NBC 5 on June 11, 2008.

As CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports, police announced that Torolan Williams, 22, of 11600 block of South Artesian Avenue has been charged in the murder of three men, a woman and a teenage girl whose bodies were found April 23 at 7607 S. Rhodes Ave.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 11, 2008.

Torolan Williams, 22, of 11623 S. Artesian Ave., has been charged for an April 23rd murder that left five people dead in a home in the 7600 block of South Rhodes Avenue.

Published by Fox News Chicago on June 11, 2008.

Police declined to specify the charges, only saying that Torolan Williams, of the 11600 block of South Artesian Avenue, has been charged in the five slayings that took place in the 7600 block of South Rhodes Avenue on April 23.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 11, 2008.

Murphy, 31, a popular musician and music instructor known to his friends as "Murph," was killed Friday when he and his dog were struck by a van near 112th Street and Kedzie Avenue about 10:05 p.m., Chicago police said.

Published by NBC 5 on June 10, 2008.