How Illinois handles school shooting threats as new academic year begins Pt. 2

Security is top of mind as students in Chicago and the suburbs return to class, and there is a new Illinois law requiring all districts to have a plan to deal with threats.

How Illinois handles school shooting threats as new academic year begins Pt. 2
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Security is top of mind as students in the city and suburbs return to class, and there is a new Illinois law requiring all districts to have a plan to deal with threats.

How Illinois handles school shooting threats as new academic year begins
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With the new school year just starting, FOX 32 Chicago is beginning a series of Special Reports looking at how school threats are handled locally.

How Illinois handles school shooting threats as new academic year begins

With the new school year just starting, FOX 32 Chicago is beginning a series of Special Reports looking at how school threats are handled locally.

How prepared are Illinois schools for shooting threats?
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With the new school year just starting, FOX 32 Chicago is beginning a series of Special Reports looking at how school threats are handled locally, and how students are under fire.

Family of Highland Park shooting victim Cooper Roberts, 8, delivers update on his recovery

The family of Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy paralyzed from the waist down after being shot in the back during the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, provided an update on his recovery Thursday.

Highland Park community rallies around businesses disrupted by parade massacre

Roughly 150 Highland Park businesses had to shut down for about a week due to the Fourth of July parade shooting. Now, the community is helping them get back on their feet

Highland Park community rallies around businesses disrupted by parade massacre
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In addition to the suffering caused by the shooting deaths and injuries that happened during Highland Park?s Fourth of July Parade, businesses were unable to operate while law enforcement conducted their investigation.

Highland Park shooting victim Cooper Roberts doing better, took part in wheelchair race
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Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy paralyzed from the waist down after being shot in the back during the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, continues to improve and is now in better spirits, a family spokesperson said.

Most in US want stricter gun laws, AP-NORC poll finds

The poll found that 71% of Americans say gun laws should be stricter, including about half of Republicans and a majority of those in gun-owning households.

38 shot, 4 fatally, in Chicago weekend gun violence

A 6-year-old girl was among 25 people wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday night.

Highland Park parade mass shooting haunts return to school for traumatized kids, parents

“It’s strange to even think about getting prepared for a school year, realizing that this sort of thing doesn’t ever necessarily leave you or stop affecting you by a certain date,” she said.

Mass shooting in Washington Park leaves 5 wounded

Five people were wounded in a mass shooting early Saturday in Washington Park on the South Side.

Mother goes viral on TikTok for walking son, 5, through active-shooter drill

“We all have one thing in common, and it’s that we would do anything for our kids,” the Oklahoma mother of two told FOX Television Stations.

Back of the Yards shooting leaves 4 wounded

Four people were wounded in a mass shooting early Friday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.