Sentencing date set:

A sentencing date has been set for former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett for her part in a scheme that steered contracts to two education-services companies in exchange for anticipated kickbacks. U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang on Monday set Byrd-Bennett’s sentencing hearing for April 13. Byrd-Bennett pleaded guilty last October to fraud charges, admitting she steered no-bid contracts to SUPES Academy in exchange for the promise of up to $2.3 million in kickbacks. The owner of SUPES and Synesi Associates, Gary Solomon, admitted in a plea agreement last week that he offered Byrd-Bennett bribes and kickbacks in exchange for her steering $23 million in contracts to his companies, for which Byrd-Bennett previously worked. SUPES Co-owner Thomas Vranas pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to commit federal program bribery. Before working for CPS, Byrd-Bennett was a high-ranking Detroit schools official.

3 Chicago women die in crash:

Milwaukee police say a driver who fled after causing a car crash that killed three women from Chicago and injured their Uber driver has surrendered to authorities. Investigators said the 23-year-old man driving a Lexus SUV ran a stop light in downtown Milwaukee early Sunday and slammed into a car whose 41-year-old driver was giving the women an Uber ride. The Milwaukee County medical examiner’s office has identified the victims as 32-year-old Amy Taylor, 30-year-old Ashley Sawatzke and 35-year-old Lindsey Cohen. The Uber driver was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. The police said a male passenger was in the SUV, but they provided no information about him.

Aunt’s trial delayed:

A federal judge has postponed the trial for a Chicago woman accused of supplying her 14-year-old niece with a gun that was used in the killing of a teenage rival. Attorneys for 35-year-old Vandetta Redwood told U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve on Monday they need more time to research a ballistics report that prosecutors turned over to them last week. Federal prosecutors told the judge they wouldn’t oppose the delay “with great reluctance.” The judge set a new trial date for Jan. 17. Redwood’s attorneys say the report may question whether the bullet that killed 14-year-old Endia Martin was fired from the gun Redwood is accused of giving her niece, who is now 17. The teenager is charged with murder in the April 2014 killing, which was preceded by a Facebook feud over a boy.