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CTA Bus Driver Hit With Stun Gun, Robbed
AP A CTA bus driver was shocked with a stun gun and robbed while at the wheel of her bus Saturday morning in the Austin neighborhood, according to authorities. advertisement McCarthy on February Homicide Dip Chicago’s police superintendent says the dramatic downturn isn’t a victory but does indicate crime-fighting strategies are working.
Back from D.C., McCarthy Talks Guns
CHI McCarthy Discusses DC Visit Copy Close Link to this video http://www.nbcchicago.com/video/#!/blogs/ward-room/Back-from-D.C.,-McCarthy-Talks-Guns/188932391 Copy Close Embed this video Replay After a Chicago weekend that saw violence claim eight lives, Supt. Garry McCarthy traveled to Washington Monday to discuss gun safety with Vice President Joe Biden and other police chiefs and sheriffs.
Emanuel, McCarthy Aim to Change CAPS
advertisement For two decades, community policing, or CAPS, has been the backbone of Chicago’s law enforcement strategy. But in its present incarnation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel declared Tuesday that CAPS had become little more than a bloated bureaucracy. “You cannot have a successful community policing strategy, if you do not engage the community,” Emanuel said, announcing that he is shifting the resources of the current CAPS program to individual districts, with each commander responsible for tailoring the program to his or her neighborhood.
Preckwinkle and Rahm Play Nice for Cameras
Cook County Board President and Mayor Rahm Emanuel both spoke to the media about their relationship on Monday at separate events. advertisement Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle held different media events, but they were asked the same question – what’s up with their relationship?
CTU May Want Karen Lewis For Mayor
advertisement School Leaders React to End of Strike School Board President David Vitale and CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard speak to reporters after the teacher union voted to end their strike. Karen Lewis’ “Solidarity Rally” Speech Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis shared a message with teachers during a “Solidarity Rally” on Saturday in Union Park.
Alvarez Orders Review of Maine West Hazing
Michelle Reitman/Flickr.com Maine West High School advertisement Maine West Hazing Goes Back to 2008 District superintendent Ken Wallace says the proper agencies have been notified about the 2008 incident and an internal investigation has been launched. Christian Farr reports.
DCFS Asks Prosecutors to Look Into Hazing Allegations
Michelle Reitman/Flickr.com Maine West High School advertisement Maine West Hazing Goes Back to 2008 District superintendent Ken Wallace says the proper agencies have been notified about the 2008 incident and an internal investigation has been launched. Christian Farr reports.
Maine West Hazing Goes Back to 2008
Michelle Reitman/Flickr.com Maine West High School advertisement Reports of hazing at Maine West High School are not just a recent development. Maine Township school district officials released a statement saying they recently learned of a 2008 hazing incident on the school’s baseball team coached by the same man accused of looking the other way in an alleged incident this year involving the sexual assault of a 14-year-old soccer player.
IL: Struggling school district asking for $29.9 million bailout
By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News The move comes after years of poor academic performances for the school district and alleged nepotism and mismanagement of contracts by the former school board. The state put the five-person financial oversight panel in place this spring to help the faltering school district, but allegations came forth about the existing school board acting obtrusive and not working with the panel.
Former Pontiac Schools Assistant Superintendent Indicted for Taking District Funds and Money Laundering
Former Pontiac Schools Assistant Superintendent Jumanne Sledge, 40, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, was charged in an indictment today with taking $236,000 in district funds and with money laundering, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.