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Dawn Patrol: Racial slur in District 93; chaotic Waukegan meeting

Substitute teacher uses racial slur in Carol Stream classroom

A substitute teacher who used the N-word while discussing race with some students in an eighth-grade social science class at Jay Stream Middle School in Carol Stream won't be asked to teach at the school, the District 93 superintendent says. The students said the slur came out after they tried to correct the teacher on identifying their race; the superintendent said the teacher said she was using the word in the context of the Civil War era. Full story.

Waukegan school board meeting boils over

Chaos and yelling ended a school board meeting last night in Waukegan, where hundreds of community members gathered and expressed frustration for the ongoing teachers' strike that has kept children out of school since Oct. 2. Full story.

Libertyville High School grad known for academic pursuits dies in Iowa crash

Friends and family mourned the death of 2014 Libertyville High School graduate Connor Robinson, who was killed in a crash on a two-lane highway in Iowa Monday. He attended Cornell College on a full academic scholarship; his car collided with a semitrailer truck near the Iowa-Illinois border. Full story.

Lawyers in mother's murder trial argue baby died before birth

Emotions ran high in a Rolling Meadows courtroom yesterday where testimony began in the trial of a Hanover Park woman accused of strangling her newborn baby nearly three years ago. Jurors dabbed at their eyes as tearful witnesses described finding the 6-pound, 11-ounce baby boy wrapped in a plastic bag and placed in a garbage can in the restroom of a Salvation Army store in Streamwood on Nov. 4, 2011. Full story.

Car crashes into Oakbrook Center store

A Warrenville man sparked a chain-reaction crash involving four parked cars, his car and the Neiman Marcus vestibule at Oakbrook Center Monday afternoon. The man and his passenger were treated and released from a nearby hospital. Full story.

State commission denies charter group's appeal

A state commission unanimously voted against the Elgin Charter School Initiative's appeal of its charter application, upholding an earlier rejection by the Elgin Area School District U-46 school board. Full story.

Weather

Chilly and cold with a high of only 48 degrees today. Temperatures will be about 44 when you head out the door today. Lows tonight should be in the upper 30s. Full story.

Traffic

Construction continues at Rollins Road and Route 83 in Round Lake Beach. People should expect delays or seek alternate routes. Full traffic.

Blackhawks lose to Ducks

Ducks defeated the Blackhawks 1-0 at the United Center last night in a game dominated by rookie goaltenders. Devante Smith-Pelly slid a short-handed breakaway through the pads of Scott Darling midway through the third period to take the game. Full story.

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