TUESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs will announce a financial literacy partnership with Econ Illinois to teach students to make smart financial decisions. Federal Reserve Bank, 3rd Floor Conference Center, 230 S. LaSalle St. Contact: Paris Ervin, (217) 524-5749; or Greg Rivara, (312) 814-1901. (Note: RSVP is requested due to security protocol. Photo identification required.)
10 a.m. — (WHEATON) DuPage County Board will hear details of the new strategic plan for tourism during the April board meeting. DuPage Center Administration Building, 421 N. County Farm Rd., Wheaton. Contact: Gary Mack or Sarah Kollmorgen, (630) 357-7552 or info@mackcommunications.com.
11 a.m. — (GLEN ELLYN) State Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs hosts a Vietnam Veterans Commemoration Program. College of DuPage, McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Contact: Nicole Mandeville, Nicole.mandeville@illinois.gov or (312) 814-2460.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Women’s Board of The Field Museum hosts annual Women in Science Program and Luncheon, with keynote presentation by Ilene Gordon, CEO of Ingredion, to benefit science internships and fellowships for young women. Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr. Contact: (312) 922-9410.
11:15 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Children’s Home + Aid will host its 12th annual Champions for Children Luncheon to bring attention to issues surrounding violence prevention and garner support for anti-violence programs across Illinois. Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: Erin Sharkey, (312) 424-6834 or esharkey@childrenshomeandaid.org.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Association of Flight Attendants-CWA protest in front of American Airlines and United Airlines terminals to demand fair contract for Mesa Flight Attendants. O’Hare Airport, Terminals 1 & 2, 10000 W. O’Hare Ave. Contact: Taylor Garland, tgarland@afacwa.org or (202) 550-5520.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Jazz Institute of Chicago and Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events present “Jazz Education Day: Demystifying the Jazz Process. Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street. Contact: Mekeda Johnson-Brooks, (312) 427-1673, ext. 3, or mekeda@jazzinchicago.com.
1:30 p.m. — (EVANSTON) City of Evanston hosts an Equity and Empowerment town hall meeting. Evanston Public Library, Community Meeting Room, 1703 Orrington Ave., Evanston. Contact: Patrick Deignan, (847) 448-8234 or pdeignan@cityofevanston.org.
3 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Gary Comer Youth Center hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony for new fitness room, courtesy of the Finish Line Youth Foundation. 7200 S. Ingleside Ave. Contact: Ashley Pabst, (847) 922-0144 or ashley@amconsultantsgroup.com.
4:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce hosts “The Exchange 2017: More than a Game: The Business of Sports,” withj keynote speakers including White Sox Sales and Marketing Senior VP Brooks Boyer, Chicago Fire COO Atul Khosla, and Chicago Bulls President and COO Michael Reinsdorf. Soldier Field, 1410 Museum Campus Dr. Contact: info@chicagolandchamber.org or (312) 494-6700.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosts panel discussion on”Beyond the Book: Education for the Next Generation,” with speakers including Vernon Hills High teacher Ryan Berba; Walter Payton College Prep teach Katie Gallegos; Back of the Yards College Prep teach Lydia Kurkjian; and DePaul College Prep teacher Rebecca Orr. Conference Center, 1st floor, 130 E. Randolph St. Contact: (312) 726-3860.
6 p.m. — (SKOKIE) Oakton Community College will host a preview evening for admitted students. Skokie Campus, Room P103, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave., Skokie. Contact: (847) 635-1835 or admission@oakton.edu.
6:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Community Policing Advisory Panel will call on residents of input on the future of the Chicago Police Department’s community policing efforts. Sullivan High School, 6631 N. Bosworth Ave. Contact: Mayor’s press office, (312) 744-3334 or press@cityofchicago.org.
6:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) 4th annual (In) Justice For All Film Festival includes a screening of “Faith in the Big House.” 4th Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St. Contact: Adorn Lewis-Mitchell, (312) 318-9696 or ADORNLMITCHELL@aol.com.
7 p.m. — (DOWNERS GROVE) League of Women Voters hosts “How to Discuss Controversial Topics: A Civics Lesson.” Park District Recreation Center, 4500 Belmont St., Dowmers Grove. Contact: Maria Cowan, marierie26@gmail.com
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) On the eve of Ella Fitzgerald’s 100th birthday, jazz singer Elaine Dame and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra All-Star Quartet commemorate the “First Lady of Song.” Winter’s Jazz Club, 465 N. McClurg Ct. Contact: (312) 344-1270.
TUESDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9 a.m. call — (MARKHAM) Brandon Griffin, charged with Darryl Lloyd and Dejuan Crockett, each charged murder and attempted murder; Accused in a triple murder in Harvey in 2010. Status. Markham Courthouse, 16501 S. Kedzie Pkwy., Markham. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
8:30 a.m. — (WHEATON) Londale Madison, charged with attempted murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, home invasion and armed robbery; Accused of breaking into a Willowbrook home and beating and sexually assaulting a 26-year-old woman on Aug. 29, 2015. Status. DuPage County Courthouse, 505 N. County Farm Rd., Wheaton. Contact: DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office: (630) 407-8160.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) John Skyblue Antone, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of strangling his friend Bernadette Glomski with electrical cords in her Logan Square apartment on 4-13-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Michael D. Baker, charged with Derrick Allmon, Paris Denard and Jabari Williams; each charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 9-year-old at close range on 8-20-14 after he yelled that someone had a gun. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Demetrius Bronson, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man on 6-14-2015 in Austin. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Dwight Brown, charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery; Accused of beating and hacking his mother to death with a fight on the night before her 24th wedding anniversary on 2-2-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Christian Camarena and Alyssa Garcia, both charged with concealing a death and attempted residential arson; Woman and her friend accused of covering up her 4-year-old son’s death and setting his body on fire in a vacant Englewood home on 8-2-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Victor Chatmon, charged with murder; Accused of a fatal shooting on 3-19-2015 that targeted a man who had testified in an attempted murder case against Chatmon’s friend. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Joseph Firek, charged with first-degree murder and a hate crime; Accused of fighting with a man who died of stress from the encounter on 3-19-14, and had been protecting his teen daughter. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Tommie Harris and Quintion Humphries, both charged with first-degree murder; Accused in the gang-related murder of a man on 7-4-2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Maurisio Hernandez, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of stabbing his 35-year-old girlfriend Maricela Villegas to death during an argument in Bridgeport on 2-20-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Anthony Q. Jackson, convicted of first-degree murder; Beat another man to death at a Green Line CTA platform on 3-16-2013. Post-trial motions/possible sentencing. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Franklin L. Jackson, charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI for a crash on the crash on the Dan Ryan Expy. near 87th that killed his 4-year-old son in Dec. 2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Matthew X. Jackson, charged with murder and armed robbery; Accused of killing Davy Easterling, a security guard for rapper Twista, in a robbery at his home on 2-20-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Natrell Jackson and Michael Whitehead, both charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 30-year-old woman on 2-26-16 in Armour Square. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Brett Kahn, charged with aggravated battery and official misconduct; A Chicago Police officer who allegedly hit a man in the head with a baton in 2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Tiawyan McDade, charged with first-degree murder; A teenager accused of fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy in Austin on 2-24-16 after asking about his gang affiliations. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) John Montgomery, charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder; Accused of firing shots at Chicago Police detectives investigating a homicide in West Garfield Park on 3-22-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Robert S. Moore, charged with first-degree murder; A West Side man accused of fatally stabbing another man trying to break up a fight in July 2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Lamonte Morbley, charged with murder; A teen accused of fatally shooting a man in a drug deal gone bad on 3-28-2015. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Erin Mowry, charged with DUI; An off-duty Chicago Police officer accused of drunkenly crashing his Mercedes into a pedestrian in July 2015, leaving her seriously hurt. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Sherry Robinson, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of stabbing her 51-year-old boyfriend to death at her home in Kenwood on 5-9-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Malik M. Shabazz, charged with attempted murder; Accused of shooting two police officers during a traffic stop on 6-6-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Pierre Stokes, charged with three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm and one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; Father of slain 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee who is accused of shooting three people in Gresham on 3-8-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Felix Valentin, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a bouncer at Brudder’s Bar in Irving Park on 4-2-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Shannon D. Williams, charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery; Accused of fatally shooting a man during an armed robbery in Austin on 4-18-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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