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The Byron Generating Station is seen through a cornfield in Byron, Illinois, on Sept. 7, 2021. If state lawmakers are unable to approve an energy plan ncluding a bailout for three Exelon nuclear plants in the upcoming days, the company has said it will shut down the Bryon plant permanently after Sept. 13. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
Robert Boik, executive director of constitutional policing and reform at the Chicago Police Department, places his hand on a reform update packet while addressing reporters during an interview about the department’s progress in meeting consent decree deadlines, at police headquarters on Sept. 8, 2021, in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
When Massey filled out the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives form to purchase the firearm, however, he presented a Indiana state ID listing an address in Hammond, prosecutors said. He also checked a box certifying he was currently charged with any felony cases in any district.
“We’re being hoodwinked once again, and here we are saying we have to hurry up and vote for this so social equity people can get a piece of the pie,” Beale said. “We are not getting a piece of this pie, because the same people who wrote this (state) law are the same people who own all the dispensaries.”
Besides Illinois, all U.S. states and territories . are now subject to the advisory, under which unvaccinated travelers returning from those areas to Chicago must quarantine for a week, according to a Wednesday press release from the Chicago Department of Public Health. States get on the list by surpassing 15 daily COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents, but Illinois is not subject to the advisory because the city does not want to restrict intrastate travel.
The investigation will include interviews and meetings with police, government officials, residents and advocates to determine whether reforms are needed. It will also review use of force and how the department handles officer complaints. Joliet, a community of roughly 150,000, is about 45 miles (72 kilometers) outside Chicago.
Roger Patz, public information officer with the St. John Police Department, said that U.S. 41 between 77th and 85th Streets would be closed for the better part of the afternoon so that law enforcement could conduct a “slow, methodical search” of the entire school campus and surrounding area. They were conducting the search because police “don’t know for sure that there is gun,” he said.
Evanston police said a number of people entered the residence at around 10:27 p.m. and shot Butler before fleeing in a Saturn SUV. The vehicle was stopped a short time later in Skokie, and Lopez was the sole occupant, police said. Two handguns and gloves were recovered in the vehicle, according to police, who are looking for other suspects in that case.
“Out of an abundance of caution, and until MCHS Administration can fully assess the damage, certain classes will be moved to alternate locations for a full day of learning (Wednesday). Classes that will be impacted consist of Physical Education, Music, and Career and Technical Education,” said the letter, signed by Bryan Zwemke, the high school principal.
In this file photo a health worker shows a bottle of Ivermectin, a medicine authorized by the National Institute for Food and Drug Surveillance (INVIMA) to treat patients with mild, asymptomatic or suspicious COVID-19, as part of a study of the Center for Paediatric Infectious Diseases Studies, in Cali, Colombia, on July 21, 2020. (LUIS ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)