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“Namely, stunted corn, the tips of corn cobs not filling (which means less overall yield), and soybeans not filling as many pods as they would under normal moisture conditions. Based on my communications with folks in that area and reports I’ve gotten from other sources it seems the actual impacts to yields are highly variable,” Ford wrote in an email to the Tribune. “Most folks will not have a great year in terms of yield, some may hit average, but I think many will be slightly to moderately below average on yield. That area got enough rain in the critical July-August period that the crop wasn’t a complete loss, like it was in 2012 or 1988.”
Authorities allege a female student saw a naked man about 11 a.m. Sept. 3 while he “exposed his penis, while masturbating, in front of an open doorway of a residence — visible from school grounds, while being less than 500 feet away from the secondary school,” according to court records.
Two teens — a 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy — were shot in separate incidents. A man also was shot near Grant Park. And three men were shot in the 1200 block of North Clark in the Near North neighborhood at 2:20 a.m. The victims, ages 23, 24 and 26, were said to be in fair condition but would not disclose details to officers, police said.
He faces multiple charges in the protest shootings, including two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and illegal firearm possession. Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time, opened fire with an AR-style semiautomatic rifle on Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, of Kenosha, and Anthony Huber, 26, of Silver Lake, killing both. He also shot Gaige Grosskreutz, of West Allis, who survived.
With big, orange feet and a hulking bill that expands to take in 3 gallons of water, the American white pelican has been described — by its fans — as peculiar, gangly and clownish. It carries a strong, fishy scent and looks too top heavy to get off the ground. Yet it’s a formidable flyer, with flocks soaring smoothly in precise formations.
Municipal investors, including Batavia, Geneva, Naperville, St. Charles and Winnetka, lobbied to block Pritzker’s initial proposal to close the coal plant by 2030. After months of delays, backers of the energy legislation agreed to extend the deadline, giving Prairie State and a municipally owned coal plant in Springfield until 2035 to cut CO2 emissions by 45% and another decade after that to eliminate climate pollution or shut down.
Fewer than half of the wetlands that once existed in the Great Lakes remain, leaving some of the 350 species of birds that rely on the region in search of a home. Along with habitat loss, birds, like other wildlife, must also contend with the fallout from human-caused climate change, lingering pollution and harmful invasive species. In North America alone, there are 29% fewer birds than there were 50 years ago, a 2019 study found.
That same month, records show Maniatis used his American Express card to purchase three round-trip tickets to the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador for Bhaskaran, his daughter, and Baskaran’s paramour, according to the affidavit. In addition to the airfare, which cost nearly $6,000, Maniatis spent another $13,500 to reserve cruise tickets and lodging at La Selva, a spa retreat in the Ecuadorian jungle, for the trio, the affidavit stated.
In a report made public Wednesday, the ethics board said it found probable cause that a public official, who it does not name, directed “a city employee under the official’s supervision to consider and discuss with the official withholding city services to a constituent because the constituent appears to have supported a political opponent of the official.”
Among other allegations, the lawsuit also argues the Park District was aware of a previous drowning in the area of the pier, that it had failed to repaint safety markings at the pier and that a sign posted at or near the beach and pier instructed swimmers “to call for someone to throw a life ring or anything that floats to save an individual that may be having difficulty swimming and/or drowning.”