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Late Friday, Pritzker nominated Rodger Heaton, former U.S. attorney in Springfield, and Robin Shoffner, a former civil trial attorney in Cook County, to sit on the Prisoner Review Board, which considers early release for convicted criminals. The appointments were confirmed by the Senate early Saturday.

But according to the lawsuit, Heritage Auctions contacted Jostens on June 10, 2021, and was informed that their ring was a duplicate that had been stolen. Jostens, with the Cubs’ permission, had made a sample ring modeled after Zobrist’s with “distinguishing features” to differentiate it from the actual World Series rings distributed to the players, according to the lawsuit.

The man suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his body, and was taken in critical condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center. The woman was injured in the head by bullet fragments and was taken to the same hospital where her condition was stabilized, police said.

In this video screenshot from an Oct. 14, 2021, news conference, Lt. Gary Contreras with the Cook County sheriff’s office shows the parts of a ghost gun, the frame, barrel and slide, that can be purchased separately and would then be put together by someone. (Shanzeh Ahmad / Chicago Tribune)

While the artform originated in pagan times, it was later intertwined with religion when Ukraine accepted Christianity in 988 A.D. Pysanky were traditionally written during the last week of Lent by women of the family, who would gather, pray, and use patterns and colors typically handed down from mother to daughter for generations, Chychula said.

“This, as presented on the floor, does nothing to bring down crime, does nothing to promote public safety and, in fact, is not holding the (criminals) accountable for the laws that they broke along the way. This is absurd. This is not what we need to do to bring down crime,” said state Rep. Avery Bourne, a Republican from Morrisonville who is running for lieutenant governor in the June 28 primary.

Then-Calumet City Ald. Thaddeus Jones leaves the Downey Park polling place after voting in 2003. Jones, who is now a state representative, is under investigation over tax issues involving campaign funds, according to sources. (JOHN SMIERCIAK / CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

Brown led police on a long high-speed chase, exceeding 100 mph, before officers ran him off the road on I-55 near Bloomington, about 140 miles from Rockford. He kept driving through a farm field before his car struck a concrete ditch and came to a sudden stop. After a five-hour standoff in which police fired tear gas, Brown was arrested, and treated for injuries including a broken wrist, damaged heel and broken vertebra.

From August 2016 to May 2017, Solis wore a hidden wire and secretly recorded meetings with Burke, the then-powerful Finance Committee chairman and dean of the City Council. Many of the early conversations had to do with the massive renovation of the Old Main Post Office in Solis’ 25th Ward, which had also been a focus of the investigation of Solis, according to court records.

Many other names have been discussed as possible 2023 mayoral candidates, including Chicago Ald. Roderick Sawyer, 6th, and Ald. Brian Hopkins, 2nd. Others include former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, state Reps. Kam Buckner and La Shawn Ford, Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, former city Building Commissioner Judy Frydland and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson.