In violence in the district as police try to figure out whats behind the spree of shootings yesterday. A man and woman gunned down just a few blocks away from each other and a few hours apart. Those two murders among five shootings we saw across the city yesterday. Lets go right to pat collins. Hes live in southeast with more on the story. Pat . Jim, Police Believe that secondchance criminals with the history of violence and access to guns are responsible for the spike in violence in our city. What is with all of the broad daylight violence in our city . What is driving it . You know, i wish i could tell you. Its a small number of people that have no regard for other people. It was noon that tayvon companyings was shot ask killed. Cummings has been picked up on a number of gun charges in the lth when he was killed yesterday. Four hours later, five blocks away, tracy cooper shot and killed outside her home on 49th street southeast. She was a good person. Would do anything for anybody an
Balloon School was in session Thursday morning at Oakwood Elementary School, as the entire student body and staff entered a cold-inflated balloon for a short course on hot-air ballooning.
Voters in Champaign and Danville re-elected their mayors Tuesday, but by widely different margins. Champaign Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen received 5,358 votes, or nearly 75 percent of the unofficial tally. In Danville, Rickey Williams Junior has been re-elected to serve a second full term as mayor. Williams defeated his challenger, Vermilion Housing Authority executive director Jackie Vinson, by just 59 votes, according to Tuesday night’s unofficial returns.,
some did speak to us. it s a courtesy to the chair to let him speak for himself. what is the mood? everybody s mood is somber but we re focused on the integrity and what happened inside? we spoke with the chair and his attorney was present and the chair said that he ll be speaking to you later today. reporter: now, council member mary, who holds the title of chairman pro tempore of the council, that means she temporarily take on some leadership duties, if the chair resigns. show told us a short time ago that kwame brown will not be making any statement to reporter, today. reporting live from the wilson building, jackie bensen, news 4. kwame brown, second d.c. council member facing charges. harry thomas jr. resigned amp pleading guilty for money used that was intended for a youth group. and investigating mayor gray s 2010 campaign twoond aides charged for alleged campaign misconduct in connection with that probe. stape with news 4 for developments on kwame br