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Emergency hearing to be held on Brighton Park migrant base camp

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:51 GMT

CHICAGO — A hearing is scheduled Monday to determine if the construction of a migrant base camp in Brighton Park will be put on pause.Construction work continues on a large winterized tent camp that will soon shelter migrants in Brighton Park, despite a report showing that the site was contaminated. Environmental advocates say it is the latest example of unfair treatment that people on the city's Southwest Side are experiencing. There is a pending lawsuit and an emergency hearing is scheduled to take place on Monday where a judge will decide if work at the site near 38th and California will be halted or continue.  Man beaten, stabbed in early-morning attack on Near North Side "The fact that they have chosen to do this, you know, on a truck lot by the highway in the industrial corridor, on what we know find out to be toxic land kind of underscores a lack of attention to, you know, the safety of people involved," Anthony Moser, the founder of Neighbors For Environmental, s...

1 dead after shooting at hotel in Oakbrook Terrace; person in custody

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:51 GMT

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. — Police are investigating a deadly shooting at the Hilton Hotel in Oakbrook Terrace Saturday night.Police from multiple west suburbs were called to the hotel near 10 Drury Lane at around 8:30 p.m. on a report of shots fired. Brighton Park migrant camp nearing completion, despite opposition When officers arrived on the scene, they found a person who had been shot multiple times, police said. Officers say the victim later succumbed to their injuries.Police say a person of interest was taken into custody and authorities have not yet identified anyone involved.Hotel guests were outside for hours before they were cleared to return to their rooms.Currently, it is unclear what led to the shooting and an investigation is underway.

Actor Michael B. Jordan crashes his Ferrari in Hollywood: reports

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:51 GMT

(KTLA) - Michael B. Jordan crashed his Ferrari in Hollywood late Saturday night, according to multiple reports.Los Angeles Police Department officials confirmed to Nexstar's KTLA that officers responded to the intersection of Sunset and Beachwood Drive just before 11:35 p.m. on reports of a traffic collision. Officers found that a vehicle had struck another one that was parked, police said. According to TMZ, the Ferrari belongs to and was being driven by actor Michael B. Jordan, known for his roles in the "Creed" films and "Black Panther" and was People Magazine’s 2020 Sexiest Man Alive. ‘Supernatural’ actor Mark Sheppard survives ‘six massive heart attacks’ Stringer service OnSceneTV also reported that Jordan was behind the wheel, but those reports could not be confirmed by the LAPD. Footage captured by OnSceneTV shows that the right side of the light blue Ferrari 812 Superfast sustained major damage as a result of the collision, with the vehicle’s front right ...

Schools crack down on cell phones, sparking debate on safety and tech use

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:51 GMT

(The Hill) -- Schools are finding creative ways to stop students from using their cell phones during the day, fueling debates about the effectiveness and wisdom of such bans. Some schools have partnered with companies to implement the use of pouches that students are required to put their phones into at the beginning of the day and that don’t unlock until the final bell rings, while others are threatening punishments including suspension if a student is caught with their phone, even at lunchtime.Educators appear ecstatic about getting students off their phones during class, but there are lingering concerns from both parents and children about being phoneless in emergency situations and whether this is the best way to address the problem.Renesha Parks, chief wellness officer at Richmond Public Schools in Virginia, told The Hill of a pilot policy they are implementing in six schools at the beginning of 2024 to stop cell phone usage, partnering with Yondr, which creates magnetic pouche...

Round Rock ISD trustees called to return donations from embattled PAC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:51 GMT

ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) – Two Round Rock Independent School District board members are facing calls to return thousands of campaign dollars they received from a political group, following news of the former president of the group meeting with a widely known white supremacist, antisemitic podcaster.The group under fire for the meeting – Defend Texas Liberty PAC – donated $13,000 to RRISD Trustee Mary Bone and $18,000 to trustee Danielle Weston in December 2021, according to Texas Ethics Commission records. Those were the largest donations they received. Neither were up for reelection at the time.The contributions attracted little attention until early October, when the Texas Tribune revealed Defend Texas Liberty’s former president Jonathan Stickland met for hours at his office with Nick Fuentes, a prominent activist who has denied the holocaust and praised Adolf Hitler. The October confab sparked powerful conservative leaders to renounce the meeting and redirect donations from the g...

Heavy police presence for East St. Louis shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:51 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Several police crews are investigating a shooting in East St. Louis early Monday morning. Our Nissan Rogue Runner reporter, Nic Lopez, captured footage of the scene located on the 1100 block of North 13th Street, where East St. Louis, Fairmont City, and Illinois State Police are cruising around the area searching for further information. Another death reported at St. Louis City Justice Center So far, the victim has been identified and is suffering from non-fatal injuries. The suspect has not yet been found. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

$45K Creve Coeur ATM burglar in custody

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:51 GMT

CREVE, COEUR, Mo - A man who police say managed to steal more than $45,000 from an ATM in Creve Coeur last week is in custody Monday morning.Police explained that Mylek Murphy Freeman used a truck to break into the ATM at Enterprise Bank and Trust on Olive Boulevard on Thursday. He allegedly left that truck on the scene and got into another car. Mizzou selected for Cotton Bowl against Ohio State The getaway car was rented in Houston two weeks ago and had a GPS tracker. That led officers to Freeman in St. Louis City. While watching Freeman, police said that they saw him and another person drive the car to an alley and leave it there, then get into an Uber.When officers pulled over the Uber, they say Freeman took off running. He was quickly caught. Left behind in the Uber was a suitcase carrying more than $12,000

Police investigating south St. Louis beauty store break-in

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:51 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Someone broke into a beauty store in south St. Louis early Monday morning.Police were called to 'Nu Fashion Beauty' on South Broadway in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood around 2:00 a.m. Our Nissan Rogue Runner reporter, Nic Lopez, captured footage of the scene as police searched for evidence and spoke with the store's owner. Another death reported at St. Louis City Justice Center No word on if anything was taken. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

3 hospitalized in overnight Aurora shooting on Colfax

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:51 GMT

Three people were hospitalized in Aurora Monday after an early-morning shooting on East Colfax Avenue, according to the Aurora Police Department.Around 12:15 a.m. Monday, Aurora officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 9500 block of East Colfax Avenue, near Clinton Street, according to a post on social media from the police department.When officers arrived on scene, they found two people suffering from gunshot wounds and a third person who had been physically assaulted, the department stated online.All three victims were transported to a local hospital by paramedics, and one of the gunshot victims was in critical condition, according to the Aurora Police Department.. As of 6 a.m. Monday, the unidentified victim was in stable condition.A large perimeter was set up after the shooting as police searched for the suspects involved.Around 1:30 a.m., police said online that the suspects were last seen running near East 13th Avenue and Dayton Street. In a 6 a.m. update, they annou...

Photography center’s latest home makes for a pretty picture

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:51 GMT

The Colorado Photographic Arts Center has changed locations with considerable frequency over its 60-year history, and no one knows that better than its current executive director, Samantha Johnston. During her tenure — just eight years now — CPAC has had four different headquarters in various parts of Denver.Each move was more than packing and unpacking. It also required adjusting to new gallery spaces, setting up classrooms for its students, transporting the organization’s substantial in-house holdings and launching a fresh campaign to tell the public exactly where they could find CPAC’s popular exhibitions of work by photographers from Colorado and beyond.Is it real or staged? Jason McKinsey’s archival pigment print “The Commuter.” (Provided by the Colorado Photographic Arts Center)But CPAC’s latest change of place, to the first floor of a high-rise at 1200 Lincoln St., might serve it for the long haul. Everything feels right about it, particularly its physical l...