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“Growing up, I always wanted to go to an HBCU because of the rich history it brings. You’ve got guys like Lou Brock (Southern) and Andre Dawson, Marvin Freeman (Jackson State) — guys like that have come from HBCUs, and it would almost be a disservice to them to not take the opportunity they presented to me.”
The Old Orchard mall generated about $35 million in sales taxes for the village in 2021, but due to COVID-19 that number was down from about $50 million in previous years, said village staff. They said the current sales tax in the village is 10.25% for retailers. Restaurants, bars and eateries collected an additional 2.25 percent food and beverage tax, for a total of 12.25 percent.
A sports reality show featuring eight prominent athletes living in separate Las Vegas hotel penthouses — fighting, feuding and flouting the rules while competing for $1 million in prize money. Season 1 cast: Aaron Rodgers, Antonio Brown, Novak Djokovic, Kyrie Irving, Tom Brady, Bryson DeChambeau, Baker Mayfield and Grayson Allen as “The Beaver.” (Check with attorneys.)
The other addresses include Holy Cross Hospital, Weiss Memorial Hospital, Kindred Hospital Chicago-North, Rush University Medical Center, Jackson Park Hospital, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Thorek Memorial Hospital Andersonville (formerly Methodist Hospital of Chicago) and several restaurants at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Across the street from the museum is Bronzeville Collective, where at least two dozen makers, self-described as Black, brown and queer, create and sell merchandise that sometimes carries a message. Buy “Be the Change” candles, “I am More Than Enough” journals, affirmation cards, chakra bracelets, inspirational T-shirts, art prints, herbal soaps, crystals and jewelry. 339 W. North Ave., bronzevillecollective.com
“So proud of the boys and so proud of how they skied,” said Skogen Sprang, head coach of the U.S. freeski slopestyle pro team. “They’ve put in a ton of work and they stayed true to the way they want to ski, and that’s what we’re all about in this sport. … Landing it when it counts is huge.”
Yack said the higher amounts of snow — 4 to 7 inches — will likely fall through the middle of northeastern Illinois from just north of Pontiac, Illinois, up to the Chicago metro area. The freezing rain will also likely create ice accumulation around daybreak Thursday, Yack said.
Manager Junella Hutchison checks vaccine cards as diners arrive during brunch at Daley’s restaurant in Woodlawn on Jan. 9. The proof-of-vaccine rule could be in place longer than the city’s indoor mask mandate though neither date has been set. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
The family of murdered Chicago police Officer Thomas Wortham IV, including his mother, Carolyn Wortham, third from right, and sister Sandra Wortham, far right, walk in the Leighton Criminal Court Building lobby during a lunch break Feb. 15, 2022, for the trial of Marcus Floyd, one of three men convicted in Wortham’s killing, who is now undergoing a fitness trial. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
Latino Caucus chair Ald. Gilbert Villegas, shown Dec. 14, is calling on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to select a nominee of Asian descent to finish the term of deposed alderman Patrick Daley Thompson, whose tax fraud conviction Monday forces him off the City Council. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)