the village free press Vol. III No. 21
Cops were on rooftops for a cause, PAGE 2
‘Please tell police what you saw,’ parents of slain son urge witnesses Dean and Kisha Stansberry say everyone knows who killed their son, Isiah K. Scott By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
Kisha Stansberry, 39, can’t remember the face of her oldest son, 19-year-old Isiah K. Scott, as he lay in his coffin. Scott was fatally shot on March 12, outside of Family Dollar, located in the 1000 block of South Madison St. in Maywood. Stansberry learned of her son’s death through a Facebook livestream video that showed a blurred body lying on the sidewalk moments after the shooting. By the time Stansberry arrived at the scene, See ISIAH SCOTT on page 5
MAY 22, 2019
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Proviso grads get creative, PAGE 2
LEAVING IT ALL ON THE FIELD: Coaches and teammates greet an exhausted Katrell Askins after the Proviso West junior finished the last leg of the 4×400-meter relay on May 16, at Proviso East. The Panthers took first place in the competition. SHANEL ROMAIN
Bellwood man wins $10K from Publishers Clearing House
Frederick Crockett had been playing for 10 years before the prize patrol showed up to his door on May 16 By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
Doris Crockett, a 30-year resident of Bellwood, has been playing the famous
Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes for as long as she’s lived in the village. What’s more, all five of her children have followed her example, playing the sweepstakes online with regularity.
Between them all, however, no one had won anything. See PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE on page 4
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