Stephanie Casanova

Whitney Young High School teacher suspended for hanging Black doll in classroom, principal says

April 1, 2022 at 9:16 a.m.

A teacher at Whitney Young Magnet High School was suspended after hanging a Black doll in his classroom, the Near West Side school said in a statement. A letter signed...

Police officers stand outside of Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont following a shooting at the mall on March 25, 2022.

Rosemont mall shooting suspect taken into custody, police say

March 31, 2022 at 8:33 a.m.

The subject of a nationwide search has been taken into custody Wednesday in connection to the fatal shooting of a Skokie man and the wounding of a 15-year-old girl in...

Police work at the scene where a Chicago police officer fatally shot a person March 29, 2021, near the corner of 2400 S. Sawyer Ave., behind Farragut Career Academy High School.

Family and community remember Adam Toledo with a vigil and call for officer who shot the teen to be held accountable

March 30, 2022 at 3:48 p.m.

On this week's first anniversary of the fatal shooting of teenager Adam Toledo by a Chicago police officer during a foot chase, his family went to the church where his...

A Chicago police officer talks with Cynthia Newell mother of Aaliyah Newell as friends and family gather in the 7200 block of South Vincennes Ave. to remember the 47-year-old on March 25, 2022. Aaliyah Newell, 47, who was found unresponsive on Wednesday night. Police said she suffered blunt force trauma to her head.

Aaliyah Newell, woman slain in South Side home, was ‘life of the party,’ fiercely loyal, says long-time friend

March 27, 2022 at 4:06 p.m.

When they were in elementary school, Khatara Brown and Aaliyah Newell would walk home together after school, ready to stand up for each other when they were bullied. That loyalty...

‘I heard what sounded like an automatic weapon.’ Trapped shoppers describe chaotic moments during fatal mall shooting in Rosemont.

March 27, 2022 at 4:45 p.m.

After dropping off her husband at O'Hare International Airport, Jennifer Dwyer and her 14-year-old son, Aidan, decided to go shopping in Rosemont fashion outlet mall to wait out the afternoon...

‘Person of interest’ found on West Side after 20-year-old Skokie man fatally shot, 15-year-old girl wounded at Rosemont fashion outlet mall, officials say

March 26, 2022 at 2:09 p.m.

Police have arrested a person of interest on the West Side of Chicago after a masked gunman 'targeted' a 20-year-old man, killing him and wounding at least one other person,...

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Whitney Young High School teacher suspended for hanging Black doll in classroom, principal says

Rosemont mall shooting suspect taken into custody, police say

Family and community remember Adam Toledo with a vigil and call for officer who shot the teen to be held accountable

Aaliyah Newell, woman slain in South Side home, was ‘life of the party,’ fiercely loyal, says long-time friend

‘I heard what sounded like an automatic weapon.’ Trapped shoppers describe chaotic moments during fatal mall shooting in Rosemont.

‘Person of interest’ found on West Side after 20-year-old Skokie man fatally shot, 15-year-old girl wounded at Rosemont fashion outlet mall, officials say

Vigil draws dozens to remember Aaliyah Newell, slain on South Side earlier this week

Mattress store burns down in three-alarm fire in Albany Park

Protesters and family speak out against decision not to charge police who killed Anthony Alvarez and Adam Toledo

Prosecutors decline to charge Chicago police officers in shootings of Adam Toledo, 13, and Anthony Alvarez, 22