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Kindergartners in teacher Vera Pema’s class gather around a window filled with handmade sunflowers at Columbus Elementary School on March 3, 2022, in Chicago. The sunflower, Ukraine’s national flower, is becoming a symbol of solidarity with the country. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
After the unidentified robber tackled a store security guard, Diggs hit the female employee with the gun and dragged her by her hair to a backroom, while he and the others gained accessed to the store’s safe and stole jewelry, including watches by Frederique Constant, Patek Phillipe, and Tudor, authorities said. They said the defendants later sold, attempted to sell, or disposed of some of the stolen items in the Chicago area and Atlanta, Ga.
In a video recording obtained by the Tribune, Michael Madigan is seen in a 2018 deposition unrelated to the ComEd bribery scandal, and provides a lengthy and insightful look at the famously terse and reclusive politician in action. Portions of the recording have been redacted by the Tribune to protect private information.
Jason Gonzales, a Democratic challenger for Speaker Michael Madigan’s House seat in 2016, confronts and questions a man, who refused to give his name, holding a sign reading “Vote no on convicted felon Jason Gonzales” outside a polling place in Chicago on March 7, 2016. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
“Her competitive fire is matched only by the standard of excellence she has set for herself and those around her – a combination that has produced one of the most decorated coaching careers in the history of college basketball,” athletic director Josh Whitman said. “Although we were not able to win as many games at Illinois as any of us had hoped, I will always be grateful to Nancy for providing a steady, experienced hand at a time when our program needed stability and integrity.”
The officers were on a break at The Original Maxwell Street, a hot dog and hamburger stand in the 600 block of South Independence Boulevard, Brown said. A man standing in line in front of one of the officers reached into his pocket to pull out money, but a handgun fell out onto the ground, the superintendent said.
Rodney Alexander, District 209 school board president, said in a statement late Thursday that officials “are disappointed that our educators are again contemplating this potential disruption to teaching and learning, particularly given additional movement made by the district in its most recent offer, which was presented to the union on Tuesday, March 1.”
In Lincoln Park, the Quigleys paid $520,000 in 2014 for the North Southport Avenue town home, which was built in 1989 and is in the Embassy Club development. The town home has 2 ½ bathrooms, a first-floor family room, an attached one-car garage, a living room with a fireplace, and an updated white kitchen with stone countertops and stainless steel appliances.
In the paperwork for that loan, Burnett falsely claimed to be the owner of a construction company, identified as Company B, earning a $125,000 salary for the past 10 years, according the complaint. In fact, Burnett had been working part time for the company only since his release from prison, and was earning $13 an hour.
Thompson wasn’t even on the Bulls roster when the incident occurred — although he was in Milwaukee that night as a member of the Sacramento Kings, preparing to face the Bucks the following night. Even as a late addition, however, Thompson said the foul brought out an edge in his fellow Bulls players.