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Loyola Medicine will require all of its employees and doctors to get COVID-19 vaccinations, the system announced Thursday, making it one of the first hospital systems in the Chicago area to make the vaccines mandatory. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
The indictment alleged that between them, Austin and Wilson got new kitchen cabinets, granite countertops, bathroom tiling, sump pumps and an HVAC system for free or at a discount. The central developer in the indictment, now deceased, was working on a 91-unit project in Austin’s Far South Side ward.
Tony Shields, 29, of the South Shore neighborhood, was arrested July 6 in Rock Island by the Chicago Police Department and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, after being identified as the person who allegedly stabbed Malcom Mullins, 29, of Broadview, police said.
Ronald Armour, 41, of the 6300 block of South Sangamon Street, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of first-degree murder, aggravated battery of someone older than 60 and home invasion causing injury, according to authorities. He was expected to appear in court for a bond hearing later Thursday.
Two men (names withheld upon request) play chess while police work the scene were a 24-year-old woman, a 27-year-old woman, and a 35-year-old man were shot on the 3500 block of West Lake Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Wednesday July 7, 2021 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
The exchange program gives students from Midwestern states tuition discounts at participating universities. While public colleges and universities typically charge a premium to out-of-state students, those in the program agree to charge eligible students no more than 150% of the school’s in-state tuition for specific programs, and private colleges offer a 10% reduction in tuition, according to the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, which oversees the program. Students typically save $500 to $5,000 per year, the compact said.
In the days after the wreck, a number of bodies were picked up by fishing tugs near Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The dead reported by the Tribune included the Beau brothers, Martin and Henry, of Chicago; E.H. Borland, a traveling salesman from Milwaukee; and Charles Curtis, a cabin boy found with a letter from his mother back in Germany “carefully preserved” in his pocket. Others were identified in the paper only by their height, hair color, personal effects and scars. One person survived the wreck: a crewman named Axel Stone.
Denise Wallace, left, sister of Natalia “Natalie” Wallace, looks on as Keyosha Robinson, a friend of her father, Nathan Wallace, holds onto a large photo cutout of Natalie they picked up from a store on July 1, 2021, in Chicago. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
“Eligible residents are automatically entered into the lotteries,” the state said. “There are no sign ups, no forms, and no waiting lines. IDPH will continue to check their records before each drawing. Once entered, residents remain eligible in all future drawings, unless they win.”
Mieczyslaw Podraza, 80, of the 8800 block of North Western Avenue, died July 5 after he was found in a pool on the 8900 block of David Place in unincorporated Maine Township near Niles, the Cook County Sheriff’s Department and Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said.