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Bailey’s largest donors during the three-month period included $200,000 from Alex Melvin, the CEO of Mattoon-based Rural King, a chain of farm and home stores, $100,000 from Gerald Forsythe, the chairman and CEO of the Wheeling-based INDECK Cos., and $100,000 from Kaskaskia Organics LLC.

Before the 2021 postseason, no team in WNBA history had won the finals after ranking outside of the top two in net rating in the regular season. The Sky, whose 1.5 net rating was the sixth-best in the league, had the lowest net rating of any WNBA champion in the league’s 25-year history.

The 11-year-old had been in the living room of a residence in the 4000 block of South King Drive in Bronzeville with two other children when one of them, an 8-year-old, accidentally fired a handgun around 2 a.m. Sunday, police said in a statement. The 11-year-old was struck in the thigh and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago, where he had been listed in fair condition.

Joshua James, who lived in the 9900 block of South LaSalle Street in Fernwood, Sunday was identified as the man who was fatally shot, according to information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Police said he was 29; the medical examiner’s office said he was 39. It was not immediately clear which agency had James’ correct age.

Water pressure levels need to be in the range of 35 to 36 pounds of pressure per square inch to service Dixmoor, which is about 18 miles south of downtown Chicago, but the pressure levels fell to single digits at “various times” throughout the emergency, the village said.

“Nothing is as devastating as the death of a young person. Our union mourns for Kierra Moore, and grieves with her family and the entire Clark Magnet school community,” the statement said. “Like (Phillips Academy High School), (Simeon Career Academy High School) and far too many other schools in our district, the Clark family must now contend both with the grief of their loss and the reality of a community without support.”

The notice issued Saturday morning on behalf of First Deputy Superintendent Eric Carter says that during the next five roll calls, which are supervisor briefings before each shift, the following message will be read: “Until further notice, the use of elective time by sworn CPD members is restricted.”

In Arlington Heights, visitors can find everything from an Irish pub and at least two farm-to-table restaurants, to pizza, sushi, Thai food and fine dining within walking distance of the Metra stop. The downtown is also home to scores of boutiques, coffee shops, live music venues, a craft beer shop and a BYO painting studio.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker leaves after speaking outside Walter R. Sundling Junior High School in Palatine, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is on a tour of U.S. schools, celebrating the full return of in-person classroom this fall, despite the COVID-19 virus surging nationwide. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)

A core group means only those individuals who were together during an exposure period, and could be limited to a classroom, a sports team, before/after school care, performing arts, or other groups and likely does not apply to the entire school population, IDPH officials said.