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Wednesday also is expected to be hot and potentially wet, with a high of 90 degrees and a 40% chance of rain and thunderstorms during the day and a 30% chance at night. Much of the same was expected Thursday, when there’s a 40% chance of thunderstorms after 1 p.m. The day should otherwise be sunny, with a high of 90 degrees, according to the weather service.
Yet, like the vision of Ray Kinsella, the obsessed farmer played by Kevin Costner in “Field of Dreams,” Stillman’s plan is slowly being realized. Her husband, Tom Mietzel, hopes the major league game Stillman envisioned years ago will be the spark that finally makes the development, dubbed “All-Star Ballpark Heaven,” bloom around the onetime movie set.
“The safety of our patients, many of whom are too young to receive the vaccination, and our workforce is our top priority,” said Dr. Thomas Shanley, Lurie president and CEO, in a news release. “This vaccination requirement stresses our commitment to the community to help slow and stop the spread of COVID-19.”
The passengers who died were Mark Henderson, 69, and Jacquelyn Komplin, 60, both of Napa, California; Andrea McArthur, 55, and Rachel McArthur, 20, both of Woodstock, Georgia; and Janet Kroll, 77, of Mount Prospect, Illinois. The pilot was Rolf Lanzendorfer, 64, of Cle Elum, Washington.
The floating beds, which are planted on land, then taken out onto the river via boat, feature thousands of native Illinois plants: red cardinalis, milkweed, pink hibiscus. Wesley’s favorite flower, the pink Queen of the Prairie, bears a resemblance to a cone of cotton candy. Peter Nagle of the Chicago Botanic Garden selects the plants with an eye to the ecosystem: Which plants will nurture pollinators? Which have large root systems that can support fish populations?
Three people, two men and one woman, were shot in the Lawndale neighborhood around 1:10 a.m. The group was standing outside in the 1200 block of South Lawndale Avenue when they were shot at by someone in a dark colored sedan, police said. The woman, 32, was shot in the thigh and took herself to Rush University Medical Center where her condition was stabilized. The men, 35 and 19, were shot in the lower back and elbow, respectively. Both took themselves to Mount Sinai Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized.
Police Superintendent David Brown moved to fire Thrasher on Friday, three years and two months since the June 6, 2018, shooting. Now, in the coming months, the seven-member police board will hear evidence against Thrasher and decide whether he should be dismissed as a Chicago cop.
The man, his girlfriend and her three daughters rented a boat from a Chain O’Lakes boat rental company and were anchored to the Columbia Bay area near Fox Lake, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. The girls were swimming when one of them started to struggle, the department said. When the man jumped in to help the girl he went under the water and did not resurface, the department said.
“Across Portillo’s, we have extensive sanitary and food handling guidelines in place, including daily deep cleanings of all restaurants,” Wirth said. “Once notified, we moved quickly and began assisting with the investigation and revisiting our food safety best practices with our team members to mitigate potential future risk.”
Naperville Unit Education Association President Dan Iverson speaks to a crowd of union members and supporters outside of Naperville North High School Monday. Iverson and the union have said they may not return to their classrooms for the first day of school Aug. 19 if the two sides do not reach an agreement on a new contract after the current one expired this summer. (Rafael Guerrero / Naperville Sun)