Teens charged in vehicular hijacking case in Chicago Heights
Two Chicago Heights teenagers, ages 16 and 14, face felony aggravated vehicular hijacking charges after abducting a 44 year old Oak Forest woman at knifepoint on South Halsted Street. They forced her to drive to West 14th Street and pushed her from the car. officers recovered the vehicle later with help from off duty officers. In a separate case, Corey James Henderson, 26, is charged with felony aggravated criminal sexual abuse for an alleged October attack on a 7 year old girl at Thornwood Apartments in Chicago. He was apprehended after a police investigation and held on a $100,000 bond.
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Chicago Heights
Oak Forest
South Halsted Street
West 14Th Street
Ronald Cimonetti
Jack Zubak
Wentworth Ave
Toby Knight
Warner Biedenhamn
Chicago
Thornwood Apartments
Corey James Henderson
Marcelino Galvan
Jt Evans
Anthony Marconi
Henderson
Burglary Suspects Apprehended After Neighbor Alert
East Hazel Crest police caught three burglary suspects at 17301 Wooded Path Drive after a vigilant neighbor called police. Officers found a forced entry and three men inside the residence.
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East Hazel Crest
Underage Drinking Party Brings Multiple Charges in Country Club Hills
Police charged mother Carlotta Brown 37 with permitting violation of Liquor Control Act after a loud party at her home in Country Club Hills. Several minors faced cannabis possession, including 14 and 16 year olds with battery and resisting charges. Others named: Nicole Brown 18 obstructing a peace officer, Dale Baker 39 with drug charges, and Jonathan Bratcher 19 with listed address.
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Carlotta Brown
177Th St
Country Club Hills
Nicole Brown
Anthony Perkins
Peachgrove St
Hazel Crest
Gregory Rogers
Laurel Lane
Eugene Childs Jr
Ridgewood
Dale Baker
Anthony Ave
Country Club Lane
177Th Street
Jonathan Bratcher
Idlewild Drive
Compromise charter school bill clears House as Senate expected
Springfield reports the House approved a compromise charter school measure 79 to 30 and the Senate was poised to follow, sending the bill to Gov. Jim Edgar who had sought the plan. The compromise adds a certified position for teachers returning from charter posts, easing security concerns while preserving local control.
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House
Senate
Jim Edgar
Allen Grosbell
Edgar
Grosbell
Mary Lou Cowlishaw
R-Naperville
Patrick O’malley
R-Palos Park
Bill Balthis
Lansing
Flora Ciarlo
Steger
John Doody
Homewood
Brent Hassert
Illinois Education Association
George King
O'Malley
Chicago
Suburbs
Downstate
Governors State Goes Online With Campus Multimedia Tour
Governors State University unveils a 750 acre campus multimedia tour on the Internet. Art professor Jay Boersma designed a personal narrative home page with color photos facts and tidbits about students faculty and activities. The tour includes 21 outdoor sculptures and a performing arts lineup with links to related sites. Boersma retrained in graphics and photo manipulation and says the project was both fun and educational.
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Governors State University
University Park
Nathan Manilow
GSU
Jay Boersma
Boersma
Chicago Heights enforcer sentenced for 1991 murder
Bernard Ellis, 30, formerly of Chicago Heights, was sentenced to 55 years in prison after a Markham jury convicted him of first degree murder in the 1991 slaying of Gerard Hardy, 31, a rival drug dealer from Ford Heights.
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Chicago Heights
Bernard Ellis
Gerard Hardy
Ford Heights
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