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Cletis Seals, second from left, a music teacher at Proviso East High School, rallies with other striking teachers from Proviso High School District 209, across from Proviso Math and Science Academy in Forest Park on March 9, 2022. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
The injured officer was rushed to an area hospital in serious condition, before undergoing surgery for his injuries, according to the sheriff’s office. Officials released an update saying the officer made it through the surgery overnight and he was recovering as of Tuesday morning, officials said.
Pillado, 79, has been working at a nearby meatpacking plant for 20 years, lifting thousands of pounds of frozen meats into large vats, eight hours a day, five days a week. His $16 an hour pretax is the married couple’s only source of income. With it, they manage to pay for their groceries, medicines, utilities and their $800 monthly rent — but not much else.
Michael Darcy, former CEO of the Gateway Foundation treatment organization, is an unpaid member of AddGraft’s board of advisers. He said while the skin grafts shouldn’t be seen as a silver bullet against addiction, they could cut down on the high cost of residential treatment — or in more dire cases, prison — by shoring up a person’s biological defenses.
En mitad de la madrugada, aproximadamente a las 2:30 am, Martina Alonso, de 69 años, ayuda a Gregorio Pillado, de 79, a prepararse para partir a su trabajo en una planta procesadora de carne en Chicago el 10 de febrero de 2022. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)
As of Sunday night, there were 605 patients with COVID-19 in hospitals statewide, down from an all-time high of 7,380 two months ago. That’s the fewest patients hospitalized with the virus since July 20, when the late summer surge, driven by the delta variant, was taking hold.
A decorated Air Force veteran of World War II and former Illinois volunteer of the year for the Special Olympics, Jerome Liesse, 95, was “mentally 100%” and discussing the news, the stock market and keeping track of his investments when, David Liesse said, he visited him on Nov. 11, 2020, Veterans Day.
The report continues, saying the SUV was seen making a right-hand turn onto eastbound U.S. 30 in Merrillville. As officers were catching up to the vehicle, the driver activated emergency red and blue police lights, giving notice that it was an unmarked police car. In seeing the lights, officers stopped trying to catch up.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reset the first-dose deadline for March 13 after the courts upheld a police union arbitration ruling that sided with the city. She’s shown Feb. 22 alongside Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, Dr. Allison Arwady, right. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
Dejah Bennet, 22, was pronounced dead at University of Chicago Medical Center at 9:34 p.m. Saturday, according to information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office. She was rushed to the hospital after emergency responders located her suffering from a gunshot wound at the Food 4 Less Fuel Center, 1000 E. Sibley Blvd. in Dolton, officials said.