Marian Catholic would join 2 other Catholic high schools in region Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights will likely become the third Catholic high school in the region to require drug testing of its students. Parents and school officials met last week to discuss the proposal, expected to take effect next fall. Following the example of St. Patrick High School in Chicago and St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, school officials hope the new policy will give Marian's 1,500 students another reason to turn down drugs, said Principal Kathleen Tait. [continues 397 words]
The first person in Illinois charged with homicide involving the powerful painkiller fentanyl has been arrested again on a new drug charge, but this time a judge ordered him held in jail at least until a hearing Feb. 8. Corey Crump, 36, had been free on bail since last August, when he was charged causing the drug-induced homicide of Joseph Krecker, 17, the son of the Franklin Park Deputy Police Chief Jack Krecker. Prosecutors alleged that Crump had sold Joseph the tainted drug that killed him. [continues 511 words]
