dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-20--Not just online: Some clubs, groups holding meetings outdoors

Zoom and Google Hangouts are n't the only way to conduct a meeting or chat with friends during the pandemic .
We 've also taken to the parks , streets and parking lots to gather outdoors for business or pleasure .
It 's becoming fairly common to see a group of people sitting in lawn chairs in a parking lot , which we saw when Starbucks locations were closed indoors , and those who had become accustomed to gathering inside just moved it outside to lawn chairs .
We also spotted a group of gentlemen setting up lawn chairs along @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Brownstone townhouses in St. Charles .
It looked like a perfect spot to grab a coffee at nearby Arcedium Coffeehouse and set up a talking circle .
One reader noted she had seen groups of men and women ( maybe their spouses ) meeting regularly during the week outside in Batavia near Houston Street to talk about the day 's important news .
This could be an extension of the folks who met regularly inside the nearby McDonald 's .
The F3 Freeman 's Workout Group in Geneva is a step ahead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This group does it on a regular basis , regardless of pandemic guidelines .
It 's just that we probably noticed them more now .
These fellows said they meet at the crack of dawn in Wheeler Park in Geneva or Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles during the week .
The Tri-Cities Exchange Club , of which I was a member for 20-plus years before a job change took me away from the 7 a.m. Tuesday meetings regularly meets at the Colonial Restaurant on Randall Road .
In taking its meetings outdoors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ times in the past couple of months , at the 7 a.m. time , at Fairview Park on Oak Street in St. Charles .
`` Some members are n't coming because things have n't opened up totally yet , '' club President Brian Henry said .
`` But I think we 've had , as a top number , about 15 members attend . ''
The meetings are more informal in this type of setting , but club members talk about `` how we 'll be able to raise money for the organizations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
So far , the weather has cooperated with most of the outdoor meetings occurring throughout the Tri-Cities -- and sometimes , the unexpected occurs .
`` At one of our meetings , we had a Channel 7 helicopter flying overhead for some time , '' Henry said .
`` We did n't know we were that popular . ''
The Kane Repertory Theater has remained busy through the pandemic , creating a new play development program called The New Play Lab .
Four plays are being put together through the lab workshops @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the initial readings streaming on the repertory 's YouTube Live site .
Those watching have the option to provide input into the process with post-performance discussions .
The first one , titled `` The Humanities , '' appeared earlier this week .
The next on tap is `` Be Mean to Me '' by Sofya Levitsky-Weitz , showing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday , Aug. 26 , followed by `` Moreno '' from playwright Pravin Wilkins streaming at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday , Sept. 2 .
`` The Broken Hearts of a Corrupted White House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday , Sept. 9 .
The golf course has been one of the few places where I have felt safe and comfortable the past several months in navigating the COVID-19 landscape .
So it is , that I was happy to see TriCity Family Services going ahead with its annual golf outing , this year taking place at 8 a.m. Monday , Sept. 14 , at Prairie Landing Golf Course .
I 'll be out there creating a few divots with my foursome in this scramble event called `` Golftoberfest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year 's prize when I somehow had the longest putt on one of the contest holes .
It 's $ 185 per player for breakfast , the outing and lunch .
Registration is available on the agency website at tricityfamilyservices.org/ .
TCFS had to conduct a virtual event for its major fundraising gala this year , and it is hoping supporters will go for an actual live event with this golf outing .
Batavia MainStreet is trying to make downtown Batavia a destination on Thursdays , creating what it calls the `` $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sums up what you need to know .
Different restaurants and businesses have put together $ 10 meals or product packages .
Plus , there are things for kids to do during the `` Rush '' time frame of 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. You 'll want to check out who is involved on the MainStreet website or Facebook page .
The themed Thursday promotions take place through October .
But I 'll make a note here of one that caught my eye .
The River 's Edge Bar & Grill is offering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tots and a fountain drink for $ 10 .
A classified advertisement in the Daily Herald caught my eye because a friend was looking for a handyman to fix a piece of siding on her home .
It touted `` no chore too big or small '' and went on to list any number of tasks that many people do n't have time to do .
The company is called `` Husband On Call '' and makes the pitch of `` any chore a husband would do ; I will do it promptly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a Tri-Cities area business , but it 's possible an entrepreneur like this would take jobs just about anywhere .
But it would seem these types of workers would be extremely busy .
There are a lot of large houses throughout the area with owners who are either too busy to stay on top of all of the tasks or , if they are like me , simply do n't do too well with tools in their hands .
I 've known a few guys who made their living by being the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they often told me their own homes were neglected because of it .
Over the years , I 've tackled any number of projects -- painting , hanging ceiling fans , replacing doors , putting in light dimmer switches , fixing leaky faucets or plugged sinks , and various other minor tasks .
None were done particularly well , but my house has n't blown up yet , so that 's a good thing .
Still , no one is going to mistake me for a `` Husband On Call . ''
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there .

Not just online: Some clubs, groups holding meetings outdoors
The TriCities Exchange Club recently met at Fairview Park in St. Charles for a meeting. Courtesy of Dave Heun
Zoom and Google Hangouts aren't the only way to conduct a meeting or chat with friends during the pandemic.
We've also taken to the parks, streets and parking lots to gather outdoors for business or pleasure. It's becoming fairly common to see a group of people sitting in lawn chairs in a parking lot, which we saw when Starbucks locations were closed indoors, and those who had become accustomed to gathering inside just moved it outside to lawn chairs.
We also spotted a group of gentlemen setting up lawn chairs along the Fox River near the footbridge by the Brownstone townhouses in St. Charles. It looked like a perfect spot to grab a coffee at nearby Arcedium Coffeehouse and set up a talking circle.
One reader noted she had seen groups of men and women (maybe their spouses) meeting regularly during the week outside in Batavia near Houston Street to talk about the day's important news. This could be an extension of the folks who met regularly inside the nearby McDonald's.
The F3 Freeman's Workout Group in Geneva is a step ahead of everyone on this outdoor meeting stuff. This group does it on a regular basis, regardless of pandemic guidelines. It's just that we probably noticed them more now. These fellows said they meet at the crack of dawn in Wheeler Park in Geneva or Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles during the week.
The Tri-Cities Exchange Club, of which I was a member for 20-plus years before a job change took me away from the 7 a.m. Tuesday meetings regularly meets at the Colonial Restaurant on Randall Road.
In taking its meetings outdoors, the group has gathered about four times in the past couple of months, at the 7 a.m. time, at Fairview Park on Oak Street in St. Charles.
"Some members aren't coming because things haven't opened up totally yet," club President Brian Henry said. "But I think we've had, as a top number, about 15 members attend."
The meetings are more informal in this type of setting, but club members talk about "how we'll be able to raise money for the organizations we donate to," Henry added.
So far, the weather has cooperated with most of the outdoor meetings occurring throughout the Tri-Cities -- and sometimes, the unexpected occurs.
"At one of our meetings, we had a Channel 7 helicopter flying overhead for some time," Henry said. "We didn't know we were that popular."
Selecting playwrights:
The Kane Repertory Theater has remained busy through the pandemic, creating a new play development program called The New Play Lab.
Four plays are being put together through the lab workshops, and audiences are invited to watch the initial readings streaming on the repertory's YouTube Live site. Those watching have the option to provide input into the process with post-performance discussions. The first one, titled "The Humanities," appeared earlier this week.
The next on tap is "Be Mean to Me" by Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, showing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, followed by "Moreno" from playwright Pravin Wilkins streaming at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2.
"The Broken Hearts of a Corrupted White House" by Matthew Paul Olmos is set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9.
Ready for an outing:
The golf course has been one of the few places where I have felt safe and comfortable the past several months in navigating the COVID-19 landscape.
So it is, that I was happy to see TriCity Family Services going ahead with its annual golf outing, this year taking place at 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14, at Prairie Landing Golf Course.
I'll be out there creating a few divots with my foursome in this scramble event called "Golftoberfest," and hopefully follow up last year's prize when I somehow had the longest putt on one of the contest holes.
It's $185 per player for breakfast, the outing and lunch. Registration is available on the agency website at tricityfamilyservices.org/.
TCFS had to conduct a virtual event for its major fundraising gala this year, and it is hoping supporters will go for an actual live event with this golf outing.
That's a rush:
Batavia MainStreet is trying to make downtown Batavia a destination on Thursdays, creating what it calls the "$10 Lunch Rush."
The title sums up what you need to know. Different restaurants and businesses have put together $10 meals or product packages. Plus, there are things for kids to do during the "Rush" time frame of 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
You'll want to check out who is involved on the MainStreet website or Facebook page. The themed Thursday promotions take place through October.
But I'll make a note here of one that caught my eye. The River's Edge Bar & Grill is offering its single-patty signature burger, fries or tots and a fountain drink for $10.
Husband on call?
A classified advertisement in the Daily Herald caught my eye because a friend was looking for a handyman to fix a piece of siding on her home.
It touted "no chore too big or small" and went on to list any number of tasks that many people don't have time to do.
The company is called "Husband On Call" and makes the pitch of "any chore a husband would do; I will do it promptly."
It didn't appear to be a Tri-Cities area business, but it's possible an entrepreneur like this would take jobs just about anywhere. But it would seem these types of workers would be extremely busy.
There are a lot of large houses throughout the area with owners who are either too busy to stay on top of all of the tasks or, if they are like me, simply don't do too well with tools in their hands.
I've known a few guys who made their living by being the local handyman. So much so, they often told me their own homes were neglected because of it.
Over the years, I've tackled any number of projects -- painting, hanging ceiling fans, replacing doors, putting in light dimmer switches, fixing leaky faucets or plugged sinks, and various other minor tasks. None were done particularly well, but my house hasn't blown up yet, so that's a good thing.
Still, no one is going to mistake me for a "Husband On Call." That title is for the real handymen out there.
dheun@sbcglobal.net


dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-21--Elgin woman dies days after being shot on Eisenhower

An Elgin woman who was wounded in a double shooting last week on the Eisenhower Expressway in Austin has died @ @ @ @ @ Gregory , 19 , was pronounced dead at 7:41 p.m. Thursday at Stroger Hospital , @ @ @ @ @ medical examiner 's office .
Gregory was riding in a vehicle at about 4:18 a.m. @ @ @ @ @ lanes of I-290 east of Central Avenue when someone in another vehicle opened fire , @ @ @ @ @ The driver , a 21-year-old woman , was also shot and taken to a hospital @ @ @ @ @ state police said .
A 23-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman who were also in @ @ @ @ @ , state police said .
Anyone with information is asked to call Illinois State Police @ @ @ @ @ .

Elgin woman dies days after being shot on Eisenhower
An Elgin woman who was wounded in a double shooting last week on the Eisenhower Expressway in Austin has died from her injuries.
Lakasia Gregory, 19, was pronounced dead at 7:41 p.m. Thursday at Stroger Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Gregory was riding in a vehicle at about 4:18 a.m. Aug. 15 in the eastbound lanes of I-290 east of Central Avenue when someone in another vehicle opened fire, Illinois State Police said.
The driver, a 21-year-old woman, was also shot and taken to a hospital with nonlife threatening injuries, state police said.
A 23-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman who were also in the vehicle were not injured, state police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Illinois State Police at (847) 294-4400.


dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-21--Judge accepts Loughlin's plea deal in college bribery scheme

BOSTON -- `` Full House '' actor Lori Loughlin must serve two months in prison and her fashion designer husband , Mossimo Giannulli , must serve five months for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits , a federal judge ruled Friday .
U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton accepted Loughlin 's plea deal with prosecutors in a hearing held via videoconference because of the coronavirus pandemic after sentencing her husband in an earlier hearing .
In the first display of remorse either of them have made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the judge he `` deeply '' regrets the harm that his actions have caused his daughters , wife and others .
`` I take full responsibility for my conduct .
I am ready to accept the consequences and move forward , with the lessons I 've learned from this experience , '' Giannulli said in a short statement in which he showed little emotion .
In accepting the plea deals , Gorton said the prison terms are `` sufficient but not greater than necessary punishment under the circumstances . ''
Gorton scolded Giannulli @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fraud '' made possible by his wealth and privilege .
`` You were not stealing bread to feed your family .
You have no excuse for your crime and that makes it all the more blameworthy , '' the judge told Giannulli before officially sentencing him .
Giannulli was ordered to surrender Nov. 19 .
Under the plea deal , Giannulli will also pay a $ 250,000 fine and perform 250 hours of community service .
Loughlin will pay a $ 150,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service .
Unlike most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remains free to decide the defendant 's sentence , Loughlin 's and Giannulli 's proposed prison terms were binding once accepted .
The famous couple 's sentencing comes three months after they reversed course and admitted to participating in the college admissions cheating scheme that has laid bare the lengths to which some wealthy parents will go to get their kids into elite universities .
They are among nearly 30 prominent parents to plead guilty in the case , which federal prosecutors dubbed `` Operation Varsity Blues . ''
It uncovered hefty bribes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rigged test scores or fake athletic credentials .
Loughlin and Giannulli had insisted for more than a year that they believed their payments were `` legitimate donations '' and accused prosecutors of hiding crucial evidence that could prove the couple 's innocence because it would undermine their case .
Their about-face came shortly after the judge rejected their bid to dismiss the case over allegations of misconduct by federal agents .
The case shattered the clean image of Loughlin , who gained fame for her role as the wholesome Aunt Becky in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the late 1980s to mid-1990s , and later became queen of the Hallmark channel with her holiday movies and the series `` When Calls the Heart . ''
Other parents who 've been sentenced to prison in the case have later urged the judge to allow them to serve their terms in home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic , but Gorton , known in the courthouse for handing out tough sentences , has denied such requests .
Before Friday , the couple had not made any public statements since their arrest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to far in the case -- they did not submit letters expressing regret or notes of support from family and friends to the judge by the deadline , although the Gorton said he received two letters in support of Loughlin the day of the sentencing .
Prosecutors said Giannulli deserves a tougher sentence because he was `` the more active participant in the scheme , '' while Loughlin `` took a less active role , but was nonetheless fully complicit . ''
The couple funneled money through a sham charity operated by Singer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as crew recruits , even though neither was a rower , authorities said .
Singer , who has also pleaded guilty , was expected to testify against them if they had gone to trial .
Investigators had recorded phone calls and emails showing the couple worked with Singer to get their daughters into USC with fake athletic profiles depicting them as star rowers .
In one email , Singer told Loughlin and Giannulli he needed a picture of their older daughter on a rowing machine in workout clothes `` like a real athlete @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the girls `` to become complicit in crime , '' instructing them to pose on rowing machines for photos and warning their younger daughter not too say too much to her high school counselor to avoid getting caught .
When the counselor began questioning their crew credentials , Giannulli angrily confronted the counselor and asked why he was `` trying to ruin or get in the way of their opportunities , '' the counselor wrote in notes detailed in court documents .
After the couple successfully bribed their younger daughter 's way into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying she was let in because of her `` potential to make a significant contribution to the intercollegiate athletic program , '' prosecutors wrote .
Loughlin responded : `` This is wonderful news !
( high-five emoji ) , '' according to court filings .
Among the high-profile parents who have been sent to prison for participating in the scam is `` Desperate Housewives '' actress Felicity Huffman .
She served nearly two weeks behind bars late last year after she admitted to paying $ 15,000 to have someone correct her daughter 's @ @ @ @

Judge accepts Loughlin's plea deal in college bribery scheme
Actress Lori Loughlin, front, and husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, left, shown here in April 2019, were both sentenced to prison for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits. Associated Press/April 3, 2019
Associated Press
BOSTON -- "Full House" actor Lori Loughlin must serve two months in prison and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, must serve five months for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits, a federal judge ruled Friday.
U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton accepted Loughlin's plea deal with prosecutors in a hearing held via videoconference because of the coronavirus pandemic after sentencing her husband in an earlier hearing.
In the first display of remorse either of them have made publicly over the fraud, Giannulli told the judge he "deeply" regrets the harm that his actions have caused his daughters, wife and others.
"I take full responsibility for my conduct. I am ready to accept the consequences and move forward, with the lessons I've learned from this experience," Giannulli said in a short statement in which he showed little emotion.
In accepting the plea deals, Gorton said the prison terms are "sufficient but not greater than necessary punishment under the circumstances." Gorton scolded Giannulli for what he described as "breathtaking fraud" made possible by his wealth and privilege.
"You were not stealing bread to feed your family. You have no excuse for your crime and that makes it all the more blameworthy," the judge told Giannulli before officially sentencing him. Giannulli was ordered to surrender Nov. 19.
Under the plea deal, Giannulli will also pay a $250,000 fine and perform 250 hours of community service. Loughlin will pay a $150,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service. Unlike most plea agreements, in which the judge remains free to decide the defendant's sentence, Loughlin's and Giannulli's proposed prison terms were binding once accepted.
The famous couple's sentencing comes three months after they reversed course and admitted to participating in the college admissions cheating scheme that has laid bare the lengths to which some wealthy parents will go to get their kids into elite universities.
They are among nearly 30 prominent parents to plead guilty in the case, which federal prosecutors dubbed "Operation Varsity Blues." It uncovered hefty bribes to get undeserving kids into college with rigged test scores or fake athletic credentials.
Loughlin and Giannulli had insisted for more than a year that they believed their payments were "legitimate donations" and accused prosecutors of hiding crucial evidence that could prove the couple's innocence because it would undermine their case.
Their about-face came shortly after the judge rejected their bid to dismiss the case over allegations of misconduct by federal agents.
The case shattered the clean image of Loughlin, who gained fame for her role as the wholesome Aunt Becky in the sitcom "Full House" that ran from the late 1980s to mid-1990s, and later became queen of the Hallmark channel with her holiday movies and the series "When Calls the Heart."
Other parents who've been sentenced to prison in the case have later urged the judge to allow them to serve their terms in home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Gorton, known in the courthouse for handing out tough sentences, has denied such requests.
Before Friday, the couple had not made any public statements since their arrest and -- unlike every other parent sentenced to far in the case -- they did not submit letters expressing regret or notes of support from family and friends to the judge by the deadline, although the Gorton said he received two letters in support of Loughlin the day of the sentencing.
Prosecutors said Giannulli deserves a tougher sentence because he was "the more active participant in the scheme," while Loughlin "took a less active role, but was nonetheless fully complicit."
The couple funneled money through a sham charity operated by Singer to get their two daughters into USC as crew recruits, even though neither was a rower, authorities said. Singer, who has also pleaded guilty, was expected to testify against them if they had gone to trial.
Investigators had recorded phone calls and emails showing the couple worked with Singer to get their daughters into USC with fake athletic profiles depicting them as star rowers. In one email, Singer told Loughlin and Giannulli he needed a picture of their older daughter on a rowing machine in workout clothes "like a real athlete."
Prosecutors said the couple allowed the girls "to become complicit in crime," instructing them to pose on rowing machines for photos and warning their younger daughter not too say too much to her high school counselor to avoid getting caught.
When the counselor began questioning their crew credentials, Giannulli angrily confronted the counselor and asked why he was "trying to ruin or get in the way of their opportunities," the counselor wrote in notes detailed in court documents.
After the couple successfully bribed their younger daughter's way into USC, Singer forwarded them a letter saying she was let in because of her "potential to make a significant contribution to the intercollegiate athletic program," prosecutors wrote.
Loughlin responded: "This is wonderful news! (high-five emoji)," according to court filings.
Among the high-profile parents who have been sent to prison for participating in the scam is "Desperate Housewives" actress Felicity Huffman. She served nearly two weeks behind bars late last year after she admitted to paying $15,000 to have someone correct her daughter's entrance exam answers.


dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-21--Rapper Kanye West off the ballot in Illinois

The Illinois State Board of Elections has booted rapper Kanye West from the November ballot , ending his presidential run @ @ @ @ @ petitions he submitted last month did not contain the minimum number of signatures needed to @ @ @ @ @ is reporting .
West needed at least 2,500 signatures from registered Illinois voters to get @ @ @ @ @ ; the board said West filed only 1,200 signatures .

Rapper Kanye West off the ballot in Illinois
Kanye West has been knocked off the November ballot in Illinois. Associated Press/Nov. 17, 2019
The Illinois State Board of Elections has booted rapper Kanye West from the November ballot, ending his presidential run in the state after finding petitions he submitted last month did not contain the minimum number of signatures needed to appear, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
West needed at least 2,500 signatures from registered Illinois voters to get his name on the ballot; the board said West filed only 1,200 signatures.
• Full report at chicago.suntimes.com


dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-21--State making final push to increase census participation

SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Human Services said the state is poised to have one of the top census response rates in the country despite two tumultuous months of changing deadlines as determined by the Trump administration .
Illinois sits at a 69.1 % self-response rate as of Thursday , up two points from its 67 % self-response rate on July 19 .
The national response rate was 64.2 % t .
The state 's 2010 census response rate was 70.5 % , giving organizers hope of passing that mark by the Sept. 30 deadline -- a date recently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administration .
Illinois currently has the seventh-highest self-response rate of any state in the U.S. and is the only state in the Top 10 that has a population exceeding 10 million .
Chicago also has the highest response rate for any city with a population over 2 million , according to the Illinois 2020 Census Office .
Maximizing the census count is important , because the population count helps determine federal funding and the number of representatives the state sends to the U.S. House .
The positive trend comes despite challenges posed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deadlines .
The Illinois 2020 Census Advisory Panel discussed obstacles to self-reporting and shifting standards from the federal government at a regularly scheduled meeting Friday .
`` This past month , as you all know , has been a month of many surprises for us at the census office , '' Oswaldo Alvarez , co-director of the Illinois Census Office at the IDHS , said .
There were several contributing factors that led the office to reorder its timeline , including delays in in-person door-knocking and the Trump Administration 's Aug. 13 announcement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 30 instead of Oct. 31 .
`` So at this point we are operating at the census office as if ( Sept. 30 ) is the official deadline and that 's it , until we are informed otherwise , '' Alvarez said .
`` Because of that , there has been a lot of shifting that we have been doing at the census office . ''
Additionally , a July 21 presidential memorandum seeking to exclude illegal immigrants from being counted as it pertains to Congressional apportionment also created confusion at IDHS .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ court , but , if implemented , would cost Illinois up to two seats in the House .
For the 2020 fiscal year , IDHS was funding more than 360 nonprofits and municipal governments for the purpose of increasing census self-response rates .
But that number has dwindled to a little more than 250 for fiscal year 2021 due to the pandemic , shifting deadlines and other circumstances .
Funds to those nonprofits are disbursed through 30 other nonprofit organizations that serve as regional intermediaries , which oversee 12 regions of the state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ include health-based agencies such as the Illinois Primary Health Care Association , community outreach groups such as Teens Against Killing Everywhere , and other organizations such as the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus .
IDHS was allocated $ 29 million for the 2020 fiscal year to be used for census outreach , including nearly $ 26 million set aside for regional intermediaries .
State agencies assisting in census outreach were allocated $ 2.3 million , while approximately $ 900,000 went to the University of Illinois at Chicago for technical assistance and data analysis .
Due @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the funds were spent before the end of the fiscal year on June 30 , so they were reappropriated for the current fiscal year .
As of Friday , a little over $ 4.4 million remains unspent .
`` We were nervous that it would be a lot more remaining than 4.4 ( million ) , '' Marishonta Wilkerson , also co-director of the Illinois Census Office , said at the meeting .
`` We thought it would be like 10 ( million ) .
But the RI 's were creative , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communities virtually and we are happy about that . ''
Still , some areas of the state remain below their self-response target rates .
As part of its August report , IDHS said many counties had self-response rates below 50 % .
As of July 29 , Hardin , Calhoun , Henderson and Alexander counties had the lowest response rates , with Hardin County in particular sitting at 31.9 % , 10 percentage points fewer than the next lowest county .
`` The governor 's office has asked us to do a final @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population , so we are having our ( regional intermediaries ) gear up and do a big push , '' Wilkerson said .
`` Additional canvassing , door-knocking in rural areas and in particularly the African American , Latinx and Asian areas . ''

State making final push to increase census participation
By RAYMON TRONCOSO
Capitol News Illinois
rtroncoso@capitolnewsillinois.com
SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Human Services said the state is poised to have one of the top census response rates in the country despite two tumultuous months of changing deadlines as determined by the Trump administration.
Illinois sits at a 69.1% self-response rate as of Thursday, up two points from its 67% self-response rate on July 19. The national response rate was 64.2%t.
The state's 2010 census response rate was 70.5%, giving organizers hope of passing that mark by the Sept. 30 deadline -- a date recently moved forward one month by the Trump administration.
Illinois currently has the seventh-highest self-response rate of any state in the U.S. and is the only state in the Top 10 that has a population exceeding 10 million. Chicago also has the highest response rate for any city with a population over 2 million, according to the Illinois 2020 Census Office.
Maximizing the census count is important, because the population count helps determine federal funding and the number of representatives the state sends to the U.S. House.
The positive trend comes despite challenges posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and changing federal deadlines.
The Illinois 2020 Census Advisory Panel discussed obstacles to self-reporting and shifting standards from the federal government at a regularly scheduled meeting Friday.
"This past month, as you all know, has been a month of many surprises for us at the census office," Oswaldo Alvarez, co-director of the Illinois Census Office at the IDHS, said.
There were several contributing factors that led the office to reorder its timeline, including delays in in-person door-knocking and the Trump Administration's Aug. 13 announcement that the census portal would close Sept. 30 instead of Oct. 31.
"So at this point we are operating at the census office as if (Sept. 30) is the official deadline and that's it, until we are informed otherwise," Alvarez said. "Because of that, there has been a lot of shifting that we have been doing at the census office."
Additionally, a July 21 presidential memorandum seeking to exclude illegal immigrants from being counted as it pertains to Congressional apportionment also created confusion at IDHS. That memorandum has since been challenged in court, but, if implemented, would cost Illinois up to two seats in the House.
For the 2020 fiscal year, IDHS was funding more than 360 nonprofits and municipal governments for the purpose of increasing census self-response rates. But that number has dwindled to a little more than 250 for fiscal year 2021 due to the pandemic, shifting deadlines and other circumstances.
Funds to those nonprofits are disbursed through 30 other nonprofit organizations that serve as regional intermediaries, which oversee 12 regions of the state and lead hyperlocal outreach efforts.
Intermediaries include health-based agencies such as the Illinois Primary Health Care Association, community outreach groups such as Teens Against Killing Everywhere, and other organizations such as the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus.
IDHS was allocated $29 million for the 2020 fiscal year to be used for census outreach, including nearly $26 million set aside for regional intermediaries.
State agencies assisting in census outreach were allocated $2.3 million, while approximately $900,000 went to the University of Illinois at Chicago for technical assistance and data analysis.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, not all the funds were spent before the end of the fiscal year on June 30, so they were reappropriated for the current fiscal year. As of Friday, a little over $4.4 million remains unspent.
"We were nervous that it would be a lot more remaining than 4.4 (million)," Marishonta Wilkerson, also co-director of the Illinois Census Office, said at the meeting. "We thought it would be like 10 (million). But the RI's were creative, and they found different ways to engage their communities virtually and we are happy about that."
Still, some areas of the state remain below their self-response target rates. As part of its August report, IDHS said many counties had self-response rates below 50%. As of July 29, Hardin, Calhoun, Henderson and Alexander counties had the lowest response rates, with Hardin County in particular sitting at 31.9%, 10 percentage points fewer than the next lowest county.
"The governor's office has asked us to do a final and bigger push in certain areas of population, so we are having our (regional intermediaries) gear up and do a big push," Wilkerson said. "Additional canvassing, door-knocking in rural areas and in particularly the African American, Latinx and Asian areas."


dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-21--Ross tinkers with lineup; Bryant remains sidelined

For the series opener against the White Sox and left-handed pitcher Dallas Keuchel , Cubs manager David Ross went a little unconventional with the starting lineup .
Hernan Perez got his first start as a Cub at second base .
Albert Almora Jr. played in center field , while Ian Happ moved to left and Kyle Schwarber went to DH .
Nico Hoerner and Jason Kipnis were both available to come off the bench .
`` Hernan has a history of facing left-handers , the low bat path for me down in the zone , seems like a guy that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said before the game .
`` He was swinging the bat really good and giving professional at bats from all the reports I got from South Bend .
`` I remember catching behind him and he was a tough out .
Nico 's a nice option to come off the bench defensively .
I just want to get Hernan a start and I thought this was the best matchup for him . ''
Perez joined the major league roster earlier this week when Steven Souza Jr. went on the injured list .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years in Milwaukee .
Regarding Almora , Ross said , `` This team does hit the ball in the air a lot , a little extra outfield defense .
Schwarbs has been playing a lot of games , wanted to get him off his feet a little bit .
Vic ( Victor Caratini ) , giving him an extra day , to me he 's a little better from the left side hitting against right-handed pitchers .
So getting Al in there made some sense for me . ''
Meanwhile , Kris Bryant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He got a medical injection in the wrist on Tuesday and there 's no set date for his return .
`` We 're going to just wait and see how things go today , '' Ross said .
`` Checked in with the trainer , he 's still progressing in the right direction .
See how things feel after treatment today , if he 's able to hit in the cage or on the field .
Just kind of taking it day-to-day from here on out . ''

Ross tinkers with lineup; Bryant remains sidelined
Cubs manager David Ross included a few unexpected twists in his lineup against the White Sox and left-handed pitcher Dallas Keuchel on Friday. Meanwhile third baseman Kris Bryant is still rehabbing his injured left wrist. Associated Press
For the series opener against the White Sox and left-handed pitcher Dallas Keuchel, Cubs manager David Ross went a little unconventional with the starting lineup.
Hernan Perez got his first start as a Cub at second base. Albert Almora Jr. played in center field, while Ian Happ moved to left and Kyle Schwarber went to DH. Nico Hoerner and Jason Kipnis were both available to come off the bench.
"Hernan has a history of facing left-handers, the low bat path for me down in the zone, seems like a guy that should match up well," Ross said before the game. "He was swinging the bat really good and giving professional at bats from all the reports I got from South Bend.
"I remember catching behind him and he was a tough out. Nico's a nice option to come off the bench defensively. I just want to get Hernan a start and I thought this was the best matchup for him."
Perez joined the major league roster earlier this week when Steven Souza Jr. went on the injured list. The veteran utility player spent the last four years in Milwaukee.
Regarding Almora, Ross said, "This team does hit the ball in the air a lot, a little extra outfield defense. Schwarbs has been playing a lot of games, wanted to get him off his feet a little bit. Vic (Victor Caratini), giving him an extra day, to me he's a little better from the left side hitting against right-handed pitchers. So getting Al in there made some sense for me."
Meanwhile, Kris Bryant remained sidelined with a left wrist injury. He got a medical injection in the wrist on Tuesday and there's no set date for his return.
"We're going to just wait and see how things go today," Ross said. "Checked in with the trainer, he's still progressing in the right direction. See how things feel after treatment today, if he's able to hit in the cage or on the field. Just kind of taking it day-to-day from here on out."


dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-21--Man struck, shot at ride share driver outside his Elgin home

An Elgin man was charged with battery and aggravated discharge of a firearm after police say he struck and shot at a ride share driver who dropped him off at his home early Thursday morning .
Gustavo Banuelos Miranda , 32 , appeared before Kane County Judge Joseph Grady Friday morning .
Grady set his bail at $ 150,000 , meaning Miranda needs to post $ 15,000 to be released .
Elgin police spokeswoman Kristie Hilton said Miranda was dropped off by a ride share driver at his home on the 2000 block of Country Knoll Lane in Elgin at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of the vehicle , Miranda reached into the car and struck the driver , Hilton said .
While the driver called 9-1-1 to report what had happened , Miranda went inside his home , retrieved a gun and shot at the driver several times , Hilton said .
Neither the driver nor his car were struck by bullets , Hilton said .
Hilton said the driver met up with Elgin police officers a safe distance away .
The officers went to Miranda 's home and placed him into custody without further incident @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the confrontation between Miranda and the driver .

Police: Man struck, shot at ride share driver outside his Elgin home
An Elgin man was charged with battery and aggravated discharge of a firearm after police say he struck and shot at a ride share driver who dropped him off at his home early Thursday morning.
Gustavo Banuelos Miranda, 32, appeared before Kane County Judge Joseph Grady Friday morning.
Grady set his bail at $150,000, meaning Miranda needs to post $15,000 to be released.
Elgin police spokeswoman Kristie Hilton said Miranda was dropped off by a ride share driver at his home on the 2000 block of Country Knoll Lane in Elgin at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. After getting out of the vehicle, Miranda reached into the car and struck the driver, Hilton said.
While the driver called 9-1-1 to report what had happened, Miranda went inside his home, retrieved a gun and shot at the driver several times, Hilton said.
Neither the driver nor his car were struck by bullets, Hilton said.
Hilton said the driver met up with Elgin police officers a safe distance away. T
he officers went to Miranda's home and placed him into custody without further incident.
Hilton did not say what caused the confrontation between Miranda and the driver.
• Staff Writer Susan Sarkauskas contributed to this report.


dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-21--Freight train car derails near Antioch

Freight train car derails near Antioch

A freight train car hauling nonhazardous material broke in two in an unincorporated area near Antioch in early Friday morning @ @ @ @ @ County sheriff 's deputies responded around 1:45 a.m. at Lake Shore Drive east of Route @ @ @ @ @ office said the train blocked several crossings .
According to the sheriff 's office , @ @ @ @ @ 125 yards , which caused some damage to the railroad .
Deputies assisted with traffic @ @ @ @ @ .
All of the crossings were clear by 6:30 a.m. , but Antioch firefighters said @ @ @ @ @ still on the scene Friday night .
Antioch resident Randall Cibira said the car was @ @ @ @ @ Friday night near Loon Lake .
`` They spilled an entire carload of aluminum something @ @ @ @ @ n't toxic , '' he said .
`` Aluminum right near the cleanest lake in @ @ @ @ @ good .
`` They knocked it over on its side and dumped the load so @ @ @ @ @ . ''

Freight train car derails near Antioch
COURTESY OF THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Lake County sheriff's deputies responded around 1:45 a.m. at Lake Shore Drive east of Route 83 after a freight train car split in two.
A freight train car hauling nonhazardous material derailed in an unincorporated area near Antioch in early Friday morning COURTESY OF THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
A freight train car hauling nonhazardous material broke in two in an unincorporated area near Antioch in early Friday morning, authorities said.
Lake County sheriff's deputies responded around 1:45 a.m. at Lake Shore Drive east of Route 83.
The sheriff's office said the train blocked several crossings.
According to the sheriff's office, the car was dragged approximately 125 yards, which caused some damage to the railroad.
Deputies assisted with traffic control for a few hours.
All of the crossings were clear by 6:30 a.m., but Antioch firefighters said Canadian National Railway crews were still on the scene Friday night.
Antioch resident Randall Cibira said the car was still lying on its side Friday night near Loon Lake.
"They spilled an entire carload of aluminum something that I was told wasn't toxic," he said. "Aluminum right near the cleanest lake in the country does not sound good.
"They knocked it over on its side and dumped the load so they could vacuum it up."


dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-22--Paredes hits grand slam as Tigers get rare win over Indians

CLEVELAND -- Rookie Isaac Paredes hit a grand slam for his first major league homer and the Detroit Tigers snapped a 20-game losing streak against Cleveland by beating the Indians 10-5 on Friday night .
The Tigers also ended a nine-game slide that included being swept at home last weekend by the Indians .
The 21-year-old Paredes connected in the fourth inning when the Tigers scored seven times off Adam Plutko ( 1-2 ) .
Jonathan Schoop hit a two-run homer as the Tigers topped the Indians for the first time since April 10 , 2019 .
Cleveland 's 20-game @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against one opponent since division play began in 1969 .
Baltimore holds the record with 23 consecutive wins over Kansas City in 1969-70 .
Rony Garcia ( 1-0 ) picked up the win for the Tigers , who got off to a surprising 9-4 start before staggering .
Franmil Reyes hit a two-run homer as the Indians had their winning streak stopped at six .
They were again without manager Terry Francona .
He underwent a medical procedure and missed his 15th game this season due to poor health .
CHICAGO -- Jose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surging White Sox went deep six times to back Dallas Keuchel in a romp at Wrigley Field .
The White Sox ( 16-11 ) pounded Jon Lester ( 2-1 ) and matched a season high with their sixth straight win .
They moved five games above .500 for the first time since they were 27-22 in 2016 .
Abreu hit a three-run drive in the third inning and a solo shot in the ninth , giving the White Sox 22 homers in the past six games .
They have outscored their opponents 48-12 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) held the Cubs to one run and six hits in eight innings .
ST. PETERSBURG , Fla. -- Cavan Biggio and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. each drove in a run during the 10th inning to help Toronto win its sixth consecutive game .
Biggio knocked in Brandon Drury from second to start the 10th with a double off Aaron Loup ( 3-1 ) .
Biggio went to third on a sacrifice bunt before Gurriel hit a sacrifice fly as the Blue Jays went up 6-4 .
Yandy Diaz began the bottom of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Romano .
The reliever got a grounder from Hunter Renfroe with two on for his first career save .
Thomas Hatch ( 1-0 ) worked a scoreless ninth for his first major league win .
Brandon Lowe and Diaz homered for the Rays , who were coming off a 9-1 road trip .
Teoscar HernÃ¡ndez and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered during a three-pitch stretch in the second .
The Blue Jays have gone deep 28 times over their last 11 games .
ATLANTA -- Marcell Ozuna homered twice and drove in four runs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Travis d'Arnaud , who drove in three runs , and Ozuna each got three hits .
Nola ( 2-2 ) allowed six hits and four runs in 2 2/3 innings .
Max Fried ( 4-0 ) won the matchup of staff aces .
Philadelphia bolstered its bullpen with two trades , getting right-handers Brandon Workman and Heath Hembree from Boston and righty David Hale from the Yankees .
The Phillies ' bullpen ranked last in the majors with an 8.07 ERA at the start of the day .
BALTIMORE -- Xander Bogaerts , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as Boston won its season-high third in a row .
Darwinzon Hernandez ( 1-0 ) won in relief and Matt Barnes got his first save .
During the game , the Red Sox announced they traded relievers Brandon Workman , Heath Hembree and cash to Philadelphia for pitchers Nick Pivetta and Connor Seabold .
John Means ( 0-2 ) took the loss as Baltimore dropped its sixth straight game .
WASHINGTON -- Miguel Rojas hit a three-run homer in his first at-bat after being activated from the COVID-19 injured list , and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ connected in the second inning against Patrick Corbin ( 2-2 ) , and that was all Miami needed to take the opener of a five-game series .
Rojas had n't played since July 26 , when the Marlins ' season was suspended amid a team-wide coronavirus outbreak .
Marlins starter Elieser Hernandez ( 1-0 ) pitched five solid innings , allowing two runs and three hits .
Yan Gomes and Trea Turner homered for Washington .
It was Gomes ' 100th career home run .
ST. LOUIS -- Matt Davidson delivered a go-ahead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ helping Cincinnati to the road win .
Davidson drove a 2-0 pitch from Tyler Webb deep to left field .
It was his third homer of the season , his second career grand slam and his first pinch-hit homer .
Cincinnati is 2-2 after a three-game pause because of a positive COVID-19 test .
St. Louis has lost four of six .
The teams combined for only five hits .
Michael Lorenzen ( 1-1 ) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings , and Raisel Iglesias pitched a perfect ninth for his third save .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's 5-4 loss to the Cardinals .
GÃ©nesis Cabrera ( 1-1 ) took the loss after working one inning .
KANSAS CITY , Mo .
-- Jorge Soler hit a three-run homer in the first inning , and Kansas City beat Minnesota to open the third straight weekend series between the AL Central rivals .
Hunter Dozier added a two-run shot and finished with three RBIs as Kansas City won for the sixth time in its last seven games at Kauffman Stadium .
Danny Duffy ( 2-2 ) allowed one run in five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 0-1 ) allowed five runs and seven hits before he was literally knocked from the game .
Alex Gordon drilled him with a liner in the ribs , and the right-hander went to the ground immediately .
X-rays taken at the ballpark were negative , and the Twins called his injury a bruised right abdomen .
PITTSBURGH -- Chad Kuhl pitched five effective innings for his first win in more than two years , and the Pirates rolled to the victory .
Kuhl ( 1-1 ) gave up a long solo home run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ otherwise kept the Brewers at bay to pick up his first victory since June 15 , 2018 .
The Pirates backed Kuhl with a 14-hit attack after managing five runs total during a four-game slide .
Bryan Reynolds hit a solo homer off Adrian Houser ( 1-2 ) in the second and a two-run double in the eighth to give Pittsburgh 's shaky bullpen plenty of cushion .
Christian Yelich hit his seventh home run for the season for the Brewers , but Milwaukee managed just five hits against Kuhl and five relievers @

Paredes hits grand slam as Tigers get rare win over Indians
Detroit Tigers' Isaac Paredes, left, and Austin Romine celebrate a victory over the Cleveland Indians in a baseball game, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, in Cleveland. Associated Press
CLEVELAND -- Rookie Isaac Paredes hit a grand slam for his first major league homer and the Detroit Tigers snapped a 20-game losing streak against Cleveland by beating the Indians 10-5 on Friday night.
The Tigers also ended a nine-game slide that included being swept at home last weekend by the Indians.
The 21-year-old Paredes connected in the fourth inning when the Tigers scored seven times off Adam Plutko (1-2). Jonathan Schoop hit a two-run homer as the Tigers topped the Indians for the first time since April 10, 2019.
Cleveland's 20-game dominance of Detroit was the second-longest streak against one opponent since division play began in 1969. Baltimore holds the record with 23 consecutive wins over Kansas City in 1969-70.
Rony Garcia (1-0) picked up the win for the Tigers, who got off to a surprising 9-4 start before staggering.
Franmil Reyes hit a two-run homer as the Indians had their winning streak stopped at six. They were again without manager Terry Francona. He underwent a medical procedure and missed his 15th game this season due to poor health.
PADRES 4, ASTROS 3
SAN DIEGO -- Manny Machado hit a pair of RBI singles and scored a run, helping the Padres stop the Astros' eight-game winning streak.
The Padres won their fifth straight but failed to add to their MLB record of hitting a grand slam in four straight games, which they accomplished in sweeping Texas in a four-game, home-and-home series. Eric Hosmer, who had the historic fourth slam on Thursday night, batted with the bases loaded with two outs in the sixth against the Astros and grounded out.
Machado singled home Hosmer in the first and singled in Trent Grisham in the two-run fifth, both off Lance McCullers Jr. (2-2).
Javy Guerra (1-0) struck out three in 2 1/3 hitless innings for the win. Emilio Pagán pitched the ninth for his first save.
ATHLETICS 5, ANGELS 3
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Marcus Semien staked Mike Fiers to an early lead, Stephen Piscotty drove in all three of his runs with two outs, and the AL-best Athletics ran their home win streak to nine games.
The A's (19-8) moved a season-best 11 games over .500 and have their best 27-game start since beginning 21-6 in 1990.
Fiers (3-1) allowed three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. Liam Hendriks got three outs for his ninth save.
Semien notched his third career leadoff home run and second this season as Oakland jumped on Andrew Heaney (1-2).
Anthony Rendon had four hits for the Angels, extending his hit streak to 11 games. Los Angeles lost its fourth straight and eighth in nine.
WHITE SOX 10, CUBS 1
CHICAGO -- Jose Abreu hit two home runs and the surging White Sox went deep six times to back Dallas Keuchel in a romp at Wrigley Field.
The White Sox (16-11) pounded Jon Lester (2-1) and matched a season high with their sixth straight win. They moved five games above .500 for the first time since they were 27-22 in 2016.
Abreu hit a three-run drive in the third inning and a solo shot in the ninth, giving the White Sox 22 homers in the past six games. They have outscored their opponents 48-12 in that span.
Keuchel (4-2) held the Cubs to one run and six hits in eight innings.
BLUE JAYS 6, RAYS 5, 10 INNINGS
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Cavan Biggio and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. each drove in a run during the 10th inning to help Toronto win its sixth consecutive game.
Biggio knocked in Brandon Drury from second to start the 10th with a double off Aaron Loup (3-1). Biggio went to third on a sacrifice bunt before Gurriel hit a sacrifice fly as the Blue Jays went up 6-4.
Yandy Diaz began the bottom of the 10th with an RBI single against Jordan Romano. The reliever got a grounder from Hunter Renfroe with two on for his first career save.
Thomas Hatch (1-0) worked a scoreless ninth for his first major league win.
Brandon Lowe and Diaz homered for the Rays, who were coming off a 9-1 road trip.
Teoscar Hernández and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered during a three-pitch stretch in the second. The Blue Jays have gone deep 28 times over their last 11 games.
DODGERS 5, ROCKIES 1
LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler struck out 11 over six sharp innings in his best outing of the shortened season.
The Dodgers earned their ninth victory in 10 games and became the first team in the majors to win 20 this season. Every player in the Los Angeles lineup except Austin Barnes got a hit, although the catcher had an RBI with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Buehler (1-0) gave up four hits on 92 pitches in his fifth start of the season and didn't issue a walk in going past five innings for the first time.
After an impressive start, the Rockies have lost a season-high five straight and 10 of 12 while dropping to .500. Jon Gray (1-3) gave up four runs in 3 2/3 innings.
GIANTS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 2
SAN FRANCISCO -- Evan Longoria hit his 300th home run and Wilmer Flores added a two-run shot, powering the Giants to the victory.
Mike Yastrzemski had two hits and scored twice for San Francisco. Brandon Crawford and Joey Bart both drove in runs.
Logan Webb (2-2) struck out eight in seven innings as the Giants won their fourth straight.
Christian Walker had four hits for the Diamondbacks. Robbie Ray (1-3) allowed four runs in five innings
Arizona has lost three straight since a six-game winning streak.
BRAVES 11, PHILLIES 2
ATLANTA -- Marcell Ozuna homered twice and drove in four runs as Atlanta roughed up Aaron Nola.
Travis d'Arnaud, who drove in three runs, and Ozuna each got three hits.
Nola (2-2) allowed six hits and four runs in 2 2/3 innings. Max Fried (4-0) won the matchup of staff aces.
Philadelphia bolstered its bullpen with two trades, getting right-handers Brandon Workman and Heath Hembree from Boston and righty David Hale from the Yankees. The Phillies' bullpen ranked last in the majors with an 8.07 ERA at the start of the day.
RED SOX 8, ORIOLES 5
BALTIMORE -- Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez and Rafael Devers homered as Boston won its season-high third in a row.
Darwinzon Hernandez (1-0) won in relief and Matt Barnes got his first save. During the game, the Red Sox announced they traded relievers Brandon Workman, Heath Hembree and cash to Philadelphia for pitchers Nick Pivetta and Connor Seabold.
John Means (0-2) took the loss as Baltimore dropped its sixth straight game.
MARLINS 3, NATIONALS 2
WASHINGTON -- Miguel Rojas hit a three-run homer in his first at-bat after being activated from the COVID-19 injured list, and the Marlins snapped a five-game skid.
Rojas connected in the second inning against Patrick Corbin (2-2), and that was all Miami needed to take the opener of a five-game series. Rojas hadn't played since July 26, when the Marlins' season was suspended amid a team-wide coronavirus outbreak.
Marlins starter Elieser Hernandez (1-0) pitched five solid innings, allowing two runs and three hits.
Yan Gomes and Trea Turner homered for Washington. It was Gomes' 100th career home run.
Brandon Kintzler pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his fourth save.
REDS 4, CARDINALS 2
ST. LOUIS -- Matt Davidson delivered a go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning, helping Cincinnati to the road win.
Davidson drove a 2-0 pitch from Tyler Webb deep to left field. It was his third homer of the season, his second career grand slam and his first pinch-hit homer.
Cincinnati is 2-2 after a three-game pause because of a positive COVID-19 test. St. Louis has lost four of six. The teams combined for only five hits.
Michael Lorenzen (1-1) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings, and Raisel Iglesias pitched a perfect ninth for his third save. Iglesias blew a save opportunity during Thursday's 5-4 loss to the Cardinals.
Génesis Cabrera (1-1) took the loss after working one inning.
MARINERS 7, RANGERS 4
SEATTLE -- Rookie Kyle Lewis hit a solo home run and Nick Margevicius matched his career high with seven strikeouts, leading Seattle to the victory.
Lewis' sixth homer in the second inning put the Mariners up 5-0 after Seattle batted around in the first against Kolby Allard (0-2). Lewis also displayed patience at the plate, scoring two of his three runs following walks.
Margevicius (1-1), acquired by the Mariners in January after he was cut by the Padres, earned his first win for Seattle after entering the starting rotation due to injury. He allowed four runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Taylor Williams worked the ninth for his fifth save.
ROYALS 7, TWINS 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jorge Soler hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and Kansas City beat Minnesota to open the third straight weekend series between the AL Central rivals.
Hunter Dozier added a two-run shot and finished with three RBIs as Kansas City won for the sixth time in its last seven games at Kauffman Stadium. Danny Duffy (2-2) allowed one run in five innings.
Twins starter Jake Odorizzi (0-1) allowed five runs and seven hits before he was literally knocked from the game. Alex Gordon drilled him with a liner in the ribs, and the right-hander went to the ground immediately. X-rays taken at the ballpark were negative, and the Twins called his injury a bruised right abdomen.
PIRATES 7, BREWERS 2
PITTSBURGH -- Chad Kuhl pitched five effective innings for his first win in more than two years, and the Pirates rolled to the victory.
Kuhl (1-1) gave up a long solo home run to Ben Gamel in the second but otherwise kept the Brewers at bay to pick up his first victory since June 15, 2018.
The Pirates backed Kuhl with a 14-hit attack after managing five runs total during a four-game slide. Bryan Reynolds hit a solo homer off Adrian Houser (1-2) in the second and a two-run double in the eighth to give Pittsburgh's shaky bullpen plenty of cushion.
Christian Yelich hit his seventh home run for the season for the Brewers, but Milwaukee managed just five hits against Kuhl and five relievers.
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dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-22--How suburban leaders pushed movement for women's votes

The first woman to vote in Illinois lived in Lombard .
The leader of a pioneering 1910 auto tour across northern Illinois to stump for suffrage lived in Oak Park .
The architect of the law that let Illinois women vote for municipal and presidential elections after 1913 hailed from Evanston .
So did the longtime president of the Women 's Christian Temperance Union , a group that led a major push for the suffrage cause .
The suburbs were fertile ground for the decadeslong movement that eventually allowed women the vote nationwide 100 years ago with the ratification on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 19th Amendment .
Nearby in Chicago , women like Ida B .
Wells and Jane Addams also pushed the needle forward by forming a suffrage club among African American women and taking a leadership role in the National American Woman Suffrage Association .
With these efforts , adding in the actions of women across the suburbs , historical experts say , the region took on a strong importance in the push to secure `` Votes for Women , '' as suffragists ' campaign signs often read .
`` It 's the whole Chicago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' said Lori Osborne , director of the Evanston Women 's History Project .
Women in the suburbs were joining the movement by the 1880s or earlier .
For one example , 1888 is the year when three women and two men founded the Naperville Equal Suffrage Club .
Many of those who later got involved were students at what 's now called North Central College .
Rebecca Skirvin , North Central 's coordinator of archives , said the college from its founding was coeducational , allowing in both women and men and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as equals in many ways . ''
Then came Ellen Martin 's pioneering vote .
On April 6 , 1891 , in her hometown of Lombard , the 28-year-old attorney who ran her own firm walked into her local polling place and cast a ballot in a general election .
The election judges laughed at her and declined to see the legal brief she drafted explaining her rights ( it hinged on the wording of Lombard 's town charter , which -- at the time -- said `` all citizens '' were allowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her vote .
Martin later returned with 14 other prominent Lombard women who subsequently cast their own ballots .
`` She was ahead of her time , '' said Alison Costanzo , executive director of the Lombard Historical Society .
`` She bucked the norms . ''
Women 's advocacy for the vote was heating up elsewhere , especially in Evanston .
There , attorney Catharine Waugh McCulloch was searching for a way to get women statewide started voting , a few positions at a time .
Osborne calls this the `` wedge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purposeful strategy to `` crack the door '' open toward voting rights .
Women in Evanston also specialized in a theory Osborne called the `` home protection argument '' to convince skeptical women and men alike of the importance of women 's votes .
It called on those in power to let women vote as an extension of their responsibilities to their husbands and children .
`` They 're going to vote for things that protect their families and their homes , and they are going to make the world better with their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the argument .
`` You would n't want to limit women 's ability to do that -- it 's part of their traditional role . ''
Zach Bishop , curator of the DuPage County Historical Museum , calls this strategy `` municipal housekeeping . ''
`` Women argued that they were the only ones who knew how to take care of the broader community , similar to how they took care of their families , '' Bishop said .
`` So that ideology was in play . ''
Using these tactics and her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Waugh McCulloch became the `` architect '' of the 1913 Presidential and Municipal Suffrage Bill .
The law gave women in Illinois the right to vote for president in 1916 and made Illinois the first state east of the Mississippi River where that was possible .
Advocacy for that bill spanned the state , as supporters knew they needed to put local pressure on every state senator and state representative to ensure the measure would pass .
In 1910 , for example , the Chicago Political Equality League , led by Grace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an auto tour from Chicago across 16 cities in suburban and northern Illinois .
Without many paved roads or street signs , using borrowed vehicles , the women traveled through Evanston , Highland Park , Lake Forest , Waukegan , Grayslake , McHenry , Woodstock , Marengo , Belvidere , Sycamore , DeKalb , Geneva , Elgin , Aurora , Naperville and Wheaton .
They advocated for suffrage at each stop along the way .
Pioneering suburban women in the early 1900s also advocated for their votes and their choices through an early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the personal is political . ''
By making art at metalworking shops in Chicago instead of staying in the home , women like Lombard 's Christia Reade and Clara Welles , among other leading craft workers , pushed for a world with more women 's involvement , the Lombard Historical Society 's Costanzo said .
`` To be a part of that work for this time period is not heard of , '' Costanzo said .
`` They were making change . ''
Activism continued at the collegiate level , as suffragists in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ banner reading `` woman suffrage '' atop a float in the 1914 Booster Day parade at North Central College , Skirvin said .
Many suburban women , organized in women 's clubs , traveled from their homes to Chicago for some of the major suffrage parades or marches , such as events in 1914 and 1916 .
Clara Farson led one such group from St. Charles to join Chicago 's 1916 parade , Costanzo said , and she later organized women to go cast ballots once the 19th Amendment was approved .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the steam of suffrage and started pushing forward , '' said Jeanne Schultz Angel , an Illinois Humanities Road Scholar on the suffrage movement who works as director of learning experiences and historical research at the Naper Settlement .
`` It leads into so many other riveting stories about local women and what they 've been able to accomplish . ''

How suburban leaders pushed movement for women's votes
"Suffrage OK is certified," says a Sept. 3, 1920, story in the weekly Cook County Herald in Arlington Heights, which later became the Daily Herald.
Frances "Fanny" Smith Hildreth was a suffragist at the school now known as North Central College in Naperville who kept a journal documenting the founding of the Naperville Woman Suffrage Club in April 1888. Courtesy of North Central College Archives and Special Collections
The Booster Day Parade on May 29, 1914, at North-Western College in Naperville, now called North Central College, included this float promoting women's suffrage. Courtesy of North Central College Archives and Special Collections
Lombard attorney Ellen Martin was the first woman to vote in Illinois. Her photograph is on display at the Lombard Historical Society, which is featuring an exhibit called "Art & Artists of the Women's Suffrage Movement."
The first woman to vote in Illinois lived in Lombard.
The leader of a pioneering 1910 auto tour across northern Illinois to stump for suffrage lived in Oak Park.
The architect of the law that let Illinois women vote for municipal and presidential elections after 1913 hailed from Evanston. So did the longtime president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, a group that led a major push for the suffrage cause.
The suburbs were fertile ground for the decadeslong movement that eventually allowed women the vote nationwide 100 years ago with the ratification on Aug. 26, 1920, of the 19th Amendment.
Nearby in Chicago, women like Ida B. Wells and Jane Addams also pushed the needle forward by forming a suffrage club among African American women and taking a leadership role in the National American Woman Suffrage Association. With these efforts, adding in the actions of women across the suburbs, historical experts say, the region took on a strong importance in the push to secure "Votes for Women," as suffragists' campaign signs often read.
"It's the whole Chicago area that is influencing the movement," said Lori Osborne, director of the Evanston Women's History Project.
Women in the suburbs were joining the movement by the 1880s or earlier.
For one example, 1888 is the year when three women and two men founded the Naperville Equal Suffrage Club. Many of those who later got involved were students at what's now called North Central College. Rebecca Skirvin, North Central's coordinator of archives, said the college from its founding was coeducational, allowing in both women and men and laying the "groundwork for considering women as equals in many ways."
Then came Ellen Martin's pioneering vote. On April 6, 1891, in her hometown of Lombard, the 28-year-old attorney who ran her own firm walked into her local polling place and cast a ballot in a general election.
The election judges laughed at her and declined to see the legal brief she drafted explaining her rights (it hinged on the wording of Lombard's town charter, which -- at the time -- said "all citizens" were allowed to vote). But they let her vote. Martin later returned with 14 other prominent Lombard women who subsequently cast their own ballots.
"She was ahead of her time," said Alison Costanzo, executive director of the Lombard Historical Society. "She bucked the norms."
Women's advocacy for the vote was heating up elsewhere, especially in Evanston. There, attorney Catharine Waugh McCulloch was searching for a way to get women statewide started voting, a few positions at a time.
Osborne calls this the "wedge approach" and says it was a purposeful strategy to "crack the door" open toward voting rights.
Women in Evanston also specialized in a theory Osborne called the "home protection argument" to convince skeptical women and men alike of the importance of women's votes. It called on those in power to let women vote as an extension of their responsibilities to their husbands and children.
"They're going to vote for things that protect their families and their homes, and they are going to make the world better with their votes," Osborne said, explaining the argument. "You wouldn't want to limit women's ability to do that -- it's part of their traditional role."
Zach Bishop, curator of the DuPage County Historical Museum, calls this strategy "municipal housekeeping."
"Women argued that they were the only ones who knew how to take care of the broader community, similar to how they took care of their families," Bishop said. "So that ideology was in play."
Using these tactics and her legal and political skills, Osborne said, Waugh McCulloch became the "architect" of the 1913 Presidential and Municipal Suffrage Bill. The law gave women in Illinois the right to vote for president in 1916 and made Illinois the first state east of the Mississippi River where that was possible.
Advocacy for that bill spanned the state, as supporters knew they needed to put local pressure on every state senator and state representative to ensure the measure would pass.
In 1910, for example, the Chicago Political Equality League, led by Grace Wilbur Trout of Oak Park, launched an auto tour from Chicago across 16 cities in suburban and northern Illinois. Without many paved roads or street signs, using borrowed vehicles, the women traveled through Evanston, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Waukegan, Grayslake, McHenry, Woodstock, Marengo, Belvidere, Sycamore, DeKalb, Geneva, Elgin, Aurora, Naperville and Wheaton. They advocated for suffrage at each stop along the way.
Pioneering suburban women in the early 1900s also advocated for their votes and their choices through an early version of the feminist credo, "the personal is political."
By making art at metalworking shops in Chicago instead of staying in the home, women like Lombard's Christia Reade and Clara Welles, among other leading craft workers, pushed for a world with more women's involvement, the Lombard Historical Society's Costanzo said.
"To be a part of that work for this time period is not heard of," Costanzo said. "They were making change."
Activism continued at the collegiate level, as suffragists in Naperville sat dressed in white with a banner reading "woman suffrage" atop a float in the 1914 Booster Day parade at North Central College, Skirvin said.
Many suburban women, organized in women's clubs, traveled from their homes to Chicago for some of the major suffrage parades or marches, such as events in 1914 and 1916. Clara Farson led one such group from St. Charles to join Chicago's 1916 parade, Costanzo said, and she later organized women to go cast ballots once the 19th Amendment was approved.
"The women's club movement picked up the steam of suffrage and started pushing forward," said Jeanne Schultz Angel, an Illinois Humanities Road Scholar on the suffrage movement who works as director of learning experiences and historical research at the Naper Settlement. "It leads into so many other riveting stories about local women and what they've been able to accomplish."


dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-22--Illinois reports 2,356 new cases, 17 more deaths from COVID-19

The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday announced 2,356 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois , including 17 @ @ @ @ @ the deaths , 11 were in Cook County , one was in Kane County and @ @ @ @ @ Currently , IDPH is reporting a total of 218,285 cases , including 7,874 deaths , @ @ @ @ @ age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years .
Within @ @ @ @ @ laboratories have reported 56,766 tests for a total of 3,649,685 .
The preliminary seven-day statewide @ @ @ @ @ percent of total test from Aug. 15-21 is 4.3 % .
As of Friday night @ @ @ @ @ were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19 .
Of those , 322 patients @ @ @ @ @ 127 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators .

2,356 new virus cases in Illinois, most since May 24; St. Charles Dist. 303 reports 3 cases
The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday announced 2,356 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 17 additional confirmed deaths.
It's the highest number of new cases since May 24, when there were 2,508.
The latest numbers come as a school district in St. Charles is reporting a few COVID-19 cases, ABC 7 Chicago said.
Three positive cases were reported within St. Charles Unit District 303, one at Thompson Middle School and two at Fox Ridge Early Childhood Center. District officials will not say if the patients are staff members or students.
Of the deaths reported by the state Saturday, 11 were in Cook County, one was in Kane County and the rest were downstate.
IDPH is reporting a total of 218,285 cases, including 7,874 deaths, in 102 counties. The age of cases ranges from younger than 1 to older than 100 years.
Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 56,766 tests for a total of 3,649,685. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate from Aug. 15 to 21 is 4.3%.
As of Friday night, 1,488 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 322 patients were in the ICU and 127 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.


dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-22--Many women in early years had separate ballots. Some were pink.

When women gained the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment , they were given separate ballots .
Some of them were pink .
But their experience going to the polls 100 years ago is , in several ways , still akin to the voting process these days -- pre-pandemic , at least .
Voting took place on Election Day , usually at post offices or local grocery stores that doubled as post offices .
Election judges kept watch over the process .
Votes were counted , sanctioned and then filed at county seats .
Results were made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sort of template that has been standard '' for voting throughout the past century , said Jeanne Schultz Angel , director of learning experiences and historical research at the Naper Settlement museum in Naperville and an Illinois Humanities Road Scholar with expertise in the suffrage movement .
The biggest changes have been the shift from paper ballots to electronic versions in some areas or the addition of sophisticated tabulation systems and online results databases , said Zach Bishop , curator at the DuPage County Historical Museum in Wheaton .
The process of voting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entirely too different than it is today , except for technology . ''
The voting technology of 100 years ago included paper ballots imprinted with candidate names and races , with sturdy ballot boxes to receive the completed forms .
Exhibits at the Naper Settlement , the Lombard Historical Society and the Evanston History Center all include either historical ballots or ballot boxes .
Lori Osborne , director of the Evanston Women 's History Project , gets a kick out of the appearance of a ballot from 1920 that her museum 's exhibit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the Vote , '' has on hand .
`` It 's pink , by the way , '' Osborne said .
`` It 's a kind of bright pink , considering that it 's 100 years old .
And it 's huge . ''
Women were given their own ballots in many jurisdictions because election officials wanted to easily track their participation at the polls , Osborne said .
This followed a practice of giving women their own ballots that included a limited spectrum of races ; such was the case between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Municipal Suffrage Bill in Illinois and the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 .
Approval of the bill , seven years before full women 's suffrage came about , made Illinois the first state east of the Mississippi River to allow women to vote for president .
These days , county clerks ' offices across the region are reeling from a primary election unlike any other , as it came shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic .
And they 're bracing for a general election that will look different than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all local election authorities must send applications for mail-in ballots to all electors who have voted since the 2018 general election .
Some officials , such as the DuPage County clerk 's office , are going beyond that and mailing the applications to all registered voters within their bounds .
The Lake County clerk 's office is promoting mail-in voting as a COVID-19 precaution , in line with state guidance , said Linda Musak , communications coordinator .
`` People can vote safely from home , in their slippers and with a cup @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` It 's just going to be an easier and safer way for a lot of people to vote . ''
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough said her office is employing new tracking software to inform voters as to where their mail-in ballot is in the process of being received and counted .
`` I think it 's important for people to know where things are , '' Yarbrough said .
`` And the technology is there , so why not use it ? ''
Counties also plan to open polling places for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ usual .
Some polling places might need to move to avoid jeopardizing the health of residents at senior living facilities .
But clerks ' offices plan multiple methods of outreach , including newsletters from politicians and local governments and social media posts to make voters aware of any change .
Voting in 2020 will involve election judges as usual , but they 'll be wearing masks and spaced at 6-foot distances as a virus precaution .
Polling booths will be spread Voting this year will include the careful safeguarding and counting of ballots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make results public .
And it will involve a commitment to access that Yarbrough said is a hallmark of the Prairie State since the days of the suffrage movement .
`` Illinois is a great state , '' she said , `` when it comes to having access to the ballot box . ''

Many women in early years had separate ballots. Some were pink.
Karen Yarbrough is Cook County's first African American and female clerk. She says the slow progress of the women's suffrage movement shows the importance of working together to make positive change. Courtesy of Cook County Clerk's Office
When women gained the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment, they were given separate ballots. Some of them were pink.
But their experience going to the polls 100 years ago is, in several ways, still akin to the voting process these days -- pre-pandemic, at least.
Voting took place on Election Day, usually at post offices or local grocery stores that doubled as post offices. Election judges kept watch over the process. Votes were counted, sanctioned and then filed at county seats. Results were made public.
"That's essentially the sort of template that has been standard" for voting throughout the past century, said Jeanne Schultz Angel, director of learning experiences and historical research at the Naper Settlement museum in Naperville and an Illinois Humanities Road Scholar with expertise in the suffrage movement.
The biggest changes have been the shift from paper ballots to electronic versions in some areas or the addition of sophisticated tabulation systems and online results databases, said Zach Bishop, curator at the DuPage County Historical Museum in Wheaton.
The process of voting, he said, is "not entirely too different than it is today, except for technology."
The voting technology of 100 years ago included paper ballots imprinted with candidate names and races, with sturdy ballot boxes to receive the completed forms. Exhibits at the Naper Settlement, the Lombard Historical Society and the Evanston History Center all include either historical ballots or ballot boxes. Lori Osborne, director of the Evanston Women's History Project, gets a kick out of the appearance of a ballot from 1920 that her museum's exhibit, "Evanston Women and the Fight for the Vote," has on hand.
"It's pink, by the way," Osborne said. "It's a kind of bright pink, considering that it's 100 years old. And it's huge."
Women were given their own ballots in many jurisdictions because election officials wanted to easily track their participation at the polls, Osborne said. This followed a practice of giving women their own ballots that included a limited spectrum of races; such was the case between the 1913 passage of the Presidential and Municipal Suffrage Bill in Illinois and the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Approval of the bill, seven years before full women's suffrage came about, made Illinois the first state east of the Mississippi River to allow women to vote for president.
These days, county clerks' offices across the region are reeling from a primary election unlike any other, as it came shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. And they're bracing for a general election that will look different than usual.
Under a state mandate, all local election authorities must send applications for mail-in ballots to all electors who have voted since the 2018 general election. Some officials, such as the DuPage County clerk's office, are going beyond that and mailing the applications to all registered voters within their bounds.
The Lake County clerk's office is promoting mail-in voting as a COVID-19 precaution, in line with state guidance, said Linda Musak, communications coordinator.
"People can vote safely from home, in their slippers and with a cup of coffee," Musak said. "It's just going to be an easier and safer way for a lot of people to vote."
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough said her office is employing new tracking software to inform voters as to where their mail-in ballot is in the process of being received and counted.
"I think it's important for people to know where things are," Yarbrough said. "And the technology is there, so why not use it?"
Counties also plan to open polling places for early voting and Election Day voting as usual. Some polling places might need to move to avoid jeopardizing the health of residents at senior living facilities. But clerks' offices plan multiple methods of outreach, including newsletters from politicians and local governments and social media posts to make voters aware of any change.
Voting in 2020 will involve election judges as usual, but they'll be wearing masks and spaced at 6-foot distances as a virus precaution. Polling booths will be spread
out, too.
Voting this year will include the careful safeguarding and counting of ballots, then the use of online systems to make results public. And it will involve a commitment to access that Yarbrough said is a hallmark of the Prairie State since the days of the suffrage movement.
"Illinois is a great state," she said, "when it comes to having access to the ballot box."


dailyheraldchicago--2020-08-22--One man dies after 2 shot today in vehicle in Elgin

One man died following a shooting early today in Elgin and another is being treated for injuries that are not @ @ @ @ @ Elgin Police said in a posting to the department 's Facebook page .
About 12:39 @ @ @ @ @ to the area of Kimball Street and State Street for a reported shooting in which @ @ @ @ @ struck by gunfire while in a vehicle , according to the statement .
Both victims @ @ @ @ @ , where one died , police said .
Detectives from the Major Investigations Division are @ @ @ @ @ more information becomes available will provide an update , police said .
Anyone with information @ @ @ @ @ encouraged to call ( 847 ) 289-2600 or text 847411 and include ELGINPD at the @ @ @ @ @ along with the message and/or tip information .

One man dies after 2 shot in vehicle in Elgin
One man died after a shooting early Saturday in Elgin and another is being treated for injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening, Elgin police said in a Facebook post.
About 12:39 a.m., Elgin police responded to the area of Kimball Street and State Street for a reported shooting in which two men were struck by gunfire while in a vehicle, according to the statement.
Both men were taken to the hospital, where one died, police said.
Detectives from the Major Investigations Division are investigating the shooting, police said.
Anyone with information related to the case is encouraged to call (847) 289-2600 or text 847411 and include ELGINPD at the beginning of the text, along with the message and/or tip information.