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Of those who died, Shametria Williams, 19, and Ratanya Aryiel Rogers, 28, were identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. A 35-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were also killed, but they have not yet been identified, pending notification of their family.
“It might feel like it’s early in the summer, but the planning has to happen now,” said Wheaton-Warrenville Community Unit School District 200 Superintendent Jeff Schuler, one of several suburban school administrators who shared their concerns during an Illinois State Board of Education meeting Wednesday.
MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist known for her impromptu multibillion dollar donations to charities and racial equity causes, announced June 15, 2021, that she has given $2.7 billion to 286 organizations. In Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago has received $40 million and Kennedy-King college received $5 million. (Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Camp counslelor David Toba, from Bogota, Colombia, helps move gear at YMCA Camp Duncan on June 15, 2021, in Ingleside. Many camps are facing a shortage of camp counselors this year for both the day and overnight camps. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
Will Murphy, CEO of CEDARst Companies, which owns the Bush Temple building, said in a statement the company “would like to thank the Chicago Fire Department for their incredible efforts and immediate response.” Residents returned to their apartments a few hours after the fire, Murphy said.
Even after the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus championed a sweeping social justice agenda dealing with criminal justice, education, economic opportunity and health care that Pritzker signed into law earlier this year, there remains much work to do to address systemic racism in the state, Ford said.
Thunderstorms and showers are forecast for Thursday evening and overnight north of interstate 88 with a potential of isolated flash flooding, said Brian Leatherwood of the weather service’s Chicago-area office. Some storms could get severe with strong winds and hail, he added.
On June 7, three inmates declared a hunger strike, “to protest the lack of video conference kiosks and weak Wi-Fi connection in the temporary space,” Hess wrote, adding that the strike ended June 9, after the women were moved back to their regular housing unit.
Jacqueline Creekmore, 44, of the 7400 block of South Eggleston Avenue, was arrested in the same block in which she lived, about 10 a.m. Monday, police said. Creekmore “was identified as the individual who fatally shot” a 43-year-old man about 5.5 hours earlier, in the 6500 block of South Perry Avenue in Englewood, police said in a news release.
Mark Loafman: It’s a moving target. What’s making everybody in the public health world a little bit cautious is that there are a small percentage of people that are vaccinated who will contract the infection. What we’re telling people in low-risk settings, like being outdoors, physically distanced with people that are vaccinated indoors, an outdoor dining experience, even going to the ballpark or out to a picnic event in the open, it’s generally very safe right now. It’s not 0% risk. So, if you have a loved one at home who is incredibly susceptible, those folks should continue to use the mask. We just need to get comfortable with this level of variability.