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CPS students killed ahead of new school year

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:32:02 GMT

CHICAGO -- Two different CPS students were shot and killed this past weekend ahead of the new school year. Rayjohn Harshaw, 14, was fatally shot near his home near 87th Street and Cregier Avenue and Monday would have been his first day of Freshman year at Hyde Park High School. "Everywhere he went, he was just a sweetheart," his legal guardian and aunt --- Harshaw said. Mayor Johnson visits Chicago Public Schools ahead of new school year Just hours before that incident, two teen girls were shot at a party in Galewood Park in North Austin Saturday afternoon. Ashuntice Wilburn, 17, was killed and was supposed to begin her senior year at Shurtz High School on the Northwest Side. "She was an exceptional individual, and for her life to be taken like this, why?" Ashuntice's grandmother Patty Ringo said. Officer shot, suspect in custody after barricade situation in Bolingbrook Chicago police have no one in custody for either shooting. If any information is recovered on either inciden...

Mayor Johnson visits Chicago Public Schools on first day

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:32:02 GMT

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson stopped by a few Chicago Public Schools Monday morning ahead of a new school year, swearing in six new school board members. Johnson visited a Garfield Park elementary school that CPS considered closing more than a decade ago. This will also be the earliest start to the school year for the district's more than 3,000 students. Traditionally, kids did not return until after Labor Day. The Board of Education approved a new calendar year that is more closely aligned with the schedules of suburban school districts and local colleges. New challenges include helping migrant children learn English and help them navigate the trauma of making their journey to the U.S.CPS estimates an additional 3,000 migrant children with many of them still living in migrant shelters and police stations. Aerial performances on display over Lake Michigan for annual Chicago Air and Water Show Funding for bilingual education will be increased by $15 million and other challenges ...

Wynonna Judd announces Rosemont stop on Back to Wy Tour

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:32:02 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Country music artist Wynonna Judd is launching a solo tour, 16 months after her mom, and The Judds singing partner, Naomi Judd, died of suicide.The theatre tour, Back To Wy, will be produced by Live Nation and feature the songs of her first two solo albums; Wynonna (1992) and Tell Me Why (1993). The plan is to perform both albums track by track, front to back, and then conclude each show with other hits and The Judds classics. The Judds, Ray Charles join the Country Music Hall of Fame Judd's 15-city tour will kick off Tuesday, Oct. 26 in Indianapolis, IN and wrap-up in Knoxville, TN on Friday, Dec. 1. Her fourth stop on Nov. 2 will bring her to Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont, IL.A quote attributed to Judd in the tour announcement press release states, “Getting to share this tour with the fans who have been with me for 40 years, means the world to me. Deep diving into my first two solo albums, 'Wynonna' and 'Tell Me Why,' track by track, will be a trip down memory la...

Steve McMichael can get another step closer to Pro Football Hall of Fame Tuesday

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:32:02 GMT

CHICAGO — The next step for "Mongo" to get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame comes on Tuesday - and it's a big one. It would be the second to last to get Steve McMichael inducted as part of the Class of 2024. The former Bears' defensive tackle is one of 12 players up for consideration to be passed onto the final stage of voting for the Hall of Fame in the Seniors Committee. That group will be meeting on Tuesday, consisting of 12 people, with The Athletic and longtime pro football journalist Dan Pompei presenting on behalf of McMichael.During that meeting, up to three finalists will be selected from that group of 12 players. They would be put into the main group for consideration for the Class of 2024. A 50-person committee will meet during Super Bowl week, with the Seniors Committee players needing at least 80 percent approval of the"up-or-down" balloting by the members at that meeting to get in.Their selections will be unveiled at the NFL Honors in Las Vegas later that week. Wi...

How to watch the first Republican presidential primary debate

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:32:02 GMT

(The Hill) – Republican presidential hopefuls are slated to take the stage Wednesday night to make their cases to voters in the first 2024 presidential primary debate.While former President Trump remains the frontrunner for the GOP nomination, his rival candidates are hoping this debate will help them make a name for themselves as they balance trying to separate themselves from Trump without turning away his supporters.Candidates needed to meet certain requirements set by the Republican National Committee to be able to participate in Wednesday’s debate. To qualify, candidates need at least 40,000 separate donors to their presidential campaign committee, which includes at least 200 from 20 or more states and territories.They also must be polling at 1 percent or higher in at least three authorized national polls or at 1 percent or higher in two national polls together with one “early state poll” from two “carve out” states recognized by the RNC. In addition, they must sign a loyalty p...

Tropical storm likely to make landfall in Texas Tuesday

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:32:02 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Tropical Storm Warnings have been issued for the coast from Port O'Connor south to the Mouth of the Rio Grande. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect from Port O'Connor north to Sargent.Potential Tropical Cyclone 9Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 formed in the Central Gulf Monday morning. It is forecast to strengthen into a tropical storm within the next 24 hours and make landfall between Corpus Christi and Brownsville Tuesday. Landfall could be around Laguna Madre.Winds have increased to 35 mph Tropical Storm Warnings issued for much of the middle and all of the southern coastBig PictureWe have an increasingly strong area of high pressure setting up in the Midwest, influencing the weather across most of the country.Heat DomeThe strong high pressure will steer the tropical low around it in a clockwise motion. That will help to pull the low nearly due west into South Texas. The strength of the high will serve to prevent the low from moving farther north, keeping the low on...

Department of Education: PfISD violated Title IX in 2018-19 sex assault case

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:32:02 GMT

Editor’s Note: The video above shows the top headlines for Aug. 21 from the KXAN News team.PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) -- The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, on Monday announced the Pflugerville Independent School District violated Title IX during its response to a sexual assault case, and separately did not provide accommodations for a student with a disability.According to a release from the Department of Education, the OCR has entered a resolution agreement to address the district's handling of a sexual assault case that occurred during the 2018-19 school year, and to ensure the district's compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX outlines "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."KXAN reached out to Pflugerville ISD for comment a...

Rain chances continue in Tuesday's forecast

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:32:02 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The noon temperature at Camp Mabry was 101°. It is the 45th consecutive day ... and the 61st day overall ... with a high in triple digits. Winds will gust up to 25 mph this afternoon leading to another critical fire/wildfire danger. A Red Flag Warning will be in effect from now until 9 p.m.Red Flag Warning in effect 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. MondayIn addition, as the temperatures climb again, heat alerts are in effect until 9 p.m. for all 15 counties. Most highs today will climb to a range of 103° to 107°. The record for Austin today is 107° set in 1925.Heat alerts in effect again Monday 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.The National Hurricane Center continues to track what is now an area of low pressure in the Gulf. It is forecast to become a tropical depression later this afternoon or evening. Winds are expected to increase during the next 18 to 24 hours so that a tropical storm will form by tomorrow morning. The storm's name will be Harold.Low pressure increases to a tropical storm during ...

Woodbury man dies in motorcycle crash in Newport

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:32:02 GMT

A 49-year-old motorcyclist died when he went off an interstate freeway ramp and into a ditch in Newport, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.The State Patrol identified the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, as Brian Paul Cahalan of Woodbury.Shortly before 6 p.m. Friday, Cahalan was riding a 2015 Harley Davidson north on U.S. 61 and taking the ramp to Interstate 494 when he crashed. He was not wearing a helmet and alcohol was not a factor in the crash, according to the State Patrol. Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Angel of Hope spreads its wings in Woodbury, offers comfort to grieving parents Crime & Public Safety | Interim executive director named for beleaguered Zephyr Theatre Crime & Public Safety | Vigil, memorial tree planned for Wednesday to honor Stacy teen killed in Forest Lake Crime & Public Safety | Stillwater beverage companies Lift Bridge, Lyvly suing each other Crime &...

More serious charges filed in Forest Lake hit-and-run that killed 17-year-old

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:32:02 GMT

Prosecutors have increased the severity of the charges against the North Branch man who they say intentionally struck and killed a teenage girl with his vehicle last month in Lakeside Memorial Park in downtown Forest Lake.Dylan Robert Simmons (Courtesy of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office)The decision to amend the criminal complaint against Dylan R. Simmons, 20, of North Branch, Minn., came after investigators reviewed security footage taken from an office building near the park, officials said Monday.Simmons now faces two counts of second-degree murder, one count of criminal vehicular homicide and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the hit-and-run death of Darisha Bailey Vath, 17, of Stacy, Minn., around 1:20 a.m. July 16. He previously had been charged with third-degree murder and criminal vehicular homicide.“We are actively pursuing the most serious charges justified by the facts,” Laura Perkins, a spokeswoman for the Washing...