Parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. where authorities say a gunman opened fire, leaving 27 people dead, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Dr. Charles Coleman high-fives a student at Farragut Elementary in Joliet Tuesday morning. Coleman is one of two candidates in line for Joliet Grade School District superintendent. Michael R. Schmidt~Sun-Times Media
Charles Coleman
Joliet Interim Police Chief Mike Trafton
Joliet Police Chief Mike Trafton
“It’s just sad,” Joyce Curie said of the Newtown, Conn., shootings. Curie and another mother at a Christmas event held Saturday at a Joliet elementary school talked about how much they were troubled by the shootings. “It not only affects the people in Connecticut,” Curie …
