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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)
The Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge #7, tweeted “Lord, please look over these two Officers, keep them and every Officer out in the 8th District safe tonight. This career of service we all chose is one of sacrifice, but please Lord, not tonight. Not tonight.”
Illinois State Police responded to the shooting on the northbound Dan Ryan Expressway near 33rd Street about 6:49 p.m., according to the state police’s Chicago district. One man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, and another man sustained non-life-threatening injuries. No further details were made available Friday.
Jim Naughton near his home in Elk Grove Village on July 29, 2021. Naughton, a lawyer and Elk Grove resident, discovered that under village’s indecent exposure law, it was illegal for someone to dress in clothes in public that were traditionally designed for the opposite sex. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
Some big casino operators, like MGM, have announced they would not bid. Local companies Related Midwest and Rush Street Gaming have expressed interest in a potential casino, which could raise politically uncomfortable questions if they’re chosen due to Lightfoot’s long friendship with Rush Street Gaming chairman Neil Bluhm’s daughter, Leslie, who has given more than $100,000 to Lightfoot’s political funds.
According to a news release on Wednesday, police responded about 9:15 p.m. to a crash in which a 16-year-old boy was driving with three other Bartlett High School students before the “vehicle struck a curb, a speed limit sign and a utility pole before rolling over.”
The Thalheimer family, including Jadyn, 6, from left, Chad, Harley, 10, Betsy and Colby, 8, fish in their backyard pond on Aug. 5, 2021, in North Barrington. The entire family has coronavirus and has been quarantining for the last 10 days. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
“The goal of the unit is singing, and as long as you’re in sync with that, it’s just so refreshing to be amongst a group where you’re not thinking about the news,” he said. “Taking a moment to be quiet, or have introspection, but then at the flip of a switch or at the drop of a cue, it’s the most exuberant, joyful moment.”
Temperatures will reach up to the late 80s, and potentially creep up to highs in the low 90s Sunday and early next week. Despite the high likelihood of “popcorn” thunderstorms throughout the weekend, there is no predicted widespread severe threat, the weather service said.
A 28-year-old woman and 26-year-old man were standing in the parking lot when they were shot, police said. The woman was hit in the left leg and was taken to Rush University Medical Center in fair condition, and the man was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital also in fair condition with a gunshot wound to the left leg and arm, police said.