Once an empty lot, Chicago high school celebrates its new field of dreams
"The whole community can come and use it whenever they feel."
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Noel Brennan is an Emmy-winning reporter who joined CBS News Chicago in December 2022.
Brennan grew up along the North Shore in Lake Bluff and is thrilled to be back home telling stories in Chicago.
Before CBS News Chicago, Brennan spent nine years at KUSA in Denver where he covered daily news and everything from historic, destructive wildfires to dinosaur digs. He carried camera gear up mountains and hiked miles on snowshoes to share memorable stories.
Brennan's reporting has earned a prestigious National Edward R. Murrow Award, 13 regional Emmy Awards along with numerous honors from the Colorado Broadcasters Association and the National Press Photographers Association.
In 2019, Brennan was named a national finalist for the National Press Photographers Association Reporter of the Year Award.
Brennan also spent two and a half years in Waco, Texas as a morning anchor and reporter for KXXV. He started his career reporting for WTIU in Bloomington, Ind., while still a student at Indiana University.
Brennan lives in Chicago with his wife, their son, and their golden retriever, Cooper.
"The whole community can come and use it whenever they feel."
James Barbier, 79, is charged with first-degree murder in the 1966 stabbing death of 18-year-old Karen Snider at her home in Calumet City.
Organizers said about 100 students took part in the sit-in, but only a small group of students, about a dozen, continued the protest outside.
"I have been accepted to 43 different schools and applied to 51."
Dozens of residents joined a rally in Calumet City Saturday afternoon.
"There's something about that shared high school experience that makes you friends forever."
"Cute, funny, wacky. Chicago, right?"
Dozens of typewriters clutter the shelves of the 24-year-old business owner's workshop inside his parents' home in Downers Grove.
Police said the man grabbed a 25-year-old woman, in the 700 block of West Brompton Avenue, and threatened her with a gun.
Chicago police said a 42-year-old man was hit in the neck and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Restoration would likely take at least two years.
In an instant, hotel guests became first responders, springing into action to save the boy.
"We're leveraging what people know us for and using that as a gateway to talk about our deeper conservation stories."
No one was hurt, but at least one business in the West Loop had to close for the day.
Thoughts that once swirled in people's heads have been turned loose on paper.