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Home » Entries posted by Whitney Helm
Cultural Clash Creates Rocker
The guitar riff is loud and piercing from the stage. Resembling angry kids in the childhood inflatable jumping bean, the crowd forcefully runs into each other, hitting with slightly less force than roller derby skaters. Parents stay in the back of the room, escaping the dangerous all-ages rock crowd but still dancing, though not aggressively. […]
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Carla Allen’s voice shakes as she recalls the brief conversation she had with her daughter’s killer. “He called and asked me for forgiveness,” says Allen. “He said, ‘That was my friend. I didn’t mean to hurt my friend.’” The call came two years ago, just days after the May 30, 2011, killing of her 16-year-old […]
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Christopher Roundtree’s murderer may get away because people won’t speak up. The shooter gunned down the 29-year-old earlier this month in Chicago’s South Side Englewood neighborhood. In another murder, two years ago, 17-year-old Robert Tate refused reveal the name of his shooter to police, taking that secret to the grave. Both cases are the result of Chicago’s street […]
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Michael P. McAuliffe proudly shows off his father’s old campaign posters and pins in his dining room at home. The red 1980 poster shows the late Rep. Roger McAuliffe’s face and reads “McAuliffe for the 14th District.” The McAuliffes have controlled the northwest Chicago area – which includes parts of Niles, Park Ridge, and Norridge […]
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