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Adam Hollingsworth, 34, was ordered held in lieu of $40,000 bond on the violation, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office confirmed. If he posts the necessary $4,000 bail, he will be confined to his home on an electronic ankle monitor, Judge Michael McHale ordered.
“Businesses such as restaurants and bars will face no capacity limits, though masks will still be required for vaccinated people on public transit, airports, schools and hospitals — or during most public settings for those who are unvaccinated. Large gatherings of all sizes can return, meaning there will be no COVID-19-related caps on parties, festivals, weddings, places of worship, conferences and sports events.” More details here.
“COVID is not a lasting thing, but a union is a lasting thing,” Satpathy said, adding: “I just hope that the union and administration work together peacefully, and it doesn’t end up costing students, like it did at (Chicago Public Schools), when there was a strike.”
Chicago-based Wilson Sporting Goods, better known for sports equipment, recently introduced a sportswear line and plans to open its first stores later this year. Meanwhile, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kohl’s announced new private-label apparel brands in March: VRST, a men’s line at Dick’s Sporting Goods, and FLX, for both men and women, at Kohl’s.
Credible compiled a list of 20 U.S. metro areas where homes are selling the fastest, using data from Zillow and ranking homes according to the average number of days they were listed before there was a pending sale in December 2020, the most recent month in which data was available for all metros. By Ellen Wulfhorst, Stacker May 13, 2021
Skokie police were called to the Nordstrom department store in Old Orchard Shopping Center shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday on a report of a retail theft and assault, said Franklin. On arrival, officers determined that four females entered the store and quickly left with display racks holding high-end handbags, scarves and socks.
Megan Steffen, 24, at Berger Park in Chicago on May 26, 2021. Steffen, a lesbian, said faculty members raised objections to her graduation from Moody Bible Institute in 2020, even though she had fulfilled the requirements. She said she was called into a meeting where she was asked if she had ever had a romantic or sexual relationship with a woman. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
Janet Wolf, Rohe’s sister, said her baby brother’s enthusiasm for learning was apparent from a young age. When Rohe was 13, Wolf, who is 16 years older, was living in Gilgil, Kenya, with her husband, who was researching Kenyan birds. Rohe came to live with them for two months.
The outdoor fundraising concert will take place at McMichael’s restaurant, Mongo McMichaels, in Romeoville (1101 N. Independence Blvd.) from 3 to 8 p.m. Organizers are asking for a suggested donation of $20 per person to help alleviate the cost of McMichael’s ALS care.
The four Grand Slam tournaments reacted to Osaka’s withdrawal by pledging to do more to address players’ mental health issues. The episode also could serve as a tipping point for the professional tennis tours — and leagues in other sports — to safeguard athletes’ mental, and not just physical, health, said Windy Dees, professor of sport administration at the University of Miami.