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Activist Gregory Miller speaks as protesters pause at Diversey and Milwaukee avenues in Chicago March 4, 2021. The group is opposed to Reserve Management Group opening a new scrap metal shredding facility along the Calumet River at 116th Street in Chicago. Before marching, they rallied near the home of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
Zenaida Castillo serves customers at her family’s food stand, May 5, 2021, in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. Her husband, Felipe Vallarta, a beloved elotero in Rogers Park, got sick with COVID-19 a few days before he was scheduled to receive the vaccine. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Department of Public Health registered nurse Carrie Travis, left, and Wanda Dean, right, assist Dean’s 82-year-old mother as they walk to a COVID-19 vaccination bus on May 7, 2021, outside Chicago Public Library’s North Austin branch. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
The R/V Coral Reef II, a research vessel working on coral reef restoration in the Bahamas, on Oct. 15, 2019. The boat is Shedd Aquarium’s custom-built research and collection vessel that, on this date, was collecting coral samples and establishing coral nurseries. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
As he finally left the car, he told her, “Stay safe, take care, get home to East Chicago, you’re really sweet,” court records said. The woman told police she immediately sped off and called her mom, who was already at the Gary Police Station filing a missing persons report, records said.
“I can think of no greater purpose than investing in children, and I will strive to continue the work of supporting the education of children, as I have up until this point at Chicago Public Schools,” he said, adding: “Each year, I have cherished the sporting events, music performances, plays, musicals, art installations, graduation ceremonies — and of course, our unified power clap. … I cherished every student who said hello in the hallway or parking lot as they went about their day.”
State Sen. Christopher Belt, D-Centreville, presented the test-optional admissions bill, known as the Higher Education Fair Admissions Act, and said it was based on research showing that high school GPAs are a better predictor of college graduation than ACT or SAT scores. The bill calls for all four-year public universities to implement test-optional admissions by January.
Her defense attorney said she is five months pregnant, lives alone and has four children, aged 13, 12, 8, and 4. Daniels, who receives unemployment, is a life-long Cook County resident, a 2006 high school graduate and earned a medical assistance degree in 2009, the attorney said.
About 1:30 p.m., the ambulance was taking a patient in serious, but not life-threatening, condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center when it made contact with a car near East Garfield Boulevard and South Indiana Avenue, said Larry Langford, Chicago Fire Department spokesperson.
Roberto Clemente High School teacher Mueze Bawany sits outside of the school. Bawany says he doesn’t need to be honored with any special celebrations this week in recognition of national Teacher Appreciation Week. On the contrary, Bawany says his students and their families are the real heroes. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)