North Chicago High students protest firing of attendance clerk

The firing last week of an attendance clerk at North Chicago High School has sparked a protest that on Thursday included a rally by students and a march up Lewis Avenue to a meeting of the School Board.

• Aunt arrested for allegedly hitting niece with spoon

  Updated: 2012-05-18 16:46:28

  A 42-year-old woman, who spanked and struck a 10-year-old girl with a spoon on the head when the little girl couldn’t understand her homework, was arrested and charged with aggravated battery to a child and aggravated domestic battery.

• New leads in ’94 murder led to arrest

  A Chicago man pleaded not guilty to six counts of first-degree murder at his arraignment Thursday. Hezekiah Whitfield, 42, was charged with the murder of Waukegan appliance store owner Frederick Reckling.

• 29 arrested for underage drinking

  Twenty-nine people were arrested for underage drinking and one person was taken to the hospital for overconsumption of alcohol after Vernon Hills Police broke up an underage drinking party on May 13.