Tuesday, May 6, 2025

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crime
  • by david hall
5-year-old girl fatally shot on Near West Side loved dancing, gymnastics

Reign Ware was leaving a family party in the 200 block of South Campbell Avenue early Sunday morning when shots were fired from a Jeep. She was killed and a 24-year-old man was wounded.

the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
2 ex-jail officials say they were fired after claiming they were coerced into political work for Sheriff Tom Dart

Drake Carpenter and Aracelis Gotay were suspended without pay in March of 2022 amid a federal investigation involving the sheriff’s office.

springfield
  • by david hall
Illinois Senate approves $53.1 billion budget plan; House returns Tuesday

Senate Democrats on Sunday night called the state's budget “fair” and a “statement of our priorities.” Republicans called it "another example of a long list of misplaced priorities."

education
  • by david hall
CPS selective enrollment bill dead in Springfield after Johnson letter to Senate president

Mayor Brandon Johnson sent a letter to Illinois Senate President Don Harmon on Thursday asking him to hold House Bill 303, which had already passed the Illinois House and needed a final vote in the Senate.