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CHICAGO (WGN) – Community members came together Saturday on the South Side to honor the memory of Hadiya Pendleton 12 years after she was murdered. Hadiya’s Promise held its 12th annual Party 4 Peace ...

CHICAGO (WBBM) — More than 12 years after 15-year-old honor student Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed in Chicago, her parents remain as passionate as ever about preventing gun violence, holding an ...

On Monday, Judge Nicholas Ford of Cook County Circuit Court described Hadiya’s murder as “highly premeditated” and accused Ward, 24, of showing little remorse in court. Hadiya, 15, performed at ...

The getaway driver involved in the shooting death of Hadiya Pendleton, a Black honor student who performed at President Obama’s second inauguration, has been sentenced to 42 years behind bars. Kenneth ...

Ward's attorneys were expected to ask for an order of release with conditions Tuesday, but a judge said he will remain detained. Ward was sentenced to 84 years in prison after his 2018 conviction for ...

Michaeil Ward was convicted in 2018 of shooting and killing 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton and sentenced to 84 years in prison, but an Illinois appeals court overturned the conviction in 2023, saying ...

Two Chicago men charged in the murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton have pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of first-degree murder. Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, were charged last ...

*On Wednesday, Michelle and Barack Obama shared an Instagram post announcing a new memorial garden at The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. The garden will honor Hadiya Pendleton, an honor roll ...