
Sandra Torres
Bilingual Journalist at WSNS-TV (Chicago, IL)
Bilingual Journalist at WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL)
Bilingual journalist • Wife & Mamá • Morning/Midday Reporter at @NBCChicago & @TelemundoCHI • 100% Colombiana • @nahj_chi member
Articles
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1 week ago |
nbcchicago.com | Sandra Torres
Military officials are still warning Chicago-area residents of the possibility of ‘unaccounted’ pyrotechnic devices washing up on the shores of Lake Michigan this week. The devices, which the Coast Guard has described as “military marine flares,” did not activate when they were deployed in the lake as part of a training exercise earlier this month, and one washed up on the shore at Montrose Beach on Monday, where it was discovered by a Chicago lifeguard.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcchicago.com | Francie Swidler |Sandra Torres
A suburban substitute teacher has been charged with battery and child endangerment after reports from parents surfaced that she had chased, choked and hit a student and injured another inside a fourth-grade classroom another after becoming angry. The charges come one day after parents at a school board meeting for Country Club Hills District 160 pressed for answers from the school and police, who had provided few details about the events that transpired.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcchicago.com | Francie Swidler |Sandra Torres
Days after several young students were injured in an incident involving a substitute teacher in a fourth-grade classroom in south suburban Country Club Hills, questions from parents remain unanswered, with school officials and police offering few details about the events that transpired. The incident occurred Thursday in a fourth grade classroom at Meadowview Intermediate School, when parents and students say a substitute teacher chased, choked and hit a young student after becoming angry.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcchicago.com | JC Navarrete |Sandra Torres
Debate over a transgender student's win in a middle school girls track meet grew heated at a suburban school board meeting Monday. The track meet took place at Jefferson Middle School in Naperville, where the student athlete won multiple events, becoming a microcosm of a national debate over trans athletes in sports.
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3 weeks ago |
nbcchicago.com | Francie Swidler |Sandra Torres
Parents of students at Meadowview Intermediate School in south suburban Country Club Hills are speaking out after they say a substitute teacher used physical force on a fourth grade student during an incident that left at least two students injured, including one that was pinned by a desk.
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