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Cook County’s six mass vaccination sites began late January with the Tinley Park site. Since then, five more locations have cropped up to give out a total 578,222 doses as of Sunday. Des Plaines had the most shots given out at 165,126, then it was Tinley Park at 135,510, Forest Park at 123,667, South Holland at 71,346, River Grove at 60,239 and Matteson at 22,334, though the last site opened the latest on April 14.
“We think that the name change is something that needs to happen when our children start reading about the history of Thomas Jefferson, and the kinds of things he did with his slaves and things that were happening at that time,” said Ernestine Jackson, a member of the Peoria NAACP.
The return of a classic Chicago beach season will run through Labor Day, with 22 lakeshore spots in the city reopening all amenities except drinking fountains, which will remain shut off, according to a Wednesday news release from the mayor’s office. Lakefront concessions will offer indoor and outdoor dining options starting Memorial Day weekend as well. But the Juneway, Rogers, Howard and Fargo beaches on the Far North Side will not reopen because of rising water levels and erosion.
This summer, as Illinois opens up without COVID-19 restrictions, more people are using the GetMyBoat app — which connects customers directly with charter captains for quality time on the water in a wide range of watercraft. Leonard Besinger, with his boat the Bellanzi, has been a charter captain in the city since 2016 and has been with GetMyBoat app since 2017. He is rated “Best of” for Chicago from 2017-2020.
“I just thought they would honor my freedom of religion, my rights, but apparently we don’t have that right anymore,” said Fisher, who is an apostolic holiness Christian. Enlivant has more than 200 facilities across the country, including in Rockford and Joliet. Fisher, who works at an Enlivant facility in Tennessee, helps residents with daily tasks, such as dressing and going to the bathroom.
“I just thought they would honor my freedom of religion, my rights, but apparently we don’t have that right anymore,” said Fisher, who is an apostolic holiness Christian. Enlivant has more than 200 facilities across the country, including in Rockford and Joliet. Fisher, who works at an Enlivant facility in Tennessee, helps residents with daily tasks, such as dressing and going to the bathroom.
The discovery of Wade’s DNA on the clothes of first-grader Lindsey Murdock Jr. was a watershed moment in the case. Mark Maxson, who had previously been found guilty of the murder despite forensic evidence excluding him, was released in 2016 after nearly a quarter-century behind bars. The next day, Wade appeared in court charged with murder in the boy’s death.
Michael Pacheco, 14, of Chicago, receives the first of two Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from registered nurse Carissa Blumenshine (cq both names) at an Advocate Aurora Health COVID vaccine center in Des Plaines on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Children ages 12 to 15 are now eligible to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
Victim Company A is “one of the largest surface transportation, delivery, and logistics companies” in the country, with about $9.2 billion in operating revenue in 2019, the charges stated. As vice president, Individual A oversaw all truck and rail container traffic in the Chicago and Midwest regions.
Milieudefensie director Donald Pols, center, celebrates theverdict in the court case of Milieudefensie, the Dutch arm of the Friends of the Earth environmental organization, against Royal Dutch Shell in The Hague, Netherlands, on May 26, 2021. (Peter Dejong/AP)