Mohammad Samra
General Assignment Reporter at Chicago Sun-Times
General Assignment Reporter @suntimes. Contact: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Mohammad Samra
Commitments to students are vital, and without collective advocacy and funding, they would not be possible, a CPS teacher writes. Also, stressing the difference between Hinduism and Hindutva, and pitching an old-school PSA that may push parents to keep an eye on their children in the night.
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Mohammad Samra
A judge Friday sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for the 2022 murder of an 8-year-old girl who was fatally shot while crossing the street with her mother in Little Village. Xavier Guzman, 30, was sentenced Friday by Judge James Bryan Novy, court records show. Co-defendant Emilio Corripio, the alleged shooter, was sentenced to 27 years behind bars on March 14. On Jan.
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2 weeks ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Mohammad Samra
Wildlife ecologist Dan Thompson was pleasantly surprised Tuesday when he discovered several tiny turtle hatchlings near his workplace in suburban Wheaton and helped the little creatures get safely to the marsh. “We just walked them down to where we knew they were heading, so we increased their survival rate,” said Thompson, who has been with the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County for over two decades.
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2 weeks ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Mohammad Samra
Two motorists recalled the terrifying moments when a car slammed into a tree and split apart, killing an 18-year-old woman and sending debris flying into the air and into their vehicles during a crash that also left an 18-year-old man critically hurt Tuesday evening on the South Side. “I see the car go airborne and hit the tree. Dust everywhere, car parts flying, tree [limbs] flying toward my car.” Deleon McBride, 34, said.
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2 weeks ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Mohammad Samra
Angela Meeks gazed in horror at the motionless body of her 25-year-old daughter Keyana Meeks after she was hit by a SUV being driven by her younger sister early Tuesday. “She was just laying there. I thought I saw her move,” Angela, 51, said. “I hoped she’d be okay, prayed she’d be okay because I didn’t see any blood.”Keyana’s family are “in shock and disbelief” over the deadly crash, which unfolded outside their home in the 1300 block of South Lawndale Avenue about 4:15 a .m.
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