gresham, mcnair and dvorak elementary schools will be taken over by the "academy for urban school leadership" next year. the entire staff will be fired and replaced. a onetime top aide to former cook county board president todd stroger is going to prison. carla oglesby was sentenced today to six and a half years behind bars for corruption yesterday. she was convicted of stealing more than 300-thousand dollars in public funds. prosecutors say she took kickbacks in cash-stuffed envelopes for steering contracts to the firms of friends. authorities say she was careful to award contracts just under the 25-thousand dollar mark, that would trigger a review by the county board. state representative derrick smith's own words will be used against him at his bribery trial. smith will be on trial next month for taking a bribe in return for helping a day care operator get a state grant. yesterday a federal judge ruled that the confessions smith made after his arrest are admissible at trial. the defense argued those statements were off-limits since they were made during plea negotiations. but the judge si

and, mcnair elementary in austin. if approved, the schools would be handed over to the "academy for urban school leadership", which the school board president once chaired. that private operator now runs 29 district schools. a potential presidential candidate paid a visit to chicago. kentucky senator rand paul spoke with supporters at the university of chicago, and took part in a forum moderated by former white house political director david axelrod. the republican senator's libertarian positions are meant to appeal to both conservatives and liberals. >> think about your cellphone and whether you agree or not that it's none of their business what you do on your cellphone. but after 9/11 with sort of forgot about these protections. we said the hell with it we don't want anyone to attack us we will give up our liberty and trade it for security. >> from chicago, paul traveled to milwaukee, and spoke alongside wisconsin governor scott walker -- another potential republican presidential candidate. a man in his 70's was res