Daley: Wife is ‘much better’ after leg surgery

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says his wife is “feeling much better” after a recent leg operation in her ongoing fight against metastastic breast cancer.

An orthopedic oncologist performed Friday’s procedure at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago to address pain in Maggie Daley’s right leg. A titanium rod was inserted into her leg to reduce the risk of fracture.

Daley has had radiation treatment in that leg to treat a cancerous bone lesion.

Wife speaks at Ill. services to honor slain pastor

MARYVILLE, Ill. — Two services were held Sunday at First Baptist Church in Maryville to remember the tragedy of a pastor who was fatally shot during a Sunday sermon a year ago.

Cindy Winters was one of the speakers.

Her husband, the Rev. Fred Winters, was gunned down on March 8, 2009.

Cindy Winters says the last 12 months have been the most painful she’s had to face.

Terry Sedlacek was charged with first-degree murder, but has been declared mentally unfit to stand trial.

All of Chicago school’s seniors are college bound

CHICAGO — A Chicago school that claims to be the nation’s first all-boys public charter high school comprised entirely of black males has accomplished an uncommon feat.

Every member of Urban Prep’s first senior class has been accepted into a four-year college or university.

Urban Prep founder and CEO Tim King said that only four percent of Urban Prep’s freshman in 2006 were reading at grade level.

Last year, the mayor’s office said the average college acceptance rate for Chicago Public Schools was just over 50 percent.

From Associated Press reports