Fatal shootings of students near a school as they make their way home have been rare. But in Chicago in the last year there was a spike.
Last year, nine children 17 years old or younger were killed on a weekday in the hours that students head home — between 2 p.m. and 4:49 p.m. That's according to a WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times analysisof shooting records and media accounts of killings over the last decade.
Also this week:
* Peter Medlin of WNIJ has more school investments in mental health.
![Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker gives his annual state of the state speech and budget address on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, at the Illinois capitol in Springfield.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fd15912/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Feb%2F93%2Fdc78f1814b03a05762bffdf31f04%2F02-15-2023-bm-il-sos-3.jpg)
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* Eric Schmid reports on the challenges for development along the Mississippi River in St. Louis.
* Alex Degman recaps Gov. JB Pritzker's budget proposal for the next fiscal year.