Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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education
  • by david hall
CPS grads, lifelong neighbors, head to Stanford together on full rides

Despite spending years apart, Guadalupe Miranda and Fernando Gonzalez graduated from Chicago Public Schools last week. Childhood classmates, both earned full scholarships to Stanford University in August. They’re now hanging out to share excitement about their college plans.

crime
  • by david hall
2 teens' promising futures end on Eisenhower Expressway — allegedly struck by drunken driver

Erik C. Cox and Shealyn Sherwood, both 18, were killed when Ashanti Gates’ car struck them in the outbound lanes early Sunday, prosecutors said. The teens had stopped to fix a flat tire.

health
  • by david hall
First responder couple get ‘absolutely amazing’ response to fundraiser for wife’s health emergency

Melissa Villanova, a 911 dispatcher, suffered an irregular heart rhythm April 29 — five months after her husband, a Chicago police officer, was shot while on duty. After surgery and weeks in the ICU, Villanova took her first steps this week.

crime
  • by david hall
2 charged in fatal shooting of young father in Dunning

Divonte D. Calhoun and Justin H. Redmond were both charged with armed robbery and first-degree murder in the May 10 slaying of 24-year-old Zet Rodriguez-Lara just a block from his home, according to court records.