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Sophie Sherry

Wire Desk Reporter
Chicago Police Department questionnaire for victims of domestic violence
Criminal Justice
Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline deluged with calls, hindered by lack of shelter beds
By Sophie Sherry
 
A demonstrator is arrested Saturday by Chicago police officers as they cleared an encampment set up for several hours by students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to protest the Israel-Hamas war
Education
Pro-Palestinian camps remain at Chicago-area campuses
By Sophie Sherry , Violet Miller , and 1 more
 
Bystanders observe protesters at Northwestern University
Education
Northwestern under fire as ADL Midwest calls for university president to resign, three students file suit
By Sophie Sherry
 
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Education
DePaul students pitch tents on campus, join pro-Palestinian protests
By Sophie Sherry
 
An honor guard carries a casket
Criminal Justice
Slain Officer Huesca celebrated for his courage and character
By Sophie Sherry
 
University of Chicago students, faculty members and their supporters protest and march around the South Side campus.
Education
Hundreds joined pro-Palestinian protests at Chicago universities
By Violet Miller , Isabel Funk , and 1 more
 
electric scooters on sidewalk
Politics
E-scooters could be rented in the wee hours under revised ordinance
By Sophie Sherry
 
Kim Foxx
Criminal Justice
Legacy lap: Kim Foxx reflects on growing up in Cabrini, leading ‘difficult conversations’ with no ‘simple answers’
By Sophie Sherry  and Matthew Hendrickson
 
Joy Cunningham speaking with Toni Preckwinkle
Politics
Joy Virginia Cunningham declares victory in Illinois Supreme Court primary
By Sophie Sherry  and Lauren FitzPatrick
 
Early voting expanded to all 50 wards and suburban Cook County on Monday.
Politics
Early voting kicks off in all 50 wards; Chicago election officials optimistic about surge in numbers
By Sophie Sherry
 
A message written in chalk and a sign dedicated to Daveon Gibson at a candlelight vigil Thursday outside Trinity Church, 1244 W Thorndale Ave., in Edgewater. Daveon, 16, was killed and two other Senn High School students wounded in a shooting Wednesday.
Edgewater community holds vigil for students shot near Senn High School
By Emmanuel Camarillo  and Sophie Sherry
 
A McKinley Park resident points to the intersection where street takeovers are a regular occurrence.
‘Terrorized’ resident calls for city to stop McKinley Park street takeovers: ‘I hate that this has become a reality.’
By Emmanuel Camarillo  and Sophie Sherry
 
Jeremiah Watson was beaten and robbed as he walked to a Citgo Gas Station at 76th and South Chicago Avenue. The incident was one of more than 1,000 robberies in the city in October.
Criminal Justice
Chicago seeing largest spike in robberies in over 20 years, analysis shows
By Sophie Sherry  and Alden Loury
 
Jordan Price kisses Rochelle Price on head
Firefighter Andrew ‘Drew’ Price remembered for a life ‘worth emulating’
By Sophie Sherry
 
fire department and police in front of Howard CTA station
Dozens injured, including 3 critically, in CTA train crash
By Isabel Funk  and Sophie Sherry
 
fire department personnel outside hospital
Firefighter Andrew “Drew” Price dies battling Lincoln Park blaze: CFD
By Sophie Sherry  and Kaitlin Washburn
 
Noah Herron speaking
Education
Former Northwestern football captains share experiences of racism, being forced to conform to the ‘Wildcat Way’
By Sophie Sherry
 
Dorothy Hoffner, 104, falling through the air with tandem jumper Derek Baxter as she becomes the oldest person in the world to skydive Oct. 1.
Arts & Culture
104-year-old skydiver, Chicagoan Dorothy Hoffner, dies days after setting record
By Sophie Sherry