Chicago News Report – August 22
By Nicole Croteau, Max Goodman, Tim Hackett, Shannon Longworth and Karleigh Stone Medill Reports On the final episode of Chicago News Report… The CEO of the Chicago Housing Association abruptly resigns, an organization helping local women “dress for success” for job interviews, a sex scandal affecting an Evanston school and we put the burning question […]
Athletes with disabilities in it to win it
By Neel Madhavan Medill Reports Rohan Murphy lost his legs at birth and grew up thinking that he wouldn’t ever be able to play sports. However, in eighth grade his physical education teacher introduced him to wrestling and he started to become fully involved with the team in ninth grade. He later went on to […]
Chicago News Report- August 20
By Nicole Croteau, Max Goodman, Tim Hackett, Shannon Longworth and Karleigh Stone Medill Reports On this episode of Chicago News Report… A woman is on the run in Skokie after two robberies, the city passes a plan for new construction in River North, a CTA ride promotion for the first day of school, drones are […]
On the verge of a state sanctioned championship, Lake View wrestler seizes the opportunities in front of her
By Krystina Iordanou Medill Reports For Lake View High School wrestling captain Dulce Reyes, competing against the boys has been common practice during her first three years on the team. But with Illinois State High School Association championship changes arising more opportunity for female wrestlers await. The 5-foot-2-inch wrestler competed in the 106- and 111-pound […]
Chicago News Report – August 15
By Nicole Croteau, Max Goodman, Tim Hackett, Shannon Longworth and Karleigh Stone Medill Reports On this edition of Chicago News Report: Are recreational marijuana shops opening on Michigan Avenue, a fatal fire on the South Side and a new project is popping up in Lawndale. Photo at top: Future container museum in Lawndale. (Nicole Croteau/MEDILL)
Close-knit Ohio State alumni squad overcomes obstacles to win first TBT championship
By Neel Madhavan Medill Reports A week prior to the start of The Basketball Tournament, Carmen’s Crew, the Ohio State alumni team, wasn’t even sure whether or not they would play in the tournament this year. The team only had six players confirmed to participate. “We were really looking at it saying: ‘I don’t know […]
Chicago News Report – August 6
Nicole Croteau, Max Goodman, Tim Hackett, Shannon Longworth and Karleigh Stone Medill Reports Today on Chicago News Report. Seven people were killed and nearly 50 others wounded on the city’s most violent weekend of the year. Tim Hackett went to the West Side to investigate three different shootings. Are you ready for back-to-school shopping? An […]
TBT poised for continued growth with player-caliber higher than ever
By Neel Madhavan Medill Reports The roots of the The Basketball Tournament can be traced back to a group text message thread from a Sunday afternoon in 2010 between some like-minded friends. On their day off from work, TBT CEO and co-founder Jon Mugar and his friends went back-and-forth about the feasibility of having an […]
Chicago News Report – August 1
Nicole Croteau, Max Goodman, Tim Hackett, Shannon Longworth and Karleigh Stone Medill Reports Today on Chicago News Report: Chickens are on the loose in one Chicago neighborhood. Find out where and why. A blue line stop in the Loop is out of commission after a car crashed into the station overnight. Will this affect your […]
Chicago News Report – July 30
By Nicole Croteau, Max Goodman, Tim Hackett, Shannon Longworth and Karleigh Stone Medill Reports On this episode of Chicago News Report: A devastating fire in the Austin neighborhood left six people injured. What you need to know ahead of the Democratic debate. And a new education program is hitting the city. Photo at top: The […]