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In wake of CPS closings, 2 principals become friends
The first time they met, neither of the Far South Side school principals was sure what to expect. Taquia Hylton's school, West Pullman Elementary, is slated to be shut as part of the district's plan to close 54 schools in June. Its approximately 300...
Tags: Garfield Park, Teachers, Students, West Pullman, Health and Safety at School
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2 moms divided by murder trial
The two mothers passed in the hallway every morning. They never spoke, and they avoided eye contact, but each was keenly aware of the other. Both dutifully took their places in the two front rows of Courtroom 202, behind a wall of tinted windows...
Tags: Trials, Witnesses, Prosecution, Entertainment Events, Bud Billiken Parade
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CNN's 'Chicagoland' to focus on the city, Mayor Emanuel
RedEyeMayor Rahm Emanuel's getting his own reality show. OK, that's not exactly true, but apparently Rahmbo's trips to Hollywood have been paying off in bigger ways than with gifts and campaign contributions. He's about to get a publicity boost, too: CNN has...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Entertainment, Heroism, Television, CNN (tv network)
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The detectives who remember the children
The other day at lunch, two Chicago police detectives, Bill Sullivan and Michele Moore-Grose, were talking with me about the murder cases they've been working and the young people shot dead. They brought up a movie to explain what they see in Chicago....
Tags: Murder, Peanuts, Hadiya Pendleton, Prosecution, Witnesses
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Kass: Chicago's forgotten innocents need our attention too
Baron Banks wasn't in Washington to witness President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday. "No," he told me. "Nobody gave me a call." So he wasn't in the first lady's box as the president somberly acknowledged the families that lost...
Tags: Gun Control, Hadiya Pendleton, Prosecution, Witnesses, NATO Summit
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18-year-old killed steps away from home -- and safety
Tribune reporterAn 18-year-old man who friends said was walking a few blocks home after leaving a party because an argument broke out did not make it to his front door on the Far South Side Saturday morning. He was shot about to death about 2 a.m. less than half-a-...Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago Police Department, Roseland, Crime, Law and Justice
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College 'devastated' after fatal shooting of former CPS basketball star
Tribune reportersA 22-year-old Chicago man who recently committed to play basketball at a Division I school died after he was shot trying to break up a fight over a necklace Thursday afternoon, according to family and authorities. Michael Haynes was shot in the 11600...Tags: High School Sports, Sports, Health and Safety at School, Basketball, Miami Heat
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$250K bail set for shooting victim's brother
Tribune reporterChicago police said Saturday that they do not have a suspect in custody for the fatal shooting of South Side basketball prodigy Michael Haynes. But the 22-year-old Fenger High School alum’s younger brother was held in lieu of a $250,000 bond for...Tags: Murder, Prosecution, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Eliot Ness collection up for auction
Want to own a piece of Eliot Ness? A collection of credentials and memorabilia belonging to the "Untouchable" is being auctioned off this fall. It includes Ness' Department of Justice credentials dated May 14, 1932 and his Treasury Department of...
Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Heart Attack, Auction Service, University of Chicago
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Last defendant in Derrion Albert beating death gets 32 years
Tribune reporterA Cook County judge today sentenced a man to 32 years in prison in the 2009 videotaped beating death of Fenger High School sophomore Derrion Albert, marking a legal end to the case that made worldwide news after the brutal video went viral on the...Tags: High School Sports, Prosecution, Judges, Health and Safety at School, Crime, Law and Justice
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2 Fenger coaches removed as beating of student investigated
Tribune reporterPatricia Thurmond-Jones opened her front door Saturday morning and saw more than a dozen teenage boys beating her son and grandson, bringing back memories of her daughter's violent death four years ago, she said Tuesday. "I already lost one daughter to...Tags: Murder, High School Sports, Juvenile Delinquency, WGN, Prosecution
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Fenger coach charged in attack
Tribune reporterThe head varsity football coach at Fenger High School was charged last week with misdemeanor simple assault for allegedly threatening a student who was accused by one of the coach’s players of stealing a pair of Nike flip flops, Chicago police...Tags: Trials, Juvenile Delinquency, Nike, Inc., Theft, Health and Safety at School
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