News & Issues – Page 204

Child prostitution crackdown yields 44 Chicago-area arrests

By Paul Katula • Feb 23, 2009

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1445414,44-arrested-child-prostitution-NA022309.article The Chicago Sun-Times News Group is reporting that officials in DuPage, Cook, Will, and Lake…

Concern grows over recent cluster of child suicides

By Paul Katula • Feb 20, 2009

3 suicides in IL in 3 weeks, and officials are concerned that we are not paying enough attention to the signs of depression.

Teens from Oswego, Geneva reported missing

By Paul Katula • Feb 14, 2009

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1430141,Oswego-police-look-missing-teen-AU021309.article Police Oswego are looking for William Montnez Jr, who occasionally goes by the name Joey…

Three Aurora teens injured by speeding car

By Paul Katula • Feb 11, 2009

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1408016,6_1_NA01_STATE2_S1.article The Naperville Sun is reporting that three teens were struck by a reckless driver of…

Controversial gossip website shuts down

By Paul Katula • Feb 5, 2009

http://chronicle.com/free/2009/02/10973n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that JuicyCampus, which had established gossip sites for…

10-year-old, hanged in Evanston school bathroom, dies

By Paul Katula • Feb 4, 2009

http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/47326/group/home/ The Associated Press is reporting (Feb. 4, 2009) that a 10-year-old boy has died after…

Teen charged with sexually assaulting 9-year-old girl

By Paul Katula • Feb 3, 2009

A 15-year-old boy has been charged in Urbana, Ill., with molesting a 9-year-old girl.

Snow keeps piling up, temps keep falling

By Paul Katula • Jan 14, 2009

It’s cold out there. Western Suburbs Champaign-Urbana Wednesday morning rush hour was a nightmare, and flights…

15-year-old sentenced for molesting a 6-year-old

By Paul Katula • Jan 13, 2009

A mandatory sentence of jail time was imposed on a 15-year-old boy who molested a 6-year-old.

Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich

By Paul Katula • Jan 9, 2009

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/01/live-blog-of-il.html Illinois House votes to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich From the Chicago Tribune Jan. 9, 2009…