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Top Chicago news: 12 shot, 1 killed Monday; man who drove car toward officer sentenced to 3 years

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Published on April 24, 2019
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Here's what you need to know about what's happening in Chicago.

Code violation lawsuits mount as tenants bolt from troubled housing nonprofit that owns 81 Chicago buildings

Five months after new leaders took over the Better Housing Foundation, a nonprofit that owns 81 buildings on Chicago's South Side, city code lawsuits against the group have quadrupled. Buildings are being shuttered. 

Read the full story on Chicago Tribune.

12 shot, 1 killed Monday in Chicago

Twelve people were shot, one of them fatally, Monday in gun violence across Chicago.

Read the full story on Sun Times.

Chicago man who drove car toward Elmhurst officer sentenced to three years in prison

A DuPage County prosecutor described Byron Auterberry, 44, of Chicago as desperate to avoid time behind bars, but Auterberry is returning to prison after he was sentenced Tuesday for driving his car at an Elmhurst police officer during a traffic stop.

Read the full story on Pioneer Press.

Chicago boy, 11, suffering permanent brain damage after attempted suicide, mother suing board of education

A suicide attempt by a fourth grader has left the 11-year-old with permanent brain damage, his mother is suing the educators she alleges contributed to the attempt.

Read the full story on New York Daily News.


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