By Carole SharwarkoSouthland Investigative Reporting [email protected] This story was produced in collaboration with Southland Investigative Reporting Center, a nonprofit journalism organization based in Homewood. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (CCSAO) has decided not to pursue criminal charges against a Western Avenue Elementary School teacher accused of sexual assault by[Read More…]
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Supervisory role has Homewood’s Barbara Dawkins shaping new lawyers
Barbara Dawkins doesn’t know anything about baseball. She loves Homewood, though, so she signed up to volunteer as B-league president of Homewood Baseball for the 2019 season. Dawkins’ true specialty is law, and after 20 years of litigation, she is now a supervisor of the Juvenile Justice Division of the Cook[Read More…]
Bond set at $200k for home invasion suspect who abducted girlfriend
A 19-year-old man was apprehended and remains in the custody of the Cook County Sheriff after a Dec. 5 incident when he forcibly entered his girlfriend’s Homewood home and forced her to go with him. Curtis J. Berg, of Phoenix, Ill., was found the same day in Chicago and[Read More…]
