The Dew Drop Inn Hotel & Lounge, after a 54-year pause, is hosting live music once again. The legendary Central City nightclub reopened Friday (March 1) with performances that paid homage to its storied history. The Dew Drop on the LaSalle Street was the city’s leading Black music venue during rock ‘n’ roll’s formative years. […]
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Suspect booked in 2018 mass shooting that killed three people on Claiborne Avenue
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A suspect has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting that killed three people on South Claiborne Avenue more than three years ago. Seven additional victims were wounded by gunfire in the triple homicide in the 3400 block of South Claiborne Avenue on July 28, 2018. Jamal Smith, 32, faces three counts of second-degree murder and seven counts of attempted second-degree murder in connection with the incident. Two men and one woman were killed. Two women and five men were injured in the gunfire.