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One of the women was 49 and the other was 88 years old, according to preliminary information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Neither had been identified as of Sunday morning. One of the women was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was taken to Amita St. Francis Hospital in Evanston in grave condition, but later died from her injuries, police said.
Fawell was part of one of DuPage’s best-known political families. His late brother, Bruce, was a chief judge in DuPage’s circuit court, while his late sister-in-law, Beverly, was a state senator who later worked for the Illinois State Tollway. And Fawell’s late twin brother, Thomas, was the longtime chairman and then executive director of the DuPage Airport Authority.
The candidates were “chosen for their devotion to enforcing the law, their professionalism, their experience and credentials in this field, their dedication to pursuing equal justice for all, and their commitment to the independence of the Department of Justice,” the White House said.
On Nov. 9, at about 1:50 p.m., Zheng was walking home from campus “minding his own business,” in the 900 block of East 54th Place when he was confronted by Spann, who arrived in a stolen Ford Mustang, Asst. State’s Atty. Ashley Romito said in court.
The demographics of the potential ward would be 51% Asian, 24% Latino, 20% white and 3% Black. Supporters say such a ward is long overdue, especially after the 2020 Census found Asians were the fasting growing population in Chicago, making up 7% of the population. They also now make up the largest racial group in Bridgeport, according to a 2021 analysis by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
About 9:15 a.m. Monday, a 44-year-old man was inside a business in the 3800 block of West Division Street when he was involved in an argument with two people. He grabbed a bottle and he was shot in the chest. He was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital where he later died, police said.
After being struck, the Mazda hit a Kia Optima that was headed northbound. The driver of the Optima, a 24-year-old man, refused medical treatment. Three adults, two men and one woman, who were passengers in the Mazda, were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
He was arrested Friday in the same block where he lives after he was identified as the person who hours earlier took a vehicle by force from a 21-year-old man, and also tried to take his belongings in the 1100 block of North Menard Avenue, police said.
Shortly after 11:30 p.m. Friday, the woman was driving in the 3400 block of West Jackson Boulevard when she suffered a gunshot wound to the head. She was taken in critical condition to the hospital, and no information about the circumstances leading up to the shooting were immediately available, police said.
When the city provided the funding for the project in the late ‘80s, the initial idea was twin iron gates at the east and west ends of the 26th Street retail corridor of family-owned businesses. But Garcia, supported by other business owners, the chamber, and the Little Village Community Council, proposed a design that resembled the arched town entrances in pueblos in Mexico.