• 13-year-old Ronald Freeman, an incoming eighth grader at Oglesby Elementary School, was killed while riding his bike in West Pullman last night, shot 22 times by a gunman who police are continuing to search for.
• Convicted former police commander Jon Burge will continue to receive his pension until the moment he is sentenced.
• At the press conference where Mayor Daley took on Michigan, oil, and Asian Carp, it was also announced 225 “non-instructional” employees will be laid off from City Colleges.

• A UPS driver is in critical condition after being shot while making a delivery in the Englewood neighborhood.
• The U.S. Department of Education has ruled that the City College's debit card system is illegal.
• On the chopping block from the state Board of Education: after-school and gifted students programs.

In an unforeseen move, lawyers representing City Colleges of Chicago argued in court Friday morning that two out of four charges filed against them by a former employee should not be dismissed in a discrimination case. more ›

The students and faculty at Chicago State aren't too pleased with their new school president, Wayne Watson. The students and faculty were upset about the way the school's board of trustees handled the selection and the lack of acceptable candidates. Speaking to WBEZ, Watson dismissed the issues: "Where's the facts to back it up. You can't google me and find, well Wayne Watson was politically involved with, endorsing, cutting deals, or doing anything with these people. [Be]cause it's not there, it didn't happen." Watson was previously the City Colleges of Chicago chancellor, which had some opposed to his appointment crying accusations of being an insider. more ›