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When asked whether the county should have notified the public sooner about an officer reportedly discharging his weapon, Preckwinkle responded: “Well, first of all, let me point out that this is an ongoing investigation, and a police report was filed. That was sufficient. I’m just grateful that he wasn’t hurt. Given the circumstances, it could have had a quite different outcome.”
Geneva Wright, 32, of Grayslake, is charged with reckless conduct and was free on bail, as of Wednesday. The alleged incident happened in March and, following an investigation, a warrant was issued for her arrest Tuesday, the release states. The patient died, but Wright is not charged with the death.
Scott Sexton, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, has his medal and a bag of ice on his head at the finish of the 30th LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon on Oct. 7, 2007, which was cut short because of the heat related stresses and injuries to runners. (Chuck Berman / Chicago Tribune)
The alleged scheme was masterminded by Terrence Williams, a former star for the New Jersey Nets, according to prosecutors. In all, the players received about $2.5 million in ill-gotten gains, while kicking back about $230,000 to Williams, the indictment alleged.
Lisa Yun Lee started a GoFundMe fundraiser to help offset the cost of Black’s care, echoing some of the sentiments he’s shared about his life. Lee called him “a Chicago treasure: beloved and legendary Civil Rights activist, historian, and storyteller. He has had a long, rich life journey.”
“The Chicago Park District placed the accused employee on emergency suspension on September 13, 2021, while the District took the necessary steps to initiate termination. Also on this day, the District contacted the Department of Children and Family Services and was informed the information provided did not warrant an investigation by DCFS,” according to the statement by the district.
“(Beasley) blew my mind in those first 10 pages. Heck, the first paragraph. And that’s when I started digging in, and realized the backstory, and I was just so upset,” said Nina Bennett, 36, a municipal consultant in Dallas. “We had come so far as a society and her words were still inaccessible. You could not access them unless you had connections to an academic library, which, because my husband’s a professor at (Southern Methodist University), I do. Marie’s stepmother founded her own publishing company 34 years ago. For random reasons, we were in the place and we had the connections to elevate her words.”
The high was 89 degrees on Oct. 7, 2007. For the first time in Chicago Marathon history, officials cut the race short as hundreds of runners laboring across oven-like streets were treated for heat-related illnesses. The stoppage happened about 3 1/2 hours after the start amid complaints of insufficient water for the nearly 36,000 runners. Of the 35,867 who started, 24,933 finished. More than 300 runners were taken from the course in ambulances. One runner, a Michigan police officer with a heart condition, died, although the Cook County medical examiner’s office determined his death was not heat-related.
Hours earlier, just minutes before midnight, a 13-year-old was walking outside in West Englewood. Then, two men he didn’t know, wearing all black, approached the sidewalk in the 6800 block of South Wolcott Avenue and fired shots at the boy. He was struck in the abdomen and leg, police said.
“The Sox are more blue-collared. It definitely shows the grit of the South Side, and shows the passion and being able to overcome a lot of adversity,” said Gutierrez, 26. “A Cubs fan on the North Side I think is more a white-collar, office worker, kind of more upscale.”