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“I feel that returning to the air at this time, in this environment, will be an unfair distraction to my colleagues, and the rest of the morning show members who work so hard,” Ferguson said in an email to staffers of The Mix. “As a result, and after discussions with Hubbard leadership, we’ve decided it is best that I step away from the show. I’m energized to move forward and defend myself against claims made against me and the station, and look forward to seeing them through to their conclusion.”

“Coach Tabes has been great with all that,” Nagy said. “We do a lot of that anyway, as … I do with the coordinators. But now that he’s in that role where he’d end up having to be the guy that makes the decisions, it’s just giving him support so that he feels good and understands and then … You know, a lot of it too, when you’re in the moment, there’s some things you just can’t predict. There’s a feel to it as well, and that’s where that feel will come into play, and we have a nice little plan in place if that’s the case.”

The project was supposed to be substantially complete by December 2018, and service interruptions were supposed to be kept “to an absolute minimum” during construction, the Tribune found in a 2019 investigation. The project soon devolved into delays, finger-pointing and contract disputes between the city and Parsons Construction Group, the main contractor on the project, the Tribune found.

FILE – A help wanted sign hangs outside Empire Burgers & Brew in Naperville on June 17, 2021.Wages jumped in the three months ending in September by the most on records dating back 20 years, a stark illustration of the growing ability of workers to demand higher pay from companies that are desperate to fill a near-record number of available jobs. (Rafael Guerrero / Naperville Sun)