Midday News Links: Derrick Rose Donates $1 Million To After School Matters
By Lisa White in News on Sep 25, 2014 6:40PM
- Chicago Bulls player Derrick Rose has donated $1 million to After School Matters, a program that provides apprenticeships for Chicago students in not only sports but science, technology and the arts. Rose's own high school, Simeon Career Academy, participates in the program. [Huffington Post Chicago]
- The CTA is set to replace the escalator that was damaged in March during the Blue Line derailment and crash sometime next year. [RedEye Chicago]
- A group of Catholic nuns known as the "Nuns on the Bus" are in town meeting with Gov. Pat Quinn and low-wage workers today before attending a voter registration rally in Union Park. [Chicago Tribune]
- Most Chicago-area colleges are seeing a drop in student loan default. [Sun-Times]
- Be on the lookout for a Trek bike that was stolen out of a garage in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood. The owner is Melissa Stockwell, a local veteran and paratriathlete who was the first female American soldier to lose a limb in combat during the Iraq War. Stockwell used the bike to race in two world championships and the frame is decorated with the American flag and Wounded Warrior Project stickers, which is the organization that helped her train and compete in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Stockwell was training on the bike until recently, when she put it in storage since she is currently pregnant and it became "tough to reach the handlebars." Her son is due in November. [DNAinfo Chicago]
