Durham boxer O’Connor dies aged 25

Professional boxer Georgia O’Connor has died aged 25. The Durham native announced earlier this year she had been diagnosed with cancer after previously battling ulcerative colitis. O’Connor was a decorated amateur boxer at junior level, winning a gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2017. O’Connor signed with promoter Ben Shalom’s Boxxer when she […]

36-year-old female CPD officer shot, killed after investigatory stop leads to police chase

A 36-year-old female Chicago police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty Thursday night in the city’s East Chatham neighborhood after an “investigatory stop” led to a police chase, with several suspects in police custody. The officer, a four-year veteran of the department, was the mother of a “very young daughter,” Chicago […]