Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
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Chicago - A worker was killed in a construction accident on the South Side on Wednesday morning.
The incident happened about 8:54 a.m. 11 E. 79th St., according to Fire Media Affairs.
“A male construction worker was fatally injured when a concrete beam or wall fell on top of him,” police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
The victim was dead on the scene, according to Fire Media Affairs.Let us know if you have more info on either the incident or the project...
The meeting gathered over 200 residents and media representatives from Channel 7, The Reader, Bloggers and independent reporters who came out despite the rain. Roderick T. Sawyer, Alderman of the 6th Ward stepped up to the podium at approximately 11:45am to introduce the Superintendent. Alderman Sawyer mentioned in his remarks that he had attended an event earlier this week with the Superintendent and mentioned that he would see him on Saturday. The Alderman stated that the Superintendent made no indication that he was not going to attend. 
In an attempt to keep order, the Alderman introduced the new Chicago Police Commander of the 6th District, Eric Carter. Commander Carter is a veteran of the Chicago Police department and most recently served in the 4th district. As Commander Carter started his remarks he received a text and made an announcement that Chief McCarthy was not going to be attendance. There was no reason given and a number of attendees became visibly upset that after it took an hour for Chicago Police Department representatives to make announcement. 
Although Chief McCarthy was not going to attend Commander Carter stayed and fielded questions from the audience moderated by Cliff Kelly. Some of the most popular questions centered around Chief McCarthy lack of attendance and perceived tardiness, Conceal & Carry and policing strategies being implemented. Commander Carter was able to answer most questions and did not answer the Conceal and Carry question. 
The president of GCA, Roosevelt Vonil expressed his disappointment with Chief Mccarthy absence during his final remarks.
This past Saturday there was a Meet and Greet with Alderman Sawyer. the meeting was well attended with approximately 200-250 residents in attendance. The Alderman started the meeting with a prayer and then asked those in attendance to find someone they did not know and introduced themselves. After about 15 minutes the Alderman started the meeting with introducing his staff starting with Chief of Staff Brian Sleet.Also he's asking for people to be involved with his advisory committees on such areas as Education, Economic Development, Beautification, Crime, etc. If you're interested don't contact us the e-mail is 6thWardChicago [@] gmail [.] com.
