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He surrendered three home runs: a solo home run to Edward Olivares in the second, a two-run homer to Salvador Perez in the third and a solo shot to Michael A. Taylor in the fourth. Ryan O’Hearn hit a two-run homer off reliever José Ruiz in the seventh.
Champaign County, home to the University of Illinois’ flagship campus, is currently listed as a “high transmission” community, while the Chicago area and Cook County are at “substantial transmission,” according to the Illinois Department of Health. The county also had a 3.4% positivity rate as of Tuesday, while Cook County was slightly less at 3.35%.
“(Garrett) Crochet and (Michael) Kopech have pure power stuff. Liam and Craig can go out there and dominate opposing hitters. Tepera and myself, José (Ruiz), Lopey (Reynaldo López), (Evan) Marshall, all these guys, they all excel at a lot of things. And being able to mix and match with guys and put them in plus matchups, it’s a recipe for success.”
After Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a statewide mask mandate for schools on Wednesday, the Illinois High School Association announced the directive applies to student-athletes, coaches, officials, other personnel and spectators for indoor fall sports as well as any other sports conducting indoor workouts.
Michelle Hammer outside Deerfield High School on Aug. 4, 2021, in Deerfield. “As a mom of two athletes, I empathize with the students who are holding off on vaccinations and may face discrimination and exclusion from sports and other extracurricular activities.” (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
Steven Winters and Regina Evans at their home in the 1100 block of North Lawler Avenue in Chicago’s South Austin neighborhood on Aug. 4, 2021. The couple, their two children and Evans’ father were in their apartment in August 2019 when they say police busted into their unit by mistake looking for a person on a warrant. The family is now suing the city of Chicago. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
At his best, Ogletree was a reliable starter and a well-liked teammate in the middle of the defense. His best season came in 2016 when he recorded 131 tackles with 11 passes defensed and two interceptions. In 2018, Ogletree recorded a career-high five interceptions, including one off Bears quarterback Chase Daniel that he returned for a touchdown.
Launched in 1991, Lollapalooza put down roots in Chicago in 2005, becoming a major tourism draw for the city, attracting hundreds of thousands of festivalgoers and infusing millions into the local economy. Canceled last year during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s festival ran from July 29 to Aug. 1.
Here at our home, our basketball hoop, cones, chalk balls and trampoline are things that we allow other kids to use with a “play at your own risk” mentality, which we’ve shared with parents. However, the things that are unsafe, or things that we don’t want used, we keep in our garage. For example, we have an electric powered quad and when a kid does ask to use it, I ask them to grab their helmet and have their parent with them.
In this Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, a droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Providence, R.I. Genesis Healthcare, the nation’s largest nursing home operator which has 70,000 employees at nearly 400 nursing homes and senior communities, told its workers this week they will have to get COVID-19 vaccinations to keep their jobs. (David Goldman/AP)