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“It adds a lot to the excitement, but the players have talked about it all year long, even when it was at whatever the percentage was, (the fans) were so loud, it felt like it was two, three times the number of people here,” La Russa said Friday. “I’m sure if we can give them something to get excited and be entertained by, it’ll be even better. But fans have already made their presence felt and have been part of our success at home.”
4th Ward Ald. Sophia King, left, hugs 17th Ward Ald. David Moore, when he became emotional after Chicago’s City Council voted to changed the name of Lake Shore Drive to Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive on June 25, 2021. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle attends a ceremony in the board room to honor those lost to COVID-19 in Cook County, on the one year anniversary of Cook County entering a disaster Wednesday March 10, 2021 in Chicago. Illinois announced 1,682 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 Wednesday for a total of 1,202,709. The state also announced 30 new deaths for a total of 20,810 and 71,488 new test results for a total of 18,804,759. (Armando L. Sanchez/ChicagoTribune) (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
“Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the district utilized alternative methods of instruction for students who required home or hospital-based instruction and other services, but these were not deemed as ‘remote instruction,’” CPS spokesman James Gherardi said Thursday, adding that the term was “specifically utilized during the pandemic to describe school or districtwide home-based instruction to ensure the safety of all students and staff.”
Before the pandemic, liquor stores in Chicago were allowed to sell most types of alcohol until 2 a.m. or later. There have been efforts in recent years by some aldermen concerned about violence and loitering near liquor stores to set earlier hours, but those proposals have not gained much traction.
Additional police units, including some from the Plainfield Police Department, were called to the area and an initial traffic stop occurred near 119th Street and Route 59 in Plainfield, the report said. The suspect then fled the scene, and was stopped again near 135th Street and Route 59 in Plainfield, where he was taken into custody.
“Due to a recent outbreak of COVID-19 related to Student Camp June 13-17, we have made the difficult decision to postpone our 4th & 5th grade Crossing Camp,” the website said, adding that this session is rescheduled for August. “We were so looking forward to spending time with your campers this weekend, but we believe the best way to value and love our students, difference makers and staff is to delay camp until a safer time.”
“He’s had such a varied practice, from civil work to injury work, property work and municipal work. He was the attorney for the town of Dyer for 12 years,” Matthews said Friday. “He did a lot of criminal work and was so knowledgeable, there were many times the judge would ask him to serve as Pro Tem. He was well-respected and had a very good reputation.”
He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death or catastrophic injury, a level 4 felony, leaving the scene of an accident with moderate or serious bodily injury, level 6 felony, and two misdemeanor counts of leaving the scene of an accident.
Giannoulias previously received the endorsement of the politically active Service Employees International Union State Council, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 881 and Local 1546, 14 locals in the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees union, Painters District Local Council 30, Plasterers and Cement Mason’s Local 502 and the Illinois Pipe Trades Association.