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Holt approached the Amazon driver in the area of 63rd Street and California Avenue and demanded her keys, prosecutors said. The driver called police and gave them the robber’s description, and officers caught up with him. He fled the scene on foot, but was arrested, prosecutors said.

Police said a 31-year-old man was a front seat passenger in a vehicle when another vehicle pulled up to the passenger side, and someone fired four shots, striking the victim to the left leg. The man got himself to Advocate Trinity Hospital where his condition was stabilized, police said.

Alan Garcia, center, riding Real Solution (1), wins the Arlington Million after The Apache (10), right, ridden by Cristophe Soumillon, is disqualified during the 2013 International Festival of Racing at Arlington International Racecourse on Aug. 17, 2013. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

In addition to St. Joseph, there are nine other Level II hospitals in Region 9: Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, Centegra Hospitals in Huntley and McHenry, Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, AMITA Health Mercy Medical Center in Aurora, Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora and St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, the state health department’s website said.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona poses for a photo before boarding his “return to school” bus after speaking at Walter R. Sundling Junior High School in Palatine on Sept. 21, 2021. Cardona was on a tour of U.S. schools, celebrating the full return of in-person classroom this fall, despite the COVID-19 virus surging nationwide. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)

Earlier this month, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced the investigation into policing practices at the Joliet Police Department. On Thursday, Stevi Steines, lead attorney on the case, said the key areas of focus will be stops, searches, arrests, use of force and discriminatory policing.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker leaves after speaking outside Walter R. Sundling Junior High School in Palatine on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is on a tour of U.S. schools, celebrating the full return of in-person classrooms this fall, despite the COVID-19 virus surging nationwide. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)

Her stable office is decorated with mementos from her career, with trophies, framed photos of her horses and husband with former Chicago Bears stars like Mike Ditka, and a lock of mane from Black Tie Affair. She used to tend a rose garden and hanging ferns around the stables, and kept goats that would stay in stables with the horses to keep them calm. At age 73, she still puts on her black boots and red cowboy hat to check on the horses every day, watching them work out and getting them ready to race.

Eyewitnesses said the carjackers “confronted the victim at gunpoint” at a Mobil gas station on West Golf Road before fleeing with the stolen vehicle and the vehicle in which they arrived. The man, who has a concealed carry license, fired at the fleeing carjackers, which prompted the initial police response.

Only one of the incidents, the 2013 case with the 16-year-old Michigan high school hockey player, resulted in charges. Aldrich, 38, of Hancock, Mich., is registered as a sex offender in Michigan because of that case. He is not a defendant in either lawsuit filed against the Blackhawks and has not been charged in connection with the Hawks player’s allegation.