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Zachary Olenek, 20, from left, Danielle Hrinowich, 18, Morgan Miller, 15, and Mikie Kilbourne, 18, tread water with their hands up during lifeguard testing at the Rakow Center outdoor pool in Carpentersville on May 12, 2021. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
On Aug. 18, 2011, the gun was used in another shooting in the 7800 block of South Cregier Avenue. And then it was fired in another shooting about three years later, on July 24, 2014, in the 8000 block of South Manistee Avenue. The weapon was fired again the day before Halloween in 2016 in the 12300 block of South Emerald Avenue.
Very little about the this year’s prom for seniors from the Chicago Noble schools could be considered typical. But it will certainly be memorable.Prom for about 3,000 seniors at the network of 17 public charter schools is taking place Friday and Saturday at Soldier Field, with each school getting 45 minutes to join their classmates at the iconic stadium, strut their stuff and take photos against the iconic skyline.But they can’t gather too closely, since social distancing is in effect, meaning no dancing. And no heels were to be allowed on the field.“The premier location and special effects will make a night to remember!” the school network said on its website, adding that though there was to be no dress code, “we will be rolling out the red carpet and hope our guests will dress for the occasion.”Juan Carlos Rodriguez II, a senior at Mansueto High School, one of the Noble schools, earlier told the Tribune he planned to wear a tuxedo for “a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
As county commissioner, Suffredin said he will spend the remainder of his final term focusing on the post-2020 U.S. census redistricting process currently taking place, long-awaited ethics ordinance reforms, public health and improving the courts system. In his forest preserves role, he will push for a 2022 referendum to slightly increase real estate taxes for the district, which is limited in funds because it does not have a sales tax levy.
“These critical revisions to CPD’s search warrant policies and procedures come at a pivotal moment in our journey as we work to bring about true police reform,” said Mayor Lori Lightfoot in the press statement. “Furthermore, they are just one of many reforms that CPD has and will continue to make in order to ensure that accountability, transparency, and human dignity are the guiding principles of policing here in Chicago.”
Despite those restrictions, the aid from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, which also includes billions of dollars for local governments, public schools and mass transit systems, offers the state time to come up with a better long-term plan for its finances as it emerges from the pandemic, said Laurence Msall, president of nonpartisan budget watchdog The Civic Federation.
“A thorough review of this matter by the Archdiocesan Office of Child Abuse Investigations and Review and an outside investigator, including multiple unsuccessful attempts to obtain information from the accuser, concludes that the accusation against him, which was alleged to have occurred prior to his entering the seminary, cannot be substantiated,” Cupich wrote.
Chicago police Officer Tom Sherry, a member of the Special Operations Section, leaves court in 2009 after all charges against Sherry and Carl Suchocki, not shown, were dropped at the request of Cook County prosecutors. (Tom Van Dyke / Chicago Tribune)
“If we said no to those patients from being donors, that means we are not going to have enough organs to save lives,” said Dr. Ankit Bharat, chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director of the Northwestern Medicine Lung Transplant Program, who performed the procedure. He noted that there have been more than 32 million cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in the U.S.
This week’s vote by congressional Republicans to remove Wyoming U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership post highlighted the GOP divide. U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Channahon Republican who leads the “Country First” political action committee, supported Cheney. Republican U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, of Oakland in east-central Illinois, remains steadfast in her support for former President Donald Trump, and has caused some controversy along the way. Miller said the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney was out of step with the Republican Party and it was time for someone else to fill her leadership position.