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As of Sunday night, there were 605 patients with COVID-19 in hospitals statewide, down from an all-time high of 7,380 two months ago. That’s the fewest patients hospitalized with the virus since July 20, when the late summer surge, driven by the delta variant, was taking hold.
Illinois Independent Drivers Guild co-founder Lenny Sanchez talks with Park Ridge mayor, Marty Maloney (Back to camera) during Saturday’s grand opening of the IDG office in Park Ridge, March 5, 2022. (Brian O’Mahoney for the Pioneer Press) (Brian OMahoney / Pioneer Press)
A decorated Air Force veteran of World War II and former Illinois volunteer of the year for the Special Olympics, Jerome Liesse, 95, was “mentally 100%” and discussing the news, the stock market and keeping track of his investments when, David Liesse said, he visited him on Nov. 11, 2020, Veterans Day.
“Those impediments, they’re real. The ladies that I have, they all have something going on, but if they can become economically sustainable, that’s the big thing,” Turner said. “I’ve been broke, I’ve been on public aid, I’ve been borrowing and begging for a long time. I always looked at Oprah, like, she went over to Africa, built this school, she takes care of these girls, but they are here, they need help right here, right now.”
“Those impediments, they’re real. The ladies that I have, they all have something going on, but if they can become economically sustainable, that’s the big thing,” Turner said. “I’ve been broke, I’ve been on public aid, I’ve been borrowing and begging for a long time. I always looked at Oprah, like, she went over to Africa, built this school, she takes care of these girls, but they are here, they need help right here, right now.”
The report continues, saying the SUV was seen making a right-hand turn onto eastbound U.S. 30 in Merrillville. As officers were catching up to the vehicle, the driver activated emergency red and blue police lights, giving notice that it was an unmarked police car. In seeing the lights, officers stopped trying to catch up.
Customers watch a game in the NCAA basketball March Madness tournament on March 19, 2021, at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On March 13, 2022, the American Gaming Association predicted that 45 million Americans will bet on this year’s tournament. (Wayne Parry/AP)
Customers watch a game in the NCAA basketball March Madness tournament on March 19, 2021, at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On March 13, 2022, the American Gaming Association predicted that 45 million Americans will bet on this year’s tournament. (Wayne Parry/AP)
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski works the bench in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Miami during semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference men’s tournament, Friday, March 11, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (John Minchillo/AP)
Lightfoot implemented a rule requiring city workers get vaccinated by March 13 or lose pay. Asked Monday how the city would enforce its policies, Lightfoot said supervisors would call workers in to verify that they aren’t vaccinated and give them an opportunity to comply. They will then be given an order to get vaccinated and if they don’t, she said, then they’ll be placed on no-pay status, which is considered nondisciplinary.