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The block where I pastor on the South Side of Chicago is known infamously around my city, around America, and even internationally, as "O Block." It was gangsters who gave O Block its name. The "O ...
O’Block’ is one of Chicago’s most talked-about neighborhoods, but many don’t know the full history behind it. This video ...
In the October 2021 indictment, prosecutors alleged members and associates of “O-Block” traveled from the Parkway Gardens apartment complex at 64th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to ...
Prosecutors have said King Von, an O Block-affiliated rapper, put a bounty on Weekly’s head after the release of the diss track. King Von, whose real name was Dayquan Bennett, ...
CHICAGO — The road to New Beginnings Church is about to expand with the help of Project H.O.O.D– transforming an old motel into a community center. Along King Drive at 66th Street, Pastor Cor… ...
A public hearing to discuss improvements to Plum’s O’Block Elementary School drew only one resident to the podium as the ...
Gunfire erupted Wednesday in the 6300 block of South Calumet Avenue around the corner from ‘O Block,’ a notoriously violent stretch that includes the Parkway Gardens apartment complex.
Misinformation about O-Block being sold dates back to April 29, 2021. That’s when the Sun-Times first reported that Related Midwest put the apartment complex up for sale. The news crossed over ...