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“Public safety belongs to the people, which means that the people should be able to share their opinion at public hearings and meetings,” Peters, a Chicago Democrat, said Friday in a statement. “This is especially true of police board meetings. Law enforcement using background checks to intimidate people from participating in the very hearings that will hold them accountable should set off red flags for everyone as something that should not be permitted to happen.”
“It’s basketball,” he said. “Lot of people I see criticizing, talking about ‘fit this, fit that,’ have probably never even played basketball. Being a basketball player, you go out, play at the park, some of your best teams are (with) guys you don’t even know that you go out there and compete with.
Cubs manager David Ross stands on the edge of the dugout in the first inning against the Brewers on Wednesday at Wrigley Field. The Cubs went 0-7 on the recent homestand, their winless stretch of seven or more games at Wrigley since Sept. 3-11, 1943. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
mother Ida Nelson to braid his hair in March, Gus “Jett” Hawkins, 4, went to school excited to show off his new hairstyle. Nelson got a call the next day from Providence St. Mel informing her that the braids were against the school dress code. Photographed Friday May 21, 2021. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)
According to the woman’s declaration attached to the request for the protection order, she suffered injuries as a result of the second encounter, including two black eyes, a bloodied swollen lip, significant bruising and scratching to one side of her face.
Built by Patrick J. Murphy Builders in 2017, the mansion sits on a 1.87-acre property on Wiesbrook Road, right across the street from Wheaton Warrenville South High School. It has 6-1/2 bathrooms, five fireplaces, wide-plank floors and two laundry rooms. The kitchen is equipped with marble countertops, Arbor Mills cabinets, stainless steel appliances including a Sub-Zero refrigerator and a Wolf six-burner stove, a 14-foot island with a quartzite countertop and a Scotsman ice maker.
The state board also recently mailed warning letters to the superintendents of seven public, community unit school districts in Illinois — Red Bud CUSD 132, Carlyle CUSD 1, Benton CCSD 47, Durand CUSD 322, Patoka CUSD 100, Warsaw CUSD 316 and Spoon River Valley CUSD 4 — reducing their recognition status to “on probation,” Matthews said.
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The National Weather Service’s Chicago office issued a combined 45 severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings from Monday through Thursday. That included the 13 tornado warnings, all of which were issued Monday as well as two severe thunderstorm warnings that day. There were 11 severe thunderstorm warnings issued Tuesday, 13 on Wednesday and six on Thursday.
“Once they came to the bus, you kind of knew what it was, but you’re kind of hoping that’s not what it is,” Jones said. “We just had to wait it out. The guys who were out, we’re just glad to be back in the building with everyone. Five days is a lot to miss during training camp, so we were anxious to get back out here to be around the guys and just learn more.”