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Police investigate a shooting scene at the corner of Asbury Avenue and Howard Street, on the Chicago-Evanston border on Jan. 9, 2021. Jason Nightengale shot seven people, killing five, in a spree that stretched from the South Side to beyond the city’s northern border before being shot and killed by Evanston police. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
Under the latest round of federal coronavirus recovery funding, Cook County was awarded the package, half of which has arrived in coffers already, to be used by the end of 2024 for public health, economic growth, infrastructure, revenue loss and more. Preckwinkle’s legislation would give her budget director latitude to move any American Rescue Plan Act funds under $1 million; beyond that, the director would need approval from Preckwinkle’s chief financial officer, according to the language, which gives a deadline of Dec. 31 for the enhanced powers.
The fair, set for July 14-18, is to feature a Bengal Tiger Encounter, as it has in years past. Residents have been calling the county to oppose the show. They complain that it’s dangerous and inhumane to keep the wild animals in captivity and force them to perform tricks.
Silva, of Hamlet, was charged May 22, 2020, with two felony counts of aiding, inducing or causing murder in the perpetration of a robbery and two felony counts of aiding, inducing or causing attempted robbery in connection with the Feb. 25, 2019, shooting deaths of Molley Lanham, 19, and Thomas Grill, 18.
As the protests grew heated, someone in the crowd sprayed bear mace toward a female Capitol police officer, obstructing her vision. As the officer tried to pursue the person who’s sprayed the mace, Woods ran forward and tripped her, pushing her to the ground. The incident was captured on a bystander’s video, according to the complaint.
A pedestrian crosses the Lincoln Park Passerelle over Lake Shore Drive Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Chicago. The City Council tabled the vote on changing Lake Shore Drive to DuSable Drive after Black explorer Jean Baptist Point DuSable. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
Katie Wilson, who was seven months pregnant with a boy, followed her husband down the stairs as he led their daughter, Ryen, to the basement. But before Katie Wilson reached safety, a tree came through the roof of the home and struck her, Vanek said.
In an unusual move, Jackson was represented by his brother, formal federal prosecutor George Jackson III. His main argument focused on allegations that Mixon was staring down Anthony Jackson on the platform that day, and had walked up next to him in a threatening way, leaving Anthony little choice but to defend himself.
Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, nominee to be U.S. circuit judge for the 7th Circuit, testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 28, 2021, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Getty Images/Tom Williams/Pool/Getty Images North America/TNS)
Still, he said, steadier rain is best for getting out of a drought, as opposed to heavy rain like the kind expected this weekend. The metro area’s drought had been steadily getting worse since April until last week, he said, when the area started experiencing some improvement with precipitation. Areas closer to the Wisconsin border are experiencing an extreme drought, while the southern part of the metro area is not experiencing a drought, he said.