Don Babwin

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Michael Grant, a parent of a Chicago public school student, walks a picket line outside Shoop Elementary School in support of striking CPS teachers, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. This is the second day of a strike in the nation's third-largest school district as negotiations by the two sides failed to reach an agreement Monday in a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and job security. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Striking Chicago teachers get support from parents

Don Babwin · September 11, 2012 4:00 am

Public school teachers picket outside Amundsen High School in Chicago on the first day of a strike by the Chicago Teachers Union, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. The school is one of more than 140 schools in the Chicago Public Schools' "Children First" contingency plan, which feeds and houses students for four hours during the strike. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

Chicago teachers strike in bitter contract dispute

Don Babwin, Sophia Tareen · September 10, 2012 4:00 am

Chicago mayor: Teacher strike ‘unnecessary’

Don Babwin, Tammy Webber · September 10, 2012 4:00 am

Teachers respond enthusiastically to passing drivers honking their horns in support as they distribute strike signage at the Chicago Teachers Union strike headquarters on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 in Chicago. The union has vowed to strike on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, should it fail to reach an agreement over teachers' contracts with Chicago Public Schools by that date. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

Parents plan for kids if Chicago teachers strike

Don Babwin · September 9, 2012 4:00 am

Chicago teachers say latest offer disappointing

Don Babwin, Tammy Webber · September 8, 2012 4:00 am

Jury convicts Drew Peterson of 3rd wife’s death

Michael Tarm, Don Babwin · September 6, 2012 4:00 am

Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow speaks to the media outside the Will County Courthouse after the second day of the murder trial of Drew Peterson, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 in Joliet, Ill.. Peterson, 58, is charged with killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004. Her body was found in a dry bathtub in her home, her hair soaked with blood. He is also a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Judge: No mistrial in Drew Peterson murder case

Don Babwin · August 2, 2012 4:00 am

FILE - In this May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., Friday, May 8, 2009, for his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his former wife Kathleen Savio. Opening statements in Peterson's trial are scheduled to begin Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Drew Peterson murder trial under way in Illinois

Michael Tarm, Don Babwin · July 31, 2012 4:00 am

Fact finder recommends raise for Chicago teachers

Don Babwin · July 17, 2012 12:38 am

3 teens charged in fatal beating of Chicago man

Don Babwin · July 16, 2012 4:00 am

As homicides spike, Chicago mayor defends tactics

Don Babwin · July 10, 2012 12:41 am

Chicago police tout seizure of 8 tons of marijuana

Don Babwin · June 28, 2012 7:54 pm