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The South Side 17th Ward, currently a majority-Black ward represented by Black Ald. David Moore that includes parts of the Auburn-Gresham, Englewood and Marquette Park neighborhoods, would be pushed west into the heavily Latino Marquette Park and Chicago Lawn neighborhoods. That would make Moore, a two-term alderman who’s running for Secretary of State, the odd man out.
Mahesh Ramachandran, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital chief medical officer, stands next to an ArmeoPower, a robotic exoskeleton for rehabilitation of the arm, which he used during his recovery at the hospital following a stroke. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
Born in 1924, Frankie Wiemerslage, along with his brothers, Roland and Harold, and sister Audrey grew up in River Grove when it was populated by the families of early German settlers, who had flocked to the area. The family had long ties to the community, and their grandfather, Frank, was a longtime police chief known to ride his bicycle around the village until a motorcycle and sidecar were purchased.
9. Blow bubbles. Taking slow, deep breaths can be calming, as opposed to the shallow, fast breathing often spurred by anxiety. Bottari suggested bringing bubble solution to the appointment and having the child blow bubbles during the injection, to facilitate deep breathing as well as another method of distraction.
Birder John Longhenry takes a look at the Bell Bowl Prairie, adjacent to Chicago Rockford International Airport, on Oct. 20, 2021, in Winnebago County. Construction has begun on an 280-acre airport expansion that cuts through the 5-acre virgin gravel prairie containing at least 164 species of plants, bumblebees and rare nesting birds such as the grasshopper sparrow. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
The Dodgers’ Chris Taylor is congratulated after hitting a two-run home run in the second inning against the Braves in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series on Thursday in Los Angeles. Taylor hit three home runs in the Dodgers’ 11-2 victory. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
Early in the second, Brandon Hagel had a two-on-one going with Patrick Kane, but Kane fired high. Before the game, the Hawks paid tribute to Kane’s 1,000th career game (set on the road March 9 against the Dallas Stars), and Jonathan Toews presented him with a silver stick.
“Honestly, I really don’t understand a woman of color carrying the water for a guy who’s demonstrated over and over again he’s racist, he’s a misogynist, he’s xenophobic, he hates immigrants and refugees, he stands in support of the 1/6ers,” Lightfoot said, in an apparent reference to Catanzara’s history of inflammatory online posts, for which he faces potential firing from the Police Department. “I think people in her ward need to ask, why is it this alderwoman is carrying the water for a guy like that?”
Martesa Lee, a Chicago Transit Authority supervisor, was arrested after complaining to a Chicago police sergeant about an interaction she had with an officer at a crime scene at the Jackson Red Line station on Feb. 4, 2020. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
“Día de los Muertos teaches us to turn the pain, the grieving, into love and appreciation for the time we had those people in our lives, in our community,” said Isabel Hernandez, a longtime Pilsen resident who created a 15-foot ofrenda in her backyard to celebrate the life of more than 250 people lost to COVID-19.