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The fire started in the rear of the first floor, though the specific cause of the fire is under investigation, said Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford. Responding firefighters quickly put out the fire, but in the room where the fire started, a woman in her 30s was found and pronounced dead at the scene, Langford said.
In-state schools including Western Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Columbia College Chicago and DePaul University saw large increases in enrollment of CPS students between 2019 and 2020. Meanwhile, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Eastern Illinois University and University of Illinois at Chicago experienced comparable decreases in enrollment of CPS graduates. Two-year colleges were also affected by serious enrollment declines.
The Income Store took in $144 million from investors over three years before it was shut down by federal authorities, but paid out no more than $40 million, Damian said. Courtright allegedly spent some of the funds to pay his mortgage and school tuition for a family member. As of March 31, the receiver had recovered about $104,000 in cash from The Income Store’s business operations, according to court filings.
Police said the girl was a passenger in a vehicle traveling southbound in the 500 block of Lake Shore Drive when the car stopped at a red light. When the light turned green, an unknown person fired shots into the car, hitting the girl in the stomach about 11:30 p.m. Thursday, according to police.
Coleen Piteo, director of marketing at Yours Truly restaurant, puts out a sign for hiring June 3, 2021, in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fifth straight week to a new pandemic low. (Tony Dejak/AP)
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.
Seskunas’ first design for Prism, which he sold directly from his website, launched in November and quickly sold out. The lightweight, portable fireplace was designed for small, kindling fires and made to be placed in your backyard or on a patio when you need a little extra warmth. This month, Seskunas is launching a larger version through retailer Design Within Reach that can handle a more substantial fire. “When I released it, I got a lot of questions about having larger fires and being able to use larger logs, so I spent the last six months developing a larger version,” Seskunas said. “I make this product all myself. I interact with everybody who buys it directly, so I get a lot of unique feedback from people about what they are interested in, and that’s what I integrated into the new version.”
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“I think the leadership — AK, Marc (Eversley), Pat (Connelly) — and then the coaching staff that they brought in, Billy (Donovan), has done a great job of starting to set a culture here,” Temple said. “Culture, it’s a cliché word, but it’s something that actually does happen if you want to become a good team.
A Canadian National Rail locomotive moves through the rail yard in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, on Thursday, March 29, 2018. Canadian National sweetened its offer to buy Kansas City Southern railroad Thursday, May 13, 2021, and derailed rival Canadian Pacific’s bid for the railroad that handles traffic in the United States and Mexico. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP) (Andrew Vaughan/AP)