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WEBSuspend 8 CPD Officers Responsible for Woman Who Died in Chicago Police Custody for No More Than 2 Months Each: Misconduct Agency, Top Cop Agree. The final agreement calls for 11 officers to serve suspensions totaling 275 days for their conduct that led to the death by suicide of a 33-year-old woman in December 2021, records show.
45 People Shot Over Weekend Across Chicago, Including 6 Injured …
WEB4 hours ago · According to Chicago Police Department figures, 45 people were shot, 1 fatally, in 31 separate shooting incidents recorded between 6 p.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
Federal Judge Overseeing Chicago Police Department Reforms …
WEB5 days ago · Anjanette Young and her attorney Keenan Saulter speak outside the James R. Thompson Center on June 16, 2021. (Matt Masterson / WTTW News) The federal judge overseeing efforts to reform the Chicago Police Department declined Wednesday to ban no-knock warrants or tighten restrictions on when – and how – officers can raid Chicagoans’ …
ShotSpotter Showdown Set Amid Fierce Debate Over Value of …
WEB7 hours ago · Ald. David Moore told WTTW News he will force a vote on an order that accuses Mayor Brandon Johnson of having “usurped the will of the City Council and their ability to represent constituents” by canceling the city’s contract with SoundThinking, which operates the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system.
Pritzker Pledges to Expand Access to Mental Health Care in Illinois ...
WEB1 day ago · Hopeful Futures Campaign, a childhood mental health advocacy group, reported Illinois only had one school social worker for nearly every 750 students in 2022 — a caseload nearly three times the Illinois State Board of Education’s recommended ratio. “We’ve got to make strides with a social worker in every school,” Pritzker said.
Chicago Journalists Say Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporting on City’s ...
WEB5 days ago · Stories about Black Chicago are now part of a national conversation thanks to a small but powerful local newsroom on the city’s South Side: the Invisible Institute.. The nonprofit took home two Pulitzer Prize awards last week for their journalistic excellence, winning in both the Audio Reporting and Local Reporting categories.
The Cicadas Are Here, Now What? | Chicago News | WTTW
WEB3 hours ago · They will resume their climb upwards if you place them back on the tree." Be sure to check out our complete guide to all things cicada . Contact Patty Wetli: @pattywetli | (773) 509-5623 | pwetli@wttw.com. The massive emergence of 17-year cicadas has started in Chicago and the surrounding region. Here's what to look for next.
Politics | Chicago News | WTTW
WEBChicago Public Schools teachers and administrators aren’t shying away from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s claim the city’s schools are “owed” $1 billion from the state. But they dramatically scaled back their immediate demands during a rare joint CPS and Chicago Teachers Union lobbying trip to the state Capitol on Wednesday.
The Most-Read WTTW News Stories of 2023 | Chicago News | WTTW
WEBDec 30, 2023 · Here are 10 of WTTW News’ most-read articles of the year. 1. Prosecutors Drop Charges After Alleging Chicago Woman Ordered Her 14-Year-Old Son to Fatally Shoot Man During Restaurant Altercation. A Chicago woman and her 14-year-old son were charged in June with first-degree murder; prosecutors alleged the woman ordered the …
Crime & Law | Chicago News | WTTW
WEB5 days ago · May 15, 2024 | Dilpreet Raju — Capitol News Illinois. While Cortez Turner was in a hospital room being treated for a gunshot wound to his leg in 2016, police took his clothes. Now, the Illinois Supreme Court is weighing whether that action violated Turner’s expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment.
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