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The discovery of Wade’s DNA on the clothes of first-grader Lindsey Murdock Jr. was a watershed moment in the case. Mark Maxson, who had previously been found guilty of the murder despite forensic evidence excluding him, was released in 2016 after nearly a quarter-century behind bars. The next day, Wade appeared in court charged with murder in the boy’s death.

Michael Pacheco, 14, of Chicago, receives the first of two Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from registered nurse Carissa Blumenshine (cq both names) at an Advocate Aurora Health COVID vaccine center in Des Plaines on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Children ages 12 to 15 are now eligible to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)

Victim Company A is “one of the largest surface transportation, delivery, and logistics companies” in the country, with about $9.2 billion in operating revenue in 2019, the charges stated. As vice president, Individual A oversaw all truck and rail container traffic in the Chicago and Midwest regions.

Lightfoot’s proposals, which will need to be approved by City Council in the coming weeks, include extending a 15% cap on third-party delivery companies “until after the city recovers from the pandemic.” The mayor also is pushing a discounted payment plan for businesses with city debt to make it easier for them to renew licenses and continue operating.

Three other teenagers also were seriously wounded in the shooting. A 17-year-old was taken to the University of Chicago in serious condition with a gunshot wound to his neck. A 19-year-old man was shot multiple times in the back, and he was in critical condition at the University of Chicago. Another boy, 17, was shot in his left shoulder and he was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center where he had been listed in serious condition, police said.

Yasell, who ran for mayor of Niles in 2017 against incumbent Andrew Przybylo, maintains a Facebook page called Steven Yasell for Mayor of Niles. In an April 1 post he wrote, “I would like to give my full endorsement to the Niles-Maine District Library Trustee Candidates Joe Makula, Olivia Hanusiak, Steve Folga and Sue Schoenfeldt. These 4 NEW candidates, and only these 4.”

But so, apparently, are tourists. Despite a national average that tops $3 per gallon for the first time since 2014, AAA estimates that 34 million people will travel by car this Memorial Day weekend, down about 8% from the 37 million who took to the road in 2019, but up by more than half from the number packing the hatchback during the deadly early throes of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.

In Zach’s case, his neurologist and epileptologist, Dr. Julia Henry, realized the changing and increasing medications no longer appeared to be helping him, and his condition was getting worse, with dozens of seizures a day. While in many cases the cause of seizures is uncertain, in Zach’s case it was clear that it was caused by the damaged portion of his brain, which made him a good candidate for surgery.

One late amendment to the bill was to allow social equity applicants, meant to apply primarily to minority investors, to open a new shop within 1,500 feet of an existing shop. That change was meant to allow new businesses to compete with established stores that already locked in prime locations, such as Chicago’s River North and Wrigleyville areas. Sponsors said only one new store is allowed in a 1,500-foot radius, to prevent a cluster of such shops.

Law enforcement personnel were at a home in the 1400 block of Orchard Lane working in a rear corner of the yard by a shed Tuesday afternoon. The search is the result of a lead in the case of Linda Seymour, who was reported missing from Northbrook in December 1982, according to police.