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Damari’s body, naked and wrapped in a plastic garbage bag, was recovered Saturday by North Chicago police and FBI agents, aided by Indiana authorities. An autopsy showed the boy died from hypothermia, and his body showed signs of charring that took place after he died, the Lake County, Indiana, coroner said.
Broadview police responded to “multiple calls for shots fired” about 9:45 p.m. Dec. 21, and officers headed to the carjacking site in the 2000 block of South 20th Avenue, according to the report, obtained by the Tribune through an open-records request. Dispatchers alerted officers that 10 to 15 shots were reported, and Lightford “was involved in the incident,” the report states.
Head of the State’s Department of Public Health Dr. Ngozi Ezike speaks to media at the Thompson Center, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, as the governor mandates COVID vaccines for teachers, college students, health care workers, and imposes indoor mask mandate for all. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
Silvestri, who hails from Elmwood Park in the 9th District, was first elected in 1994 and joins at least two other longtime commissioners in announcing their retirements when their current terms end in December: Larry Suffredin, a Democrat from Evanston, and Deborah Sims, a Democrat from Posen.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is joined by lawmakers and community advocates including state Rep. Justin Slaughter, left, and state Sen. Elgie Sims Jr., right, as he signs HB 3653, a sweeping criminal justice and police reform bill, on Feb. 22, 2021, at Chicago State University. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
“As Illinois’ fiscal watchdog, I’ve implemented historic transparency reforms, led our state to its first credit upgrades in decades, delivered the fastest vendor payment cycle in over 20 years, and paid down our bill backlog by over 75% without using federal stimulus funds — in the middle of a global pandemic,” she said.
“I can’t in good conscience go home every night knowing that I have a building in town where I’ve got people paying to stay, and sleep, and have the life-safety issues that we have,” he said, adding the Fire Department’s intent “was never to displace anybody.”
“All they did was have more days off,” she said. “A lot of the children were probably mingling, doing other things, so there was no reason for them to be out of school if you weren’t going to make sure that there was going to be testing before coming back to school.”
FILE–In this Dec. 7, 2015, file photo, Illinois Sen. Thomas Cullerton, D-Villa Park, speaks to lawmakers while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, Ill. Cullerton has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he took benefits and salary from the Teamsters while doing little or no work. On Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 federal prosecutors in Chicago announced that Cullerton, 49, is charged with 39 counts of embezzlement from a labor union, one count of conspiracy to embezzle from a labor union and an employee benefit plans and one count of making false statements in a health care matter. (Seth Perlman)
Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Richard Burr, R-N.C., introduced the bill to honor Till and his mother with the highest civilian honor that Congress awards. They described the legislation as a long overdue recognition of what the Till family endured and what they accomplished in their fight against injustice.