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Joskar Ramos, 18, and Thomas Lopez, 21, both of Joliet, and Jeremy Lopez, 19, of Lockport, are being held at the Will County Adult Detention Facility on $10 million bond, according to a news release from the Will County Sheriff’s Office. The Lopez brothers were arrested Tuesday. Ramos, who was charged this week, has been in police custody since Nov. 5 on weapons charges.
“As was stated today in committee, partisanship was a factor in drawing the sub circuit maps. Our caucus will not assist in any effort to corrupt our judicial system through partisan gerrymandering,” McConchie said. “If the Democrats want a power grab of our courts, they can do it on their own. The judicial branch, above all, should be held to a higher standard than this sort of politicization.”
In an update to the Tuesday announcement, Benet Academy Head of School Stephen Marth said in a statement that “contrary to some reports circulating in the media earlier today, know of our steadfast commitment to ensuring that the Academy will maintain its Catholic identity, in the Benedictine tradition, for years to come.”
Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey, left, stands in the reception area of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office with CTU attorney Robert Bloch, right, at City Hall on Oct. 31, 2019, the day the teachers strike was settled. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
After the board fired Posey in 2017 for his confrontation with Stewart, Judge Flynn “affirmed the board’s findings of fact and conclusions of law,” but reversed its decision to fire the officer, “finding that, in fairness to (Posey’s) 17-year history as a police officer, the discipline should be something less than outright discharge,” according to court records.
This Jan. 5, 2022, photo provided by the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office in Springfield, Ill., shows Benjamin H. Reed. Reed is charged with first degree murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in the stabbing death Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, of DCFS child-welfare worker Diedre Silas, 36. (AP)
Marilyn Owrey Hennig, 91, was found on the first floor while 24-year-old Michelle Owrey and 61-year-old John Owrey were discovered on the second floor, according to Flynn and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Earlier, Flynn said Michelle Owrey was 28.
Dowell, an alderman since 2007, has name recognition in the city’s portion of the newly redrawn congressional district, something she lacked in a statewide bid. As with her bid for secretary of state, Dowell also doesn’t jeopardize her council seat, which is up in 2023, by running in the June primary.
“It’s been amazing just what’s happened,” Donovan said. “Right before Christmas, I said, ‘Oh this is going to be good, we’re going to get our guys coming back.’ And then I went down and couple other guys went down and it’s like, all right, I probably misspoke that day. … A lot of our guys had to deal with this and I’m hopeful that at one point we can get really, really whole as a team. I just don’t know when that’s going to be.”
We’d like to know: How are you handling the latest wave of restrictions, day care issues, canceled plans, and health care concerns? Have you gotten used to the never-ending changes to your routine and do you consider them essential in the effort to return to normal? Or has your frustration level reached a boiling point, especially with no end to the pandemic in sight? What do you think of the mandates and testing procedures?