Source: The Huffington Post Two people were killed and at least 11 others were wounded in overnight shootings citywide in Chicago. A 19-year-old man was shot multiple times in the neck and face in the 7700 block of South Damen Avenue around 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Chicago Tribune. He was taken to Advocate Christ [...]
Source: Chicago Tribune Standing with a group of protestors in front of the Nordstrom Rack on State Street Wednesday morning, Charde Nabors, 21, said she’s fighting for better pay and more opportunities for workers like her. Nabors works at Sears for $9 an hour to support her two children, ages 2 and 5 months. Nabors [...]
Source: Annie Sweeney / Chicago Tribune Cook County Commissioner William Beavers was convicted today on tax-evasion charges at the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago. A jury convicted Beavers on one count of corruptly impeding the Internal Revenue Service and three counts of filing a false federal income tax return for 2006, 2007 and 2008. A [...]
Source: Bob Secter, Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah and John Chase / Chicago Tribune After months of suspense and anxiety, Chicago school officials announced Thursday that they planned to close 61 school buildings, nearly 13 percent of the total number of schools in the district in what shapes up to be one of the largest mass school shutdowns [...]
Source: The Huffington Post Chicago Public Schools on Thursday is expected to announce their plan to close at least 50 schools, according to a report published Wednesday evening. City Hall insiders told the Chicago Sun-Times that the district had notified aldermen representing wards that are home to schools that are set to be closed, including Ald. [...]
Source: Lauren Petty and Lisa Balde / NBC Chicago Friends and family gathered Tuesday to remember a 6-month-old Chicago girl who was fatally shot last week while sitting on her father’s lap. A wake for Jonylah Watkins began at 10 a.m. followed by her funeral at 11 a.m. at New Beginnings Church, 6620 S. King [...]
Source: Tonya Francisco / WGN-TV A new report determined that Chicago Public Schools can safely close or overhaul as many as 80 schools this year. The findings came from a panel of eight commissioners hand-picked by schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett. The report does not name specific schools that should be closed or consolidated. It is [...]
President Obama discusses gun control and recent victims of gun violence during his State of the Union address. WATCH:
Source: CBS Chicago CHICAGO – Nine people have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday night, police said. The most recent shooting happened about 10:35 p.m. Sunday in the 11800 block of South Halsted Street in the West Pullman neighborhood, police said. A 20-year-old man was taken in good condition to Advocate Christ Medical [...]
Source: Renita D. Young / theGrio CHICAGO — Nearly two weeks after the death of 15-year-old honor student Hadiya Pendleton became the face of Chicago gun violence and re-charged a national debate on gun control reform, hundreds of family, friends and dignitaries gathered to mourn her loss and pay their last respects. News of Pendleton’s Jan. 29 murder shook the nation. [...]
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