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With just 15 days left in meteorological spring, which spans from March 1 to May 31, spring 2021 is the driest on record since records started being kept in 1871, according to the weather service. Since the start of March, Chicago has only received 2.32 inches of rain, more than 6 inches below normal. Water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron have dropped 15 inches in the past 12 months, according to the weather service.
Video of the avian rescue near Michigan Avenue and Jackson Boulevard was posted to Twitter about 5 p.m. Sunday by a man who asked reporters to refer to him by his social media handle, “ChiTownCheese.” The video shows the bird on a ledge on the second floor of the Motorola Building, formerly the Railway Exchange Building, 224 S. Michigan Ave.
Illinois public health officials on Sunday reported 1,248 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 24 additional deaths. That brings the state’s totals to 1,366,268 cases and 22,439 deaths. There were 52,013 tests reported in the previous 24 hours and the seven-day statewide positivity rate as a percent of total test was 2.4%
The Medline Industries facilities can be seen May 12, 2021, in Waukegan. People living near Medline Industries in north suburban Waukegan had higher levels of the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide in their bloodstream than others who live farther away, according to test results from a federally funded study in 2019. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
The Southern Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association is made up of Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Marion, Monroe, Moultrie, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Shelby, Washington, Wayne and White counties.
Chicago police found what appeared to be a “tube partially covered in duct tape, with plastic caps at the end and what appeared to be a fuse,” Assistant State’s Attorney Meredith Rudolfi told the court. But the pipe was made of cardboard with a wick made of “some type of rubber,” she added.
At least 188 Palestinians have been killed in the hundreds of airstrikes in Gaza, including 55 children and 33 women, with 1,230 people wounded. Eight people in Israel have been killed in some of the 3,100 rocket attacks launched from Gaza, including a 5-year-old boy and a soldier.
During the incident, someone with a valid Illinois Concealed Carry license shot at the suspect, prompting the man to flee, the release said. A car not involved in the incident was struck by a bullet during the gunfire but the occupant not injured, police said.
Joe Cirone, District 1 coordinator for the American Radio Relay League, talks to people joining the search for 12-year-old Kyrin Carter outside the Best Western hotel on 179th Street near Cliine Avenue in Hammond’s Hessville section. Kyrin, who’s autistic, ran away from the hotel around noon May 15 and was still missing Sunday morning, officials said. (Michelle L. Quinn / Post-Tribune)
Almost 200 alligators call Critchlow Alligator Sanctuary home. The smallest are only a foot or two long but the largest, named Medusa, is 11 feet long and is expected to keep growing. The sanctuary takes in around 20 to 30 new alligators each year. Many of those are pets from people who are unable or unwilling to care for growing gators, but some are captured by animal control officers from around the Midwest and brought to the sanctuary.