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DeVore, 52, of Sorento, a village of 429 people about 50 miles south of Springfield, had previously announced his candidacy for the downstate 5th Appellate Court. But in a Facebook video first reported by the Illinoize political newsletter, DeVore said he had changed his mind and will seek the GOP nomination for attorney general, citing the school mask-mandate court rulings.

As of Tuesday, the city’s test positivity rate of 1.5%, was in the “low transmission” category, while its rate of occupied hospital and ICU beds was in “lower transmission.” The seven-day rolling average of new daily cases was still at “substantial transmission” at 283 cases, but all those categories were decreasing.

“I was in school in freshman seminar class, and the dean came down and got me and walked me to the office,” he said. “And once I reached the office, there were just two police officers there. As soon as I got in, they didn’t tell me nothing or say anything. They just said I was under arrest.”

“Her loved ones remember her as smart, funny, and loving with a commitment to making the world a better place,” the lawsuit reads. “After her honorable discharge from the military, Irene developed serious post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”), and struggled with alcohol dependency. Irene dreamed of healing her trauma, farming on her family land in Mexico, and traveling the world. But on December 18, 2021, the actions and inactions of Chicago Police Department (CPD) Officers and the City of Chicago’s policy and practice failures cut Irene’s life tragically short.”

Fire officials said they were called to the same location regarding a shooting, but when they arrived there was no shooting victim and firefighters were told a young child had been shot and someone drove the child to an area hospital in a private vehicle. But because the Fire Department didn’t transport anyone, officials also said they could not provide additional information about the time of the call or any information about a possible victim.

“We were definitely in rescue mode last night, with a helicopter and having everyone out,” Neel said. But the effort turned had been deemed a recovery — meaning there was little hope of locating the man alive — due to factors including low water temperature, the elapsed time since the man went missing and search delays in unfavorable conditions, he said.

The men are among scores of Afghan refugees arriving in Illinois this month, as the U.S. government works to move people from military bases into communities. Since September, about 2,142 Afghans have resettled in Illinois, according to the Illinois Department of Human Services. In all, Illinois plans to welcome about 2,500 to 3,000 refugees.

A near-stationary cold front is expected to lock in typical winter high temperatures in the 30s near the Wisconsin border and springlike highs in 50s along the Interstate 80 corridor, meteorologist Casey Sullivan said. A gradient of temperatures is expected in between, with the high in Chicago forecast in the low 40s, according to the National Weather Service.

The large 3-alarm fire, first reported before 4 a.m. , was still burning as of 7:40 a.m., a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department said. The blaze required about 150 firefighters and 50 firefighting vehicles, which were called to the 4300 block of North Richmond Street in Albany Park, he said.

Joe Ferguson, who was the city inspector general, hosts a community forum in the Austin neighborhood to gather input on the Chicago Police Department’s gang database in 2018. He announced last July he wouldn’t seek reappointment to the job. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)