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FILE – In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, a Microsoft computer is among items displayed at a Microsoft store in suburban Boston. Microsoft says the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach continue to attack the global technology supply chain and are have been relentlessly targeting cloud service resellers and others since summer. (Steven Senne/AP)
He had been at Chicago Costume about 18 months when, arriving at work the other day, he glanced up and noticed the new billboard. He laughed out loud at its audacity, he said. “It felt egregious, obvious and, honestly, hilarious to see very different worlds, corporate and family, within eyeshot.” So he began tweeting about it, and tweeting about it, noting the billboard, the placement, the benefits of a local, year-round costume shop. His initial tweet went viral. It’s not the first time that a wry Chicago tweet about Spirit took off recently: Photoshopped images of a Spirit banner across a potentially vacated Soldier Field went viral. But therein lies the fear: Spirit can come off shameless in its eagerness to dominate Halloween. “I didn’t take their billboard exactly as a sign of aggression,” said Courtland Hickey, Chicago Costume general manager. “But there is no other reason to have that billboard at that location. The irony is (since the tweet), it’s had the opposite effect and helped business.”
Arlington Heights Mayor Thomas W. Hayes listens to residents share their feelings on the potential move of the Chicago Bears from Solider Field to Arlington International Racecourse during a board meeting on Oct. 4, 2021 at Arlington Heights Village Hall. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
Elmhurst police were also notified as there was a missing persons report filed with the department for Cefolia on Aug. 8, 2020. Cefolia’s vehicle was found parked outside Waterfall Glen that same month, but he was never found after a search that included multiple law enforcement agencies, volunteers and trained bloodhounds.
Last year the numbers were quite a bit lower because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in 2019 the machines produced $5.6 million in the first nine months of the year, with the city receiving $280,736 and the state collecting more than $1.4 million, state numbers show.
“We’re pleased to see Lyft sharing safety information with the public and encourage other companies and organizations to do the same,” said Erinn Robinson, a spokeswoman for the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. “No industry is immune to sexual violence, and this pervasive problem cannot be addressed without shining a light into dark corners and asking how to do better.”
That said, while ridership is starting to bounce back, it hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels, he said. Pace was at 100,000 trips daily before the pandemic, dropped to 33,000 trips at the height of the pandemic and is now at 66,000 trips per day, he said.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks to media at the Thompson Center, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, as he mandates COVID vaccines for teachers, college students, health care workers, and imposes indoor mask mandate for all. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
Ariel Jones, a United Parcel Service human resources intern, hands an applicant an information sheet, while the human resources specialist for the company, Mareno Moore, right, monitors the interaction during the Lee County Area Job Fair in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)
Freeze — yes, that’s her real name — worked at WFLD-Ch. 32 from 2007 to 2011 before leaving Chicago for WABC-TV in New York, where she has been a weekend weathercaster for the past decade. Starting Monday, the Utah-born, Indiana-raised Freeze, 47, is going nationwide as an anchor at the new 24/7 Fox Weather streaming network.