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Bert Mongreig, 63, and Navdeep Dhall, 43, are both charged with felony criminal neglect of a long-term care home resident resulting in death after Cordia senior home resident Regina Adamik died Feb. 3, according to a news release from the DuPage County’s state’s attorney.
Along southern Lake Michigan beaches and nearshore waters, the weather service expects dangerous conditions for swimming and boating into Friday night, with waves of 3 to 6 feet at shore and life-threatening currents. Residents are advised to stay out of the water and avoid piers, breakwaters and lakeshore trails.
In this July 2020 photo provided by the Missouri Department of Conservation, a bear dubbed Bruno by social media is sedated and transported to safety by Missouri Department of Conservation staff in St. Charles County, Mo. Wildlife officials said Wednesday, June 30, 2021, the bear that gained a social media following while wandering through the U.S. Midwest has died after being hit by a vehicle in Louisiana. (AP)
A Chicago native who grew up in a modest Southwest Side bungalow, Driehaus graduated from DePaul University and launched his career in 1968 at former Chicago investment bank A.G. Becker. A successful portfolio manager, he went on to work at several different brokerage firms before founding Driehaus Capital Management in 1982. He rose to prominence in Chicago’s philanthropic circles, supporting a number of causes, including the preservation of historical architecture.
The woman, 27, was shot several times, as was one of the men, age 38, and they were both initially in critical condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to police. A 27-year-old man who was in the vehicle with them was shot in the leg and was in good condition at the same hospital.
“That’s what I would call a doomsday provision, and you would hope it wouldn’t come to that,” said Timothy King, general counsel for the Chicago Park District. “That’s something that would be subject to negotiation, how to unwind the lease. I would do everything to protect the taxpayer, the interest of the taxpayer, and we would do everything we can to make the taxpayer whole.”
The other people wounded included a 15-year-old boy, who was shot in the left arm and was at St. Bernard Hospital in good condition, according to police. Another man, 46, was also at St. Bernard, where he was in good condition with a gunshot wound to his right leg, police said.
The two women had been outside on the porch when someone stepped out of a white Nissan and opened fire, according to police. One of the shots fired entered the house, striking the 8-year-old in the arm. The girl was initially listed in good condition, authorities said.
“The ARP money is a once-in-a-lifetime investment,” said Chico Tillmon, a senior research fellow at the University of Chicago Crime Lab and former street outreach worker in Chicago. “We’ll never get it again. You have to, you must, invest at least 2% to 5%. Police are responsive in nature. Ain’t nobody calling police before something happens. Don’t nobody wake up with anxiety, saying ‘I just want to call the police because I don’t feel good today.’ You need people who work in the community, know these people, can talk to these people, can help these people heal.”
That group includes Advocate Trinity Hospital, Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center, St. Bernard Hospital, Chicago Family Health Center, The New Roseland Community Hospital, Holy Cross Hospital, South Shore Hospital and University of Chicago Medicine, among others.