No bail for shooting suspect:

A man accused in the slaying of a Berwyn resident near Chicago’s Millennium Park on Saturday has been ordered held without bail. Cook County Circuit Judge James Brown said Paul Pagan “presents a great danger to the community” before ordering him held Tuesday for the murder of Peter Fabbri. Prosecutors say the 54-year-old Fabbri and his sister, his mother and his girlfriend were arguing over Scripture with another group of people when the 32-year-old Pagan injected himself into the argument. Pagan is accused of shooting Fabbri in the head after they got into a scuffle. Fabbri died the next day. Chicago police arrested Pagan, who has an extensive criminal record, shortly after the shooting. In arguing for bail, a public defender said Pagan cares for two children with autism.

Just 86 freshmen enrolled:

Only 86 full- and part-time freshmen enrolled at the financially troubled Chicago State University for the fall semester and overall enrollment is down 25 percent, according to figures released Tuesday. The school, which is dealing with money troubles due in part to loss of state funding amid the budget crisis, has fewer than half the students it did six years ago, the Chicago Tribune reported. About 3,600 students are taking classes this fall, down from about 7,350 students in 2010. Undergraduate enrollment is down 32 percent in one year. The school receives about 30 percent of its revenue from the state and has little private fundraising or reserves to make up for it. It declared a financial emergency in February, about 40 percent of its employees have been terminated or laid off and academic programs and services have been reduced. The school’s president, who spent nine months on the job, resigned earlier this month and is leaving with $600,000 in severance.

Businessman sent to prison:

A Chicago businessman has been sentenced to two years in prison for fraudulently getting two state agencies to award him similar grants and pocketing some of the money.

U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough sentenced 66-year-old George E. Smith in Springfield last week. He’s also been ordered to pay $500,000 in restitution to the state.

Smith pleaded guilty in March to mail fraud and money laundering. Myerscough noted that Smith took advantage of a personal relationship with a former director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in getting for his nonprofit a $450,000 grant in 2008 to help disadvantaged students. The same day, the Illinois State Board of Education awarded his agency $342,000 for a similar program. Neither agency was aware of the other’s grant.

Exonerated man freed:

A Chicago man sent to prison for the 1992 rape and murder of a 6-year-old boy is free after his conviction was vacated by a Cook County judge. New DNA evidence shows Mark Maxson did not kill Lindsey Murdock. The 55-year-old Maxson was freed Tuesday from Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet. In a statement, the Cook County state’s attorney office said re-investigation of the case determined Maxson’s conviction couldn’t stand. Prosecutors say the investigation into the boy’s murder is ongoing. Investigators focused on Maxson after he told a reporter he’d bought chips for the child and told him to go home. Lindsey was found dead the next day. No physical evidence linked Maxson to the crime. Defense attorney Elliot Zinger said Maxson’s confession was coerced by detectives working for disgraced former police commander Jon Burge.