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Fans in Section 330 watch the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on Oct. 31, 2021. The Bears sold 26,000 permanent seat licenses, or PSLs, priced between $765 and $10,000 each, to help fund the 2003 renovation of Soldier Field. While many of those seats have changed hands in the secondary market, thousands of PSL owners now face the prospect of their investments expiring worthless if the team packs up for a new stadium in Arlington Heights. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
A few groups of demonstrators gathered peacefully outside the stately courthouse the first day of the trial. Among the small crowd was Justin Blake, whose nephew Jacob Blake’s shooting by a Kenosha police officer in August 2020 sparked the unrest. Toting a unity flag, Justin Blake said he came to support the slain men’s families. Community activist Porche Bennett-Bey also spoke out from the courthouse steps against the judge’s decision banning prosecutors from referring to the men Rittenhouse shot as “victims.” The defense, however, will be allowed to call them “rioters, looters and arsonists” if they present evidence supporting the claim. “They were killed,” Bennett-Bey said. “They’re victims. I don’t care how anybody puts it.” A few demonstrators said they support Rittenhouse. One of them, a woman, was holding an anti-Black Lives Matter sign that Bennett-Bey later tore up.
The broken water pipe was estimated to be leaking about 500 gallons of water a minute, Lusk said on Oct. 26 — 720,000 gallons per 24 hours, he added. He clarified that the problem did not originate, as previously suspected, with the 12-inch feeder pipe running from Harvey to Dixmoor.
Belcore, like many Illinois midwives, is licensed in a neighboring state — in her case, Wisconsin. In Illinois, she can take doula clients, meaning she can legally provide parents with comfort measures and patient advocacy, but not with medical services. This bill will allow her to practice as a midwife here.
In his order Monday, U.S. District Judge Robert Dow said he’s been in communication with prison officials, who assured him they “are comfortable that their institution, which is a medical facility with 24-hour nursing care on every floor and ready access to Mayo Clinic for referrals, can accept (Vrdolyak) and provide any medical care that he needs.”
Chicago Police issued a missing person bulletin on Monday, Nov.1, for Inaki Bascaran, a Glenview native who lives in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. Bascaran was last seen in a River North bar on Saturday night. – Original Credit: Chicago Police Department (Chicago Police Department / HANDOUT)
“Hammond Police Department is saddened to announce the shooting of two 13-year-old boys in our city last evening,” Kellogg said in a release. “While we are thankful for the community support, which led to the arrest of the person of interest, we are heartbroken that such an event could even occur.
The charges outlined in a 43-page indictment allege that members of the “Wicked Town” faction of the Traveling Vice Lords engaged in 19 murders, 19 attempted murders, as well as several armed robberies and assaults dating back to at least July 2000, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney John Lausch.
Snyder, 43, was indicted in November 2016, on the same day former Lake County Sheriff John Buncich was indicted on a charge of accepting bribes in a towing scheme. Buncich, 75, has been in prison in Springfield, Missouri, since early 2018, serving a 15-year sentence.
Marshall players celebrate after defeating East St. Louis-Lincoln for the Class AA basketball title on March 27, 1982, in Champaign. The title was coach Dorothy Gaters’ first of eight at Marshall, and the 1981-82 squad was her only team that finished undefeated. (Dave Nystrom / Chicago Tribune)