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Mitchell also noted the city is in a bind — or, as he put it, a “zone of twilight.” He questioned what the city will do come Jan. 1, when the provision that unvaccinated employees can submit to COVID-19 testing expires. A lawyer with the city, Michael Warner, replied that officers would once again face being placed into no-pay status.
“Keeping our children safe is an important public health issue; during a pandemic, it takes on an even greater significance,” Dr. Jacqueline Korpics, pediatrician and medical director of the Cook County public health department’s COVID-19 response, said in a statement. “Measures such as social distancing and wearing a mask remain important but vaccinating as many children as possible keeps the students, staff and everyone in school protected and healthy. We urge parents to vaccinate their children, for the health and safety of all of us.”
30 W. Oak St., No. 7A, Chicago: $2,450,000 | Listed: Aug. 20, 2021 This three-bedroom home has three full bathrooms, one half-bath and more than 60 feet of floor-to-ceiling windows. The kitchen has white lacquered Poggenpohl upper cabinetry, a cantilevered island and a butler’s pantry. Double glass sliding doors from the kitchen and dining rooms lead to a terrace that offers city views and a glimpse of the lake. The primary bedroom features Arabesque wallcovering, a floor-to-ceiling headboard with a built-in hardwood bed, floating lacquered nightstands, automatic custom shades and a crystal pendant light with a shade. This home has marble floors throughout except in the bedrooms, where the floors are wood. An Eco Smart fire feature, a Murano glass light installation in the dining room and a garage parking space complete this home. Agents: Marissa Gillman Schaefer and Sharon Gillman, Compass,312-560-8400 and 312-925-2700cq *Some listing photos are “virtually staged,” meaning they have been digitally altered to represent different furnishing or decorating options. To feature your luxury listing of $800,000 or more in Chicago Tribune’s Dream Homes, send listing information and high-res photos to ctc-realestate@chicagotribune.com. Join our Chicago Dream Homes Facebook group for more luxury listings and real estate news.
Schroeder also barred prosecutors from mentioning the alleged connection during the trial, saying it could unfairly prejudice the jury. In doing so, however, he acknowledged he had never heard of the Proud Boys before the case, didn’t know if they were actually a hate-inspired group and suggested many organizations, including street gangs, force people to join against their will.
Ramirez, 33, allegedly began texting a lifeguard he was supervising in July, authorities said. The texts led to phone conversations, and in one of those exchanges, the employee said she was 16 years old and was a junior in high school, Assistant State’s Atty. Kevin Deboni said at the bond hearing for Ramirez.
During prime trick-or-treat hours from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, temperatures are expected to hover in the mid-50 degrees. According to weather service meteorologist Jake Petr, temperatures will begin to slowly drop after the sun sets around 5:50 p.m., falling into the mid-40s by 10 p.m.
Garcia’s attorney, Cook County Assistant Public Defender Felicia Weiss, said Garcia, who has no children, attended Disney High School and an alternative school. Garcia, who has been living on his own and has been unemployed for two or three months, has “mental health issues” but he “can’t describe the diagnosis,” said Weiss.
Pedro Martinez laughs with CPS Board President Miguel del Valle, left, and school board member Lucino Sotelo, following a news conference outside Martinez’s former high school, Benito Juarez Academy, in Chicago, to announce he’d been named the new CEO. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)
Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer is greeted by colleague and former student Alison Brown, left, as his wife Peggy Bagley assists the rabbi at home on Oct. 26, 2021, in Evanston. Rabbi Goldhamer is one of the subjects of a documentary series about Jewish role models. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
Chancellor Rebecca Blank, center, walks in a procession at the start of the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s spring commencement ceremony in Madison in 2015. Blank has been named the next president of Northwestern University. She will become Northwestern’s 17th president, effective in summer 2022. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal)