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“Their first question, ‘Do you have drugs or weapons in the car?’ Granted, I’m a big Black guy with ‘locks and the first thing they see, I’m just suspicious. But, as I was telling the guys, I got to make it home to my family,” he said. “I can’t be another case where some officer have his knee on my neck, choking me out. So, my biggest thing is making it back home, regardless.”
“CPS has created the Fall 2021 Survey as a way to connect with families around planning for the new school year,” officials said, adding that the anonymous survey is also available in Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Urdu, and Polish, and responses need to be received by June 18.
On Tuesday, Porter County Sheriff Detective Dan Alonzo walked the jury in John Silva’s trial through the department’s evidence collection from Kerner’s grandparents’ home March 2 and March 3, 2019. Silva, 20, of Hamlet was charged May 22, 2020, with two felony counts of aiding, inducing or causing murder in the perpetration of a robbery and two felony counts of aiding, inducing or causing attempted robbery in connection with the Feb. 25, 2019, deaths of Molley Lanham, 19, of St. John, and Thomas Grill, 18, of Cedar Lake.
“This year it’s broader,” said Jo MaMa, the drag persona of Chicago artist and bartender Joe Lewis, 35. “We looked at our community first, so we could clean up our own backyard. Now we can branch out beyond our backyard to the next level, which will be looking at local government. They can really be powerful and helpful in this.”
About 10:20 p.m., state police responded to reports of a highway shooting on southbound Interstate 94, just north of 130th Street, police said. The shooter reportedly emerged out of the sunroof of a vehicle and shot a man driving another car in the leg, police said.
For months, King County, like many parts of the country, suspended nearly all hearings except emergency orders, which led to prioritizing child removals — sparked by child welfare reports or other red flags — over family reunifications. Adoptions slowed to a trickle. Services needed for reunification — psychiatric evaluations, random drug testing, group therapy, mental health counseling, housing assistance, and the public transportation to access these services — also were limited.
On June 3, 2021, members of the Lake County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Group conducted a search warrant at the Round Lake residence of Angel Lopez, 21, of the 1300 block of Coventry Glen. Detectives located nearly 200 grams of cocaine, over 20 MDMA pills, over 10 alprazolam pills, along with scales and other items used to package drugs, according to reports. Additionally, detectives said they located a firearm and ammunition. – Original Credit: News-Sun (Lake County Sheriffs Office / HANDOUT)
Turning off half the lights at the McCormick Place Lakeside Center, a flattened stretch of glass and steel along Lake Michigan, as opposed to having all windows lit, could lower collisions elevenfold during spring migration and sixfold during fall, researchers estimate. And with just half of lights out, spring migration mortality could be reduced nearly 60%. Conversely, with full lighting, there could be a more than 100% increase in mortality.
“While we realize that this request comes close to trial — and although we are ready to proceed to trial as scheduled in August — our reasons for withdrawal are significant and it is impossible, in our belief, for us to be able to continue to properly represent Mr. Kelly under the current circumstances,” the filing stated. “If the court deems it necessary, we are willing to (serve) as effective stand-by counsel.”
Trains were only operating between the 95th Street and Belmont stops as of 6:15 p.m. Monday because a wheel on a Purple Line car was off the track, an official said. People were being asked to consider alternative transportation, and shuttle buses were available from the Howard to Belmont stops, according to CTA alerts.