Matt Masterson
Associate Digital Producer at WTTW-TV (Chicago, IL)
Reporter covering education & criminal justice for @WTTW. Buffalo born. Wisconsin raised. @UWMadison. [email protected]
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30 City Council Members Urge School Board to Stand By License Requirement in Search for Next CPS CEO
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30 City Council Members Urge School Board to Stand By License Requirement in Search for Next CPS CEO CPS headquarters. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News) Dozens of Chicago alderpeople are calling on the Board of Education to uphold a resolution that demands the next Chicago Public Schools CEO hold a state superintendent’s license, as Mayor Brandon Johnson reportedly pushes for his chief of staff to become the school district’s interim chief executive.
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Chicago Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Allegedly Fled to Indiana, Fired Shots at Officers (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News) Chicago police officers fatally shot a man Thursday after he allegedly fled from the scene of an aggravated battery on the city’s far South Side into Indiana, crashed his vehicle and fired shots at police.
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Chicago’s Homicide Total in April Was Its Lowest of Any Month in a Decade (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News) Chicago just concluded its least deadly single month in more than a decade, as April 2025 also saw fewer homicides than any such month in more than 60 years. The 20 homicides recorded throughout the city last month were the fewest for any month in Chicago since February 2015 while also marking the fewest for any April since 1962.
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City of Chicago Reaches Settlement With Jussie Smollett to Resolve Civil Suit Jussie Smollett attends his sentencing hearing on March 10, 2022. (WTTW News) The city of Chicago and former “Empire” star Jussie Smollett appear to have reached a settlement in principle to resolve the city’s civil suit, which sought to recoup expenses tied to the actor’s hoax hate crime allegations.
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Chicago’s Chief Education Officer Set to Leave School District as CEO Also Prepares Departure (WTTW News) Chicago Public Schools’ second-in-command Bogdana Chkoumbova is set to leave the district, following CEO Pedro Martinez’s impending exit next month.
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RT @wttw: Nearly three years after one of the deadliest mass shootings in Illinois history, Robert Crimo III was handed seven consecutive l…
RT @HeatherCherone: BREAKING: The Chicago Board of Education WILL NOT vote to amend its budget today to cover a $175 million pension paymen…
///BREAKING/// Robert Crimo III, the gunman who killed 7 and wounded dozens in a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in 2022, has pleaded guilty in a Lake County courtroom moments before his trial was set to begin.
