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police-reform
  • by david hall
Push to monitor Chicago police traffic stops under federal court order faces stiff resistance from community groups

Witnesses at federal court hearings worried that including traffic stops in a consent decree originally issued in 2019 to reform the Chicago Police Department would actually slow attempts to curb the controversial practice.

entertainment-and-culture
  • by david hall
Comic book series set in Chicago and 'love letter' to the city launches on Kickstarter

With words by John Dudley and art by Scott Gray, "Big Shoulders" explores the journeys of several characters in Chicago who have big aspirations. The "urban fantasy" will feature aliens, dragons and immortal beings — but also plenty of Chicago history.

nba
  • by david hall
Jerry West, a 3-time Hall of Fame selection and the NBA logo, dies at 86

West, nicknamed “Mr. Clutch” for his late-game exploits as a player, went into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1980 and again as a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic Team in 2010.

crime
  • by david hall
Former CPS dean pleads guilty to sexually abusing student — then takes it back in dispute over sentence

Brian Crowder, a former dean of students at the Greater Lawndale High School for Social Justice, entered a guilty plea Wednesday in a deal with prosecutors, only to ask for a continuance when he learned he would have to register as a sex offender for life.