chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Photo of high school student’s breasts posted online by photo studio, lawsuit charges

The teen ’ s attorneys , Bruno Marasso and Abraham Matthew , called the teen brave for coming forward to @ @ @ @ @ happening again .
They said the studio may not have realized what the photo showed @ @ @ @ @ it and the district should have had oversight to ensure such a thing wouldn ’ @ @ @

A former suburban high school student has filed suit against a photography studio and her school district for allowing a photo of her breasts, accidentally exposed at a dance, to be posted online.
The student, who was 17 at the time, said Thursday she was humiliated to find out other students were viewing the photo, sharing it on social media, taunting her and laughing about it. She called it “a complete nightmare that no young woman should ever have to endure.”
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The photo was taken at the homecoming dance at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates in October 2019, said the teen, now 18, whom the Tribune is not naming.
While the girl was dancing and having fun with her friends, she said, her dress briefly slipped, exposing her breasts. She fixed the dress and moved on, she said, hoping no one noticed, not knowing a photographer hired for the event had taken her picture at the time.
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The photo shows several students with the girl as the focal point, her attorneys said. The studio, Visual Image Photography, in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, posted the photo on its website for four days, during which time hundreds of people viewed it and nine people downloaded it, her attorneys said.
“You can imagine my complete horror and humiliation weeks later to hear my classmates and members of the football team and others talking and laughing about the picture,” the teen said.
She alerted the school’s dean of students, and the photo was taken down. By then, she said, she had been thoroughly humiliated, and has since undergone therapy to deal with the shame.
The lawsuit, filed Oct. 16 in Cook County Circuit Court, charges willful and wanton misconduct, negligence, inflicted emotional distress and intrusion on the right to seclusion. The suit seeks more than $50,000 in damages from the school district and more than $50,000 for each of six allegations of wrongdoing against the photo studio.
The teen’s attorneys, Bruno Marasso and Abraham Matthew, called the teen brave for coming forward to try to prevent this from happening again. They said the studio may not have realized what the photo showed but should never have posted it and the district should have had oversight to ensure such a thing wouldn’t happen.
The studio and district did not immediately return requests for comment.
The attorneys said Visual Image Photography is one of the largest studios in Illinois and Wisconsin for handling photos involving numerous schools. Its website states that it has more than 50 photographers on staff, who handle portraits and sports photos for more than 150 schools, and is the official photographer for the Illinois High School Association.
rmccoppin@chicagotribune.com


chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Watch live: Gov. J.B. Pritzker gives a COVID-19 update

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chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Joel Daly, longtime ABC 7 news anchor, is dead at 86

“ I was the youngest child and the only girl and when he pushed me , I would push back @ @ @ @ @ , a former Cook County State ’ s Attorney .
“ We were so very @ @ @ @ @ and I realize that his mentorship and guidance made me stronger .
He did have @ @ @ @ @ of as his golden rule .
It was not complicated .
It was ‘ Just @ @ @ @ @

Linda Yu helps wipe away tears from the cheek of ABC 7 Chicago anchor/reporter Joel Daly on his last newscast from the anchor desk after a 38-year run in Chicago broadcasting. (Alex Garcia / Chicago Tribune)
Fame rested so lightly on the shoulders of television newsman Joel Daly that one afternoon some years ago, when he was sitting on the Randolph Street steps of the Chicago Cultural Center, he didn’t seem to mind at all that few of the hundreds of people walking by gave him a second look.
“Fine with me,” he said. “They get enough of me on TV.”
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A daily presence in the lives of a couple of generations of Chicago television news viewers, Daly died early Thursday. He had been suffering from vascular parkinsonism, a condition marked by a series of mini strokes. He had been in hospice care at the suburban home of his daughter Kelly. He was 86 years old.
“He died peacefully,” said his daughter, who was with him at the time. "This is the way I believe he wanted his life to end and he was able to see his beloved dog.
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“I was the youngest child and the only girl and when he pushed me, I would push back,” said his daughter, a former Cook County State’s Attorney. “We were so very much alike in that way and I realize that his mentorship and guidance made me stronger. He did have what I like to think of as his golden rule. It was not complicated. It was ‘Just be kind.’”
Joel Daly was born Aug. 21, 1934, in Great Falls, Mont. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1956. He served in the U.S. Army, stationed in New York and Panama, and worked in radio and television in Cleveland before coming to Chicago.
In 1967 he was paired at ABC’s WLS-Ch. 7 news anchor desk with Fahey Flynn and, in the company of sportscaster Bill Frink and weatherman John Coleman, they successfully crafted a brand of news that would become known as “happy talk.”
Previously, TV news types were characterized by straight-faced, stuffy seriousness when they read the news of the day. By loosening up and lightly (and playfully) bantering between stories and segments, the WLS-Ch. 7 foursome not only climbed to the top of the ratings but influenced a generation of television news personalities and broadcasts.
“We came down from Olympus, and we just became regular people talking to regular people. It’s the best form of communication,” Daly once told a reporter.
He worked alongside the older, white-haired Flynn for many years and also with Mary Ann Childers, Linda Yu and, for a time as an “experiment” before her superstardom came calling, Oprah Winfrey. For a while he was able to display gifts that defied the “happy talk” label, contributing frequent commentaries that were erudite, serious and intelligent.
Though many television personalities have interesting lives beyond the screen, few explored their intellectual and artistic curiosity and talent more energetically than Daly. Among his outside-TV activities: piloting airplanes; singing with the Sundowners country band; championship yodeling, a talent he developed as a child in Montana; attending Chicago-Kent College of Law at night and passing the Illinois bar exam in 1988; and taking to various local stages as an actor playing, among many roles, Atticus Finch in a 1994 Wisdom Bridge Theatre production of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
He had been married since 1955 to Sue Weiss, a delightful and self-assured woman. He often talked of their years together, trips to a summer home in Wisconsin, late night dinners at restaurants near their west suburban home.
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“I used to wait on them sometimes at a restaurant in LaGrange after Joel’s nightly news broadcast,” said Beth Myburgh. “Joel was in jeans and cowboy boots along with his sport coat and tie. They were so down to earth and friendly. He was a gem.”
On those Cultural Center steps, he was in rehearsals for the demanding role of attorney Clarence Darrow in the one-man show “Clarence Darrow” by David Rintels. He was still working full-time as a news anchor and he did talk about his career: the foreign travels for stories; the many events and people he had met along the way, especially about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He talked of his family, his love for dogs and theater and Darrow.
He would retire in 2005 but appeared occasionally on newscasts, reporting on legal matters and hosting the St. Patrick’s Day parade. He won a pile of Emmys, was inducted into the Hall of Fame and received the first Illinois Broadcast Pioneer Award. He taught in law school, worked as information officer of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and wrote a fine and lively biography, “The Daly News: A Life on Television News” (Eckhartz Press).
Sue died in 2016 of complications from lung cancer at their La Grange Highlands home. They had suffered the pain of losing two adult sons, Doug and Scott.
On the Cultural Center steps he picked up his script and, saying “This is my favorite part,” started to read aloud, a portion of Darrow’s his famous summation in the 1924 defense of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb for murder, “I am pleading for the future; I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of men.”
Recognizing that voice, people stopped on the sidewalk to listen. A crowd formed.
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Daly is survived by daughter Kelly, sister Viola Patrice Kraus and granddaughters Kate and Madison. Services will be private.
UPDATE: This obituary has been updated and lengthened since it was first published.
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chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Chicago man killed when car hit by tractor-trailer in Wadsworth

Though McKinney said the report did not indicate whether it was raining at the time of the crash , Lake @ @ @ @ @ it was raining when he arrived on the scene at 1:30 a.m .

Warren-Newport Fire Department and Illinois State Police personnel on the scene of a early morning fatal accident involving a tractor-trailer and car on Interstate 94 near Rosecrans Road in Wadsworth on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2020. (Joe Shuman / Pioneer Press)
A Chicago man was killed shortly after midnight Thursday when his car was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 94 near Rosecrans Road in Wadsworth.
Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Brian McKinney said the victim’s 2011 Toyota Avalon was in the southbound right lane of the Tollway with its lights off when it was struck in the rear by a 2019 Mack Truck tractor-trailer traveling in the same lane and direction.
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“The semi overturned on the passenger side,” McKinney said. “Both vehicles went into the right grassy side of the road in the ditch.”
McKinney said a doctor from Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville pronounced the driver dead at 12:34 a.m.
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Though McKinney said the report did not indicate whether it was raining at the time of the crash, Lake County Coroner Howard Cooper said it was raining when he arrived on the scene at 1:30 a.m.
Warren-Newport Fire Department and Illinois State Police personnel on the scene of a early morning fatal accident involving a tractor-trailer and car on Interstate 94 near Rosecrans Road in Wadsworth on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2020. (Joe Shuman / Pioneer Press)
Based on what he saw and heard, Cooper said he believed the Toyota was stalled with the lights off when it was struck by the truck.
Cooper said the victim was a 34-year-old man from Chicago. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.
McKinney said no citations were issued as a result of the crash The driver of the truck was not injured.


chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Body bags, hotel rooms — and grenades? How Illinois has spent over $1.6 billion in response to COVID

Body bags, hotel rooms — and grenades? How Illinois has spent over $1.6 billion in response to COVID-19.

“ We might send it back or question it and ask for some backup .
But most likely , where @ @ @ @ @ kind of spending is when the auditors go in and say that it is 100 @ @ @ @ @ then depending on what fund it ’ s out of , the agency/state of Illinois @ @ @ @ @ back , ” Illinois Assistant Comptroller Ellen Andres said .

Ash Ngu, Jodi S. Cohen, Jennifer Smith Richards

Fighting — and adapting to — the coronavirus pandemic in Illinois has been costly.
As of Oct. 1, state agencies reported spending more than $1.6 billion in federal and state funds on COVID-19, with purchases that range from predictable items like face masks to more unexpected expenditures, such as sliced bread and sporks.
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In the first comprehensive analysis of the state’s COVID-19 spending, ProPublica Illinois and the Tribune found that the vast majority of purchases were linked to the pandemic, but that some spending has been questionable. The Illinois State Police, for example, submitted tear gas grenades and other crowd-control equipment as COVID-19 expenses.
This story is a collaboration between the Tribune and ProPublica Illinois.
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Many of the purchases show how costly it has been for state agencies to execute their “pandemic pivot.” Employees needed computers and security software to work remotely and protective equipment to work in person. Temporary meal sites had to be set up throughout Illinois to provide food for children who weren’t getting fed at school. Agencies spent at least $287 million on cleaning supplies and protective gear.
Some significant purchases went largely unused: The state leased out entire hotels that sat empty and erected a field hospital that treated only a few dozen patients.
The ProPublica/Tribune analysis covers every state agency expenditure that was submitted to the comptroller’s office as a pandemic-related expense from March through the end of September. Millions of dollars continue to be spent every day.
The expenditures are self-reported and, for the most part, aren’t scrutinized by state government officials in real time; the spending won’t be audited until at least next year.
“We might send it back or question it and ask for some backup. But most likely, where you’ll catch that kind of spending is when the auditors go in and say that it is 100% not COVID spending; then depending on what fund it’s out of, the agency/state of Illinois may have to pay it back,” Illinois Assistant Comptroller Ellen Andres said.
Much of the spending will be covered by federal funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as CARES. Illinois expects to receive up to $5.5 billion in CARES funding this year.
States have wide latitude in how to spend that money, but purchases must be directly related to the pandemic. Federal relief money also can’t go toward purchases already planned and approved before late March — prior to the virus’s spread. And funds must be spent on costs incurred this year.
State agencies seek approval from the governor’s Office of Management and Budget to use CARES funding. Spokeswoman Carol Knowles declined to detail purchases that had been rejected but did confirm, after questions from the Tribune and ProPublica, that federal coronavirus relief money would not be used to reimburse several purchases by the state police, including crowd-control weapons.
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Knowles said agencies were told to think broadly about what would qualify as a COVID-19-related expense but said budget officials are being “conservative” in deciding what can be funded with CARES money.
Ralph Martire, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Tax and Budget Accountability in Illinois, said that with little guidance from the federal government and few reporting requirements, some misspending is likely.
“Some agencies and individuals are going to try to game the system to cover purchases they want to make but can’t afford,” he said. While Martire expects the “vast majority” of funds to be spent appropriately, he said: “Will some things slip through the cracks? I imagine they will.”
To date, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency has spent the most of any agency on the pandemic, accounting for a third of the state’s COVID-19-related spending. That includes millions of pieces of personal protective equipment and hundreds of ventilators it acquired after the governor issued a disaster declaration in March.
Big-ticket PPE purchases have waned since spring. By August and September, the majority of the state’s spending went to grant programs that supported businesses, schools, and child care and health care providers, as well as continued COVID-19 testing and local contact tracing programs.
Here are some of the other expenditures found in the state’s records:
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Grenades and gun simulators
The Illinois State Police asked for COVID-19 funds to cover $75,000 it had spent on 2,240 tear gas or other “nonlethal” grenades, 100 flash-bang grenades and 1,400 projectiles used for crowd control, plus $30,000 in hotel rooms and dinners for troopers deployed to Chicago in late May and again in August amid civil unrest related to police violence.
The police also tried to submit as a COVID-19 expense $572,000 worth of firearms simulators that the agency said were intended to help train troopers and new cadets on the use of force.
State police officials told reporters that they looked for a “nexus” between their purchases and the pandemic in case agency spending could be reimbursed with federal money.
For example, the police were stockpiling “less-lethal” weapons like tear gas grenades in case hospitals were overrun by people seeking COVID-19 treatment, according to First Deputy Matthew Davis. He also said the state police wanted to replenish supplies that had expired or were used during the wave of protests that followed the May killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
(Illustration by Thoka Maer)
And when troopers were deployed to Chicago amid widespread unrest in late May and again in August, the department booked 102 rooms at a Chicago Hyatt — twice as many as would be typical — to give each trooper his or her own room and avoid spreading the virus.
Agency officials also argued to state budget officials that the firearms simulators they were already planning to buy had a COVID-19 purpose because they allowed for social distancing among cadets and eliminated the need for additional people to role-play, Davis said.
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But the governor’s Office of Management and Budget recently rejected all of those purchases, concluding that the spending might not be directly related to COVID-19. Knowles did not say when officials made their decision, but reporters had sought information about the police purchases for several weeks.
Empty hotel rooms
For two months beginning in early April, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency spent about $7.5 million to lease five hotels across the state to provide temporary housing for people who needed to be quarantined. In all, about 250 people stayed at the hotels, and almost all of them were housed in Schaumburg. The average length of stay was 24 days.
The vast majority — 210 people — were housed at the Embassy Suites in Schaumburg between April 3 and June 4. The state paid $2.1 million to lease the hotel. Most of the people who stayed there were transferred from Hesed House in Aurora, the state’s second-largest homeless shelter, after an outbreak there in April.
An additional 31 people stayed at the Hyatt Regency in Schaumburg, rented at a cost of $2.93 million.
The state rented the entire 180-room Drury Inn in Mount Vernon for 62 days for $727,175 but housed only six people there during that time. In Springfield, the state paid nearly $660,000 to reserve the Holiday Inn Express and nearly $1.1 million for the Crowne Plaza, but neither hotel was used.
(Illustration by Thoka Maer)
State health officials said the idea was to give people a place near their homes where they could “safely isolate or quarantine in order to not expose others in their home.” People referred by local health departments included those who tested positive or who had been exposed to the virus but did not require hospitalization, or those who needed to isolate themselves as a precautionary measure, including health care workers.
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The state hired a hotel broker, at a cost of $200,000, to identify available hotels throughout Illinois. Other expenses included more than $100,000 in mattress covers and at least $130,000 paid to a company to decontaminate the rooms.
An Illinois Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman said the hotel rooms were intended to supplement local alternative housing efforts if needed. “The fact that these rooms were largely unused is a testament to the planning and resiliency of our local jurisdictions and the success of the administration’s mitigation measures,” spokeswoman Rebecca Clark said.
(Illustration by Thoka Maer)
Millions of masks
Before the pandemic, N95 masks cost about $1 each. But prices have fluctuated over the course of the pandemic, given the short supply and high demand for personal protective equipment.
The average cost for the millions of N95 masks bought by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency was $3.11 per mask.
But in one of its first purchases, on March 24, the agency paid nearly $10 each for 325,000 masks from a Dallas-based business called Sada MXC.
An agency spokesperson said the purchase was made at a time of great need, when Illinois was forced to compete against other states and countries because of a “broken supply chain and lack of supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile,” a federal source of supplies and equipment for state and local governments during emergencies.
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Bread, snacks and sporks
(Illustration by Thoka Maer)
The Illinois Department of Corrections, unable to operate its inmate-staffed central bakery at a men’s prison near Peoria for safety reasons, spent more than $956,000 on bread, more than $152,000 on cookies and at least $66,000 on commissary snacks from outside vendors.
A spokeswoman for the department said it paid for extra snacks to “help alleviate the stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
To reduce the risk of infection, many prisons have been serving meals in smaller living units instead of in dining halls. That accounts for the $53,000 the department spent on disposable sporks.
Body bags
Agencies feared that local coroners' offices might be overwhelmed if deaths from COVID-19 surged. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency spent more than $44,000 on renting refrigerated trailers. to store bodies and purchased $54,000 worth of body bags.
The corrections department bought 500 body bags for $23,000 with the understanding that two bags would be needed for each body. More than 2,100 people in custody have contracted the novel coronavirus in the state’s correctional facilities, state data shows, and 27 have died. There were about 32,000 incarcerated individuals in Illinois as of June.
Catered meals, boxed lunches
(Illustration by Thoka Maer)
When the state deployed 60 members of the Illinois National Guard for nine days to work at a medical supply warehouse in Springfield, $15,862.96 in COVID-19 funds was used to cater their meals. Other agencies subsidized food costs with COVID-19 money, too, including the Illinois Department of Public Health, which spent tens of thousands on boxed lunches for dozens of employees.
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And during the civil unrest in Chicago in May, the Illinois State Police bought hundreds of meals — pizzas, boxed lunches, Jimmy John’s sandwiches — so troopers wouldn’t have to leave the areas of the city where they were posted.
Census masks
One Illinois agency used grant money earmarked to promote the U.S. census to also fight COVID-19. The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity reported paying $850,000 to the Chicago advertising agency O’Keefe Reinhard and Paul to design and produce face masks branded with the logo for the 2020 census. More than 474,000 masks with the words “Make it Count” and the census website were distributed, according to an agency spokeswoman.
The pandemic pivot
Agencies purchased hundreds of computers, monitors, webcams and other supplies so their employees could work from home. Buying laptops and other hardware alone had cost agencies at least $890,000 by the start of October.
The Teachers’ Retirement System, for example, spent more than $50,000 on equipment and office supplies as employees shifted to a remote work plan and then a hybrid option in which workers split time between the office and home.
The state’s Department of Innovation & Technology has spent more than $19 million on COVID-19-related purchases, including software licenses, online security monitoring, cloud data storage and wireless network equipment. The agency also spent at least $90,000 on consultants to provide technical assistance to employees working remotely, records show.
(Illustration by Thoka Maer)
Private flights to China
In mid-April, Illinois officials spent nearly $1.8 million to charter two FedEx flights to Shanghai to pick up supplies of personal protective equipment.
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A spokeswoman for Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Jordan Abudayyeh, said at the time that the administration was working “around the clock” to purchase PPE for health care workers and first responders.
“The supply chain has been likened to the Wild West, and once you have purchased supplies, ensuring they get to the state is another herculean feat,” she said in a statement. “These flights are carrying millions of masks and gloves our workers need.”
An empty hospital
The state and city of Chicago together spent about $107 million to build and then operate a little-used field hospital at McCormick Place.
It closed in early May after receiving only 38 patients over four weeks. The average cost of treating a patient there was at least $2.81 million.
The field hospital cost $65.9 million to construct; most of that will be reimbursed through Federal Emergency Management Agency funds as well as CARES Act funds. But it also was expensive to operate. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency spent $15.1 million, mostly to hire temporary medical staff and IT consultants.
Favorite Healthcare Staffing received about $11 million to provide medical care at McCormick Place, records show. The Kansas-based company has been the state’s top COVID-19 vendor in 2020, accounting for nearly $50 million in spending on nurses and other health care providers at prisons and state-run developmental centers in addition to McCormick.
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Ngu and Cohen are reporters for ProPublica Illinois. Smith Richards is a Tribune reporter.
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chicagotribune--2020-10-22--COVID-19 in Illinois by the numbers: Here’s a daily update on cases, positivity rate and hospital da

COVID-19 in Illinois by the numbers: Here’s a daily update on cases, positivity rate and hospital data in your area

Among the metrics ( see below ) tracked under guidelines set by Gov .
J.B. Pritzker are the percentage of @ @ @ @ @ , the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19-like illnesses , and the capacity of hospitals @ @ @ @ @ state will decide how much or how little to restrict activities based on these metrics @

Note: With Chicago and Illinois moving into phase 5, the Tribune is no longer updating this data. If the state moves back into bridge phase, the Tribune we reassess. Daily metrics on COVID-19, like cases, deaths and hospitalizations, can be found here. And Daily metrics on the vaccination effort can be found here. More on where the coronavirus stands nationally and around the world can be found here.
To assess how different parts of Illinois are handling the COVID-19 pandemic, officials look at the state through the 11 regions of Emergency Medical Services. The city of Chicago is one region, for example, and the rest of Cook County is another.
Among the metrics (see below) tracked under guidelines set by Gov. J.B. Pritzker are the percentage of coronavirus tests that return positive, the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19-like illnesses, and the capacity of hospitals to take in new patients.The state will decide how much or how little to restrict activities based on these metrics. (Cases, deaths and tests data is as of Dec. 31).
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Source: Illinois Department of Public Health
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chicagotribune--2020-10-22--COVID-19 cases in Illinois by ZIP code: Search for your neighborhood

Search below by street address , ZIP code or city , then click on the map to see the number @ @ @ @ @ state is not providing data for any ZIP code with five cases or fewer .

Note: With Chicago and Illinois moving into phase 5, the Tribune is no longer updating this data. If the state moves back into bridge phase, the Tribune we reassess. Daily metrics on COVID-19, like cases, deaths and hospitalizations, can be found here. And Daily metrics on the vaccination effort can be found here. More on where the coronavirus stands nationally and around the world can be found here.
Illinois releases the number of positive COVID-19 cases by ZIP code daily. The map below shows the cumulative cases for each area as well as other analysis of the data.
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• Tracking daily Illinois coronavirus deaths, cases and tests.
Search below by street address, ZIP code or city, then click on the map to see the number of confirmed and probable cases. The state is not providing data for any ZIP code with five cases or fewer.
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Note: Because of a coding error this map was displaying the incorrect rates for new cases in the last 7 days per 100,000 people — the issue should now be resolved.. The Tribune adjusted the data shown on the map below to focus on new cases, those the state tracked in the last 7 seven days. The totals for the entire pandemic are still available, but in the pop-up after tapping or clicking on a ZIP.


chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Daily Illinois coronavirus graphs: 44 new deaths, 4,942 new confirmed cases and 80,977 new test resu

Daily Illinois coronavirus graphs: 44 new deaths, 4,942 new confirmed cases and 80,977 new test results

Illinois announced 4,942 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Thursday for a total of 360,159 .
The state also announced 44 @ @ @ @ @ of 9,387 and 80,977 new test results for a total of 7 million .

Johns Hopkins University & Medicine tracked coronavirus cases, deaths and test totals from Jan. 22, 2020 through March 10, 2023, but is no longer providing this data. These charts will no longer be updated.
Check the Illinois Department of Public Health for the most up-to-date data for Illinois.
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chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Campaign trail tracker: Where Trump, Biden and their running mates have traveled in presidential rac

Campaign trail tracker: Where Trump, Biden and their running mates have traveled in presidential race’s final weeks

In the final sprint ahead of the Nov. 3 election , both President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden @ @ @ @ @ travel despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic .
Starting in September , Biden abandoned his monthslong @ @ @ @ @ in Delaware while Trump has accelerated his travel and is once again welcoming crowds at @ @ @

In the final sprint ahead of the Nov. 3 election, both President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden have ramped up their campaign travel despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Starting in September, Biden abandoned his monthslong virtual campaign from his basement in Delaware while Trump has accelerated his travel and is once again welcoming crowds at some events.
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Here’s a look at the campaign trail stops made by Trump, Biden and running mates since Sept. 1.
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chicagotribune--2020-10-22--City Hall lobbyist resigns from elected position in south suburban Flossmoor, following controversy

City Hall lobbyist resigns from elected position in south suburban Flossmoor, following controversy over Chicago’s stricter lobbying rules and emails with Mayor Lori Lightfoot

Controversy over the lobbying rules has dragged on for months , since the ban took effect and Lightfoot introduced her @ @ @ @ @ would have rolled back the prohibition on elected officials from outside Chicago continuing to lobby @ @ @ @ @ have allowed Kimmons to continue lobbying and serving in Flossmoor .

A Chicago lobbyist resigned his elected position in a south suburb this week, citing rules that took effect months ago prohibiting elected officials from lobbying Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other city departments.
Gyata Kimmons stepped down as a Flossmoor village trustee on Wednesday, pointing to the tougher lobbying restrictions which became law in Chicago in April, according to a village of Flossmoor news release.
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The village announced Kimmons' resignation the same day the Tribune published a report detailing how after aldermen banned elected officials from lobbying city government, he on two occasions exchanged emails directly with Lightfoot on behalf of Unibail‐Rodamco‐Westfield, a real estate company he lobbies City Hall on behalf of tenants at O’Hare International Airport.
“I am disappointed to be leaving before my term is over. However, a newly enacted ordinance in the city of Chicago prohibits elected officials from any municipality in Illinois from also lobbying in the city of Chicago,” Kimmons said in the village news release.
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The news release said Kimmons was notified by the city of Chicago Wednesday that he had to immediately decide between lobbying the city professionally or holding public office.
Controversy over the lobbying rules has dragged on for months, since the ban took effect and Lightfoot introduced her own ordinance in April that would have rolled back the prohibition on elected officials from outside Chicago continuing to lobby the city. That would have allowed Kimmons to continue lobbying and serving in Flossmoor.
Lightfoot at the time said the tighter lobbying standards passed by the council went too far by applying to elected officials in other jurisdictions. While the City Council weighed whether to amend the law, Chicago’s ethics board delayed enforcing the measure.
The mayor’s attempt to weaken the lobbying reform law has drawn criticism from some aldermen and others at City Hall who think it contradicts her campaign pledge to “Bring in the Light.” Lightfoot campaigned for mayor on a platform of government ethics reform at a time that City Hall was under the cloud of a federal public corruption investigation.
Kimmons was elected to the Flossmoor board of trustees in 2019. His vacancy will be filled by Flossmoor Mayor Paul Braun, according to the village.
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chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Battling it out for votes in Wisconsin

Battling it out for votes in Wisconsin

The new owners of the pie-wedge-shaped , two-bedroom house near downtown Deerfield put it on the Airbnb market .


chicagotribune--2020-10-22--‘Suspect in custody’ in killings of Stacey Jones and her baby, week after someone first questioned

Chicago police last week said a person of interest had been questioned and released in Jones ’ Oct. 13 slaying @ @ @ @ @ Thursday would not say whether the person who turned himself in to police early Thursday @ @ @ @ @ was the same person questioned last week , police spokesman Tom Ahern tweeted that detectives @ @ @ @ @ custody ” late Thursday morning in connection with Jones and the baby ’ s killings @

Hours after a man was questioned and released in connection with the killing of Stacey Jones and the infant delivered after she was fatally shot, a suspect was in custody and detectives were seeking charges in the deaths, according to a police spokesman.
Chicago police last week said a person of interest had been questioned and released in Jones’ Oct. 13 slaying. After a police spokeswoman Thursday would not say whether the person who turned himself in to police early Thursday and then was later released was the same person questioned last week, police spokesman Tom Ahern tweeted that detectives “have a suspect in custody” late Thursday morning in connection with Jones and the baby’s killings.
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“Detectives are working with the Cook County States Attorney’s Office to secure charges,” Ahern said in a tweet.
Area 2 Detectives currently have a suspect in custody in the connection to the fatal shooting of a 35-year-old female and the subsequent death of her 4-day-old child.
Detectives are working with the Cook County States Attorney’s Office to secure charges. #ChicagoPolice — Tom Ahern (@TomAhernCPD) October 22, 2020
On Saturday, “Baby boy Harrison,” whose address was given as the same as that of Jones, in the 2100 block of East 95th Place in the Jeffery Manor neighborhood, died Saturday at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
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Jones, 35, a Cook County probation officer, was shot standing just outside her home. Her father, Tommy Baker, said Jones had a concealed carry license and a weapon in her pocket when she was shot. She didn’t have a chance to use it, he said, because “the coward shot her in the back.”
Doctors were able to deliver her baby, who remained in critical condition until his death. A Chicago police source said the child had not been struck by gunfire.
The medical examiner’s office performed an autopsy on the infant and determined his cause of death was a lack of oxygen restricting blood flow to the brain. The infant’s death was ruled a homicide. Police said the child’s death resulted from Jones' shooting death.
Jones moved to Chicago about two years ago to put to work her criminal justice degree from Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, by accepting a position as a probation officer, her father said.
Jones’ two other children, 7 and 11, were sleeping inside at the time of the shooting and were not harmed.


chicagotribune--2020-10-22--As second wave of COVID-19 roils Illinois, here are 5 updated ways doctors say you can stay healthy

A lot of the advice about how to protect yourself against the virus has evolved since the state opened up @ @ @ @ @ Wednesday , the CDC updated its guidance on contact tracing and the definition of “ @ @ @ @ @ with coronavirus .
For those feeling a new urgency about COVID-19 , here ’ s @ @ @ @ @ Chicago-area doctors and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to protect @ @ @ @ @ .

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Paca Kujtim of Arlington Heights self-administers a COVID-19 test in his car at the Arlington International Racecourse on March 31, 2021 in Arlington Heights. Kujtim was getting testing as a precaution for upcoming travel. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
In recent days, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker have issued stark warnings about rising COVID-19 rates, cautioning people to stay on guard and refrain from gathering in large groups as a new wave of the pandemic hits Illinois and much of the country.
Illinois officials Tuesday announced it’s time to revert to earlier lockdown levels in parts of the state. Now, even the most responsible residents who’ve sacrificed all year could face their breaking point as the holidays near and Chicagoans face a long, cold, dreary winter.
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The end result for many is complacency, said Dr. Emily Landon, an epidemiologist at the University of Chicago Medical Center. For Illinois alone, this uptick in cases could be considered a second wave. But for the country, this is more like the third wave — first were the urban centers, including Chicago, in spring, and second was the Sun Belt in summer.
“The bottom line is cases are going up and it seems to be looking pretty serious this time,” Landon said.
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A lot of the advice about how to protect yourself against the virus has evolved since the state opened up in the spring — just Wednesday, the CDC updated its guidance on contact tracing and the definition of “close contact” with someone with coronavirus. For those feeling a new urgency about COVID-19, here’s the most recent guidance from Chicago-area doctors and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to protect yourself as COVID-19 cases surge.
1. Do you really still need to wear a mask?
The short answer is yes, experts say.
COVID-19 has led to the death of nearly 220,000 Americans. About 40 million people worldwide, including 8 million Americans, have survived the disease. Those numbers represent the patchwork response from states or regions, versus a single unified strategy, said Dr. Michelle Prickett, an associate professor of medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
“Universal masking is 85% effective,” Prickett said. “But everybody has to do it. You can’t approach it as ‘It’s somebody else’s problem and they’ll take care of me.’ ”
As the pandemic has worn on, Prickett’s patients have told her they feel they have to make a risk calculation whenever they leave home. The solution is simple: Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Unless someone in the home is sick or quarantining or people who don’t live there come into your house often, home should be a safe zone where masks aren’t necessary.
“Your risk is less walking down the street than it is indoors, it’s about a twentyfold decrease outside versus inside, we know that. But it’s not zero,” she said.
Fatigue about protection is one big reason cases are spiking again.
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“Getting through this is a team effort. It’s every little decision everyone in the community makes,” Prickett said.Landonsaid simply: “We need to treat this like no shoes, no shirt — no mask — no service.”
2. When should you social distance, and is 6 feet enough?
While interacting with others, the “farther apart, the better,” according to a guide from the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the CDC has consistently recommended at least six feet of distance.
When social distancing is not possible, like on public transportation, the physicians group said masks are especially important.
Social distancing, coupled with masking, is the best guard against the virus, said Dr. Susan Casey Bleasdale, an infectious disease physician and associate professor at the UIC College of Medicine.
“I think it’s an important thing to highlight that it’s not an either/or but both,” she said.
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Doctors have also emphasized that the amount of time in contact with someone else affects transmission, so reducing the length of a social interaction can help, and experts still recommend avoiding indoor spaces with groups of people when possible.
“The more you distance the better off you are,” Prickett said.
3. Is wiping down surfaces still necessary?
COVID-19 spreads less commonly through contact with contaminated surfaces, according to the CDC, although the agency still recommends regularly disinfecting frequently used surfaces.
“It is possible that a person could get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or eyes,” according to CDC guidance.
But we know now that transmission through surfaces is not the primary way the virus spreads.
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Instead, the virus often spreads through close contact with other people. People are generally exposed through inhaling respiratory droplets produced by infected people when they cough, sneeze, sing, talk and breathe.
Still, Dr. Michael Lin, an infectious disease specialist and associate professor at Rush Medical College, said people should regularly disinfect common surfaces like doorknobs and kitchen countertops. Wiping down surfaces you might touch just before eating is a good idea, Prickett said.
At the grocery store, it’s a good idea to wipe down the shared carts, but it is probably not necessary to wipe down every individual item when you arrive home, he said.
4. Does hand-washing really make such a difference?
Frequent hand-washing is still one of the best ways to prevent coming down with the virus, experts said. If for some reason you can’t or won’t adhere to other best practices, consistently washing your hands still should help reduce spread.
Hand-washing makes disinfecting surfaces less of an issue, Lin said.
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“If one is able to do hand hygiene routinely, you don’t need to wipe down groceries and do extraordinary things,” Lin said.
Bleasdale said washing hands every time you get home is a good habit to stick with. She keeps hand sanitizer in her car and uses it whenever she returns to her vehicle.
“More often is better,” she said.
“Hand-washing is absolutely one of our best defenses,” Prickett said. “And it’s by far one of the easiest. ... People will let their guard down and that’s part of the increase we’re seeing in community spread.”
5. When or how often should you get tested?
The kinds of tests and their availability has evolved throughout the pandemic, as have best practices on testing. During the summer, the CDC revised its guidance on when people should consult with a doctor or be tested. Formerly, a person who tested positive was to be tested a second time to see if they were still contagious, but that’s no longer the protocol.
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“We did move toward a symptom-based, time-based algorithm for returning to work,” Prickett said.
Coronavirus has a long incubation time. While with the flu you may want to think about what you were doing a day or two before you noticed symptoms, with COVID-19 you need to consider what you were doing a week before symptoms, which often begin with a fever, Prickett said. That has affected contact tracing because people don’t always remember every interaction so far back.
It’s also possible to have a negative test if you are tested too early, she said.
“It’s kind of like a pregnancy test, that’s a fair comparison. Just like it’s possible to test too soon and get a negative result when you’re pregnant, it’s possible to test too early for this,” she said.
With exposure to someone with COVID-19, someone should quarantine and see how they feel. If no symptoms appear, they should get tested after five days. If they have symptoms, they should call a doctor and follow recommendations about whether and when to test.
Without a known exposure but with symptoms, a person should follow the advice of their doctor. Those who test positive for COVID-19 will most likely be told they are considered no longer contagious if they don’t have respiratory symptoms or a fever 10 days after get symptoms or test positive, she said.
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chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Brookfield Zoo to close for two months after holiday lights show

“ Through these challenging times , the health and safety of our guests , volunteers , staff , and animals @ @ @ @ @ priority , ” Stuart Strahl , president and CEO of Brookfield ’ s parent Chicago @ @ @ @ @ a statement .
“ The past seven months have been incredibly challenging as we all @ @ @ @ @ ongoing Coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) pandemic , yet we continue to be reminded of the @ @ @ @ @ tremendous support of our staff , members , and guests .
We hope zoogoers take @ @ @ @ @ Magic evenings this year , and we look forward to opening to the public again @ @ @ @

Brookfield Zoo is planning a coronavirus-related hibernation. The zoo announced Wednesday that after its Holiday Magic seasonal lights show ends Dec. 31, it will shut down for two months out of caution amidst a COVID-19 pandemic with increasing infection rates.
The Jan. 1 through Feb. 28, 2021 closure also coincides with what are traditionally the least trafficked months at the zoo.
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“Through these challenging times, the health and safety of our guests, volunteers, staff, and animals continues to be our top priority,” Stuart Strahl, president and CEO of Brookfield’s parent Chicago Zoological Society, said in a statement. “The past seven months have been incredibly challenging as we all continue to deal with the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, yet we continue to be reminded of the perseverance, understanding, and tremendous support of our staff, members, and guests. We hope zoogoers take advantage of the additional Holiday Magic evenings this year, and we look forward to opening to the public again in March.”
The traditional Holiday Magic show will present its 39th edition for 24 nights from Nov. 27 through Dec. 31, but with State of Illinois Phase 4 guidelines, which mean no buildings will be open and guest count will be limited. Ticket reservations are timed-entry.
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The coming closure will be similar to the first one during the pandemic, which ran from March 19 to June 30 and continued, of course, to provide animal care.
The statement did not address whether the two-month shutdown will bring on further layoffs. The zoo cut 56 full-time positions in late spring and has also furloughed workers.
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chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Fozzy's Bar and Grill

Fozzy's Bar and Grill

Numerous businesses in the Rockford area apparently disregarded a county order to close as a general precaution against COVID-19 .
@ @ @ @ @ county health department issued specific orders against three restaurants to close .
One of them @ @ @ @ @ Grill , whose owner Nick Fosberg and his attorney said there is no law requiring @ @ @ @ @ is a court order , so they plan to stay open .

Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 5 Nick Fosberg, owner of Fozzy's Bar & Grill in Loves Park, near Rockford,, speaks with customers on Oct. 20, 2020. "We're sticking to what we were doing and being safe about it," he said. "We're getting a ton of support. I'm not closing." (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
Numerous businesses in the Rockford area apparently disregarded a county order to close as a general precaution against COVID-19. In response recently, the county health department issued specific orders against three restaurants to close. One of them is Fozzy's Bar and Grill, whose owner Nick Fosberg and his attorney said there is no law requiring them to close unless there is a court order, so they plan to stay open.


chicagotribune--2020-10-22--How much did it rain near you? Check our map to find out

Counties that were under at least a partial flood advisory include Cook , DeKalb , DuPage , Kane , Kendall @ @ @ @ @ Will .
More on flooding and the NWS advisory here .
The forecast can be @ @ @

The National Weather Service issued flood and dense fog advisories for much of northern Illinois early Thursday as between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain fell from Wednesday night into Thursday morning, including in the Chicago metro area.
Counties that were under at least a partial flood advisory include Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee and Will. More on flooding and the NWS advisory here. The forecast can be found here.
The largest rain totals appeared to be along the lakefront from Winnetka to South Shore.


chicagotribune--2020-10-22--‘Jim Oberweis will be a terrific Congressman for Illinois!’ When Trump talks about Chicago — and the

‘Jim Oberweis will be a terrific Congressman for Illinois!’ When Trump talks about Chicago — and the state of Illinois — we track it.

Since becoming president Trump has returned the theme frequently bashing the city in Tweets and interviews .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ .
In a 2016 interview with Fox ’ s Sean Hannity Trump said : “ @ @ @ @ @ have big investments in Chicago , and I think it ’ s a great city @ @

Chicago and its violence have been a frequent subject of President Donald Trump’s attention. It was a common campaign thread Trump used to hammer Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama and now Joe Biden.
Since becoming president Trump has returned the theme frequently bashing the city in Tweets and interviews. It’s not all vinegar, though. In a 2016 interview with Fox’s Sean Hannity Trump said: “I love Chicago. I have big investments in Chicago, and I think it’s a great city.”
Here are Trump’s mentions of Chicago — and the state of Illinois — with annotations where appropriate.


chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Plane carrying 9 people slides off runway and hits fence at Wheeling airport, no injuries reported

The twin-engine jet was arriving from Cleveland shortly before midnight when it skidded on the runway , hit a chain-link @ @ @ @ @ pole , causing some aviation fuel to leak , according to flight records and the @ @ @ @ @ .

A Lear jet carrying nine people slid off a runway while landing at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling Wednesday night and crashed into a fence, but no injuries were reported, officials said.
The twin-engine jet was arriving from Cleveland shortly before midnight when it skidded on the runway, hit a chain-link fence and knocked down a pole, causing some aviation fuel to leak, according to flight records and the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District.
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“When the plane went through the fence, the wing actually struck one of the poles, cracking it, and that’s where the aviation fuel starting leaking out,” Scott Olsen with the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District told reporters.
Two pilots and seven passengers were on board, officials said, but no one was hurt. The plane seats 11 passengers.
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The cause was under investigation, though rain storms were moving through the area at the time.


chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Flooding slows morning commute in Chicago, flood advisory issued for much of area

The inbound Eisenhower Expressway was down at least one lane following a three-vehicle crash near Racine Avenue ; all lanes @ @ @ @ @ Expressway at 18th Street were closed following a crash ; two crashes on the Tri-State @ @ @ @ @ 173 and the other at Mannheim Road , both resulted in fatalities , according to @ @

The National Weather Service Thursday morning issued flood and dense fog advisories for much of northern Illinois as flooding caused traffic crashes and congestion on area expressways.
The flood advisory was issued about 6:30 a.m. after the weather service warned that a cycle of rain every 24 hours or so this week could result in ponding near any leaf-clogged drains. Multiple reports of flooding on area expressways had come in by the time of the alert.
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“A flood advisory means minor flooding along waterways and other poor drainage areas is imminent or may already be occurring. Persons in the advisory area should use caution and avoid floodwaters,” meteorologist Matt Friedlein wrote on an advisory.
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The inbound Eisenhower Expressway was down at least one lane following a three-vehicle crash near Racine Avenue; all lanes of the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway at 18th Street were closed following a crash; two crashes on the Tri-State Expressway, one at Route 173 and the other at Mannheim Road, both resulted in fatalities, according to WGN-TV.
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The weather service said between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain fell from Wednesday night to Thursday morning, including into the Chicago metro area. While the dense fog advisory was expected to mainly affect areas south of Interstate 80, some fog was expected near the city as well.
Counties that were under at least a partial flood advisory include Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee and Will.
Check back for updates.


chicagotribune--2020-10-22--Column: Open House Chicago just got extended. Here’s what to see on new smartphone architecture tour

Column: Open House Chicago just got extended. Here’s what to see on new smartphone architecture tours.

Instead , Open House , which started Oct. 16 and has been extended through Nov. 1 , has developed an @ @ @ @ @ can serve as a guide for tours of more than 20 city and suburban neighborhoods @ @ @ @ @ Woodlawn .
Participants also can use the app from home , a coffee shop — @ @ @ @ @ .

Necessity, it’s often said, is the mother of invention. So it is with this year’s Open House Chicago.
Normally, the big architecture festival gives architecture buffs free glimpses inside the city’s architectural gems. But not this year, not with the coronavirus forcing Open House’s operator, the Chicago Architecture Center, to dispense with indoor tours.
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Instead, Open House, which started Oct. 16 and has been extended through Nov. 1, has developed an innovative smartphone app. It can serve as a guide for tours of more than 20 city and suburban neighborhoods, from Auburn Gresham to Woodlawn. Participants also can use the app from home, a coffee shop — wherever they happen to be.
The app presents a rich array of color photographs, explanatory text, and, in some cases, a video tour or audio commentary, including remarks on the Logan Square area by its two best-known residents, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and First Lady Amy Eshleman.
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The app’s most alluring feature is a series of self-guided trails that are mostly organized by location, but also by theme, as with one devoted to an array of former taverns and other beer buildings erected by Milwaukee-based Schlitz.
Here are recommendations for what to see, whether it’s from the sidewalk or your favorite couch.
The Hotel Florence is a fixture in the Pullman Historic District. (Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune)
Video Trail: Pullman and Roseland Today: David Doig, president of Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, leads an informative online tour of the planned industrial community that once turned out luxurious railroad cars and is experiencing a resurgence after decades of decline.
Featured buildings from the Far South Side neighborhood include the Hotel Florence and new loft housing for artists.
Also on the video, local alderman Anthony Beale (9th), presents his vision for revitalizing the area with a medical district that would create jobs and bring branches of teaching hospitals to what he calls a “health desert.”
A Women’s History of Lincoln Park: Chicago historian and parks expert Julia Bachrach provides the audio commentary for this tour, which highlights the underrecognized role women have played in shaping the popular lakefront park.
Among the featured designs: the arching, honeycomb-like Peoples Gas Education Pavilion and the South Pond boardwalk, by Chicago architect Jeanne Gang and her firm Studio Gang, and a bronze sculpture of a woman holding two young children by sculptor Ida McLelland Stout.
The Arthur B. Heurtley House. (James Caulfield )
Frank Lloyd Wright: Portrait of a Young Architect: Narrated by Adam Rubin, director of interpretation for the Chicago Architecture Center, this trail showcases seven houses Wright designed early in his decadeslong career.
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They include one of the “bootlegged" houses Wright did on the sly while working for architect Louis Sullivan. Other buildings on the tour include the Arthur Heurtley House, a Prairie style masterpiece.
Chicago’s Tied Houses: It’s not quite a pub crawl, but this tour gives participants a chance to sample the city’s architecturally-distinguished “tied houses,” which brewers built to ensure their products would be widely distributed.
There’s less audio commentary on this one, but the text accompanying the photographs is clear and informative.
The “tied houses” range from a former Schlitz tavern on the Far Southeast Side that just received city landmark status to a former tavern that’s now the East-West Asia Center, a North Side education and social services nonprofit.
The Glessner House Museum at 1800 S. Prairie Ave in Chicago (Mieke Zuiderweg / Chicago Tribune)
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Historic Mansions of Prairie Avenue: The Chicago Architecture Center was founded in 1966 during the successful fight to preserve the Henry Hobson Richardson-designed Glessner House on Prairie Avenue. So it’s appropriate that the austere landmark is a highlight of this tour.
Other featured mansions include the palatial home of Marshall Field Jr. and the Kimball House, built for the founder of the Kimball Piano and Organ company. This tour also does not have audio commentary.
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The Open House app also lists more than 20 online programs. The app only works on smartphones. Masks and social distancing are encouraged for outdoor tours. For more information, go to openhousechicago.org.
Update: A previous version of this story said there was no audio commentary on Open House Chicago’s online tied house architectural tour. In fact, two of the nine sites in the presentation offer audio commentary.
Blair Kamin is a Tribune critic.
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chicagotribune--2020-10-21--Highland Park police investigating attempted child luring after report of man approaching 12-year-ol

Highland Park police investigating attempted child luring after report of man approaching 12-year-old girl

Police said an investigation into the alleged incident is ongoing , and Bonaguidi said they are working the available information @ @ @ @ @ to talk with their children about stranger awareness , including not talking to strangers when @ @ @ @ @ children , not walking alone and never walking up to the car of a stranger @ @ @ @ @

The Highland Park Police Department is investigating a report of an attempted child luring that is said to have happened Tuesday evening, officials announced in a news release Wednesday.
According to the release, at approximately 5 p.m. Tuesday, an unidentified man who was driving in a silver-colored SUV approached a 12-year-old girl who was walking in the area of Braeside Road and Lakeside Place.
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The man is described as being heavyset with dark-hair and a medium complexion, and between the age of 30 and 50, the release states.
Deputy Chief William Bonaguidi said the man asked the girl if she wanted to go to Sheridan Road with him. She said no, and the man drove off, the deputy chief said.
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Police said an investigation into the alleged incident is ongoing, and Bonaguidi said they are working the available information. Officials called for parents to talk with their children about stranger awareness, including not talking to strangers when they try to talk to children, not walking alone and never walking up to the car of a stranger, the release states.
Anyone with information about the alleged incident is asked to contact the Highland Park Police Department at 847-432-7730.


chicagotribune--2020-10-21--Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Oct. 21 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area

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CTU workers direct vehicles lined up for COVID-19 testing outside of the Chicago Teachers Union on Dec. 30, 2021, in Chicago. CPS starts back to school on Monday following their holiday break. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
Illinois on Wednesday recorded its highest daily coronavirus-related death toll since June, as the state continues to see increases in metrics on deaths, daily cases and test positivity rate.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 69 deaths of people with COVID-19 over a 24-hour period, bringing the state-reported COVID-19 related death toll to 9,345 people in Illinois since the pandemic began. The last time the statewide death toll for a single day surpassed 60 was June 24, when the number of deaths reported was 64.
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Officials also announced 4,342 newly diagnosed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, resulting from a batch of 66,791 tests conducted during a 24-hour period. The state is reporting a 5.7% test positivity rate for the seven-day period that ended Tuesday.
The new figures came as state officials released an early version of its plan for how a vaccine will be distributed once one is approved and available.
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Here’s what’s happening Wednesday with COVID-19 in the Chicago area and Illinois:
5:30 p.m.: Illinois officials issue plan for vaccine distribution
Illinois on Wednesday recorded its highest daily coronavirus-related death toll since June as state officials released an early version of its plan for how a vaccine will be distributed once one is approved and available.
The plan “is designed to provide an equitable distribution across the state with priority access going to our most vulnerable populations, front-line health care workers and first responders who directly interact with and treat COVID patients, as well as staff and residents in long-term care facilities,” Pritzker said during his daily coronavirus news briefing.
The plan will “evolve as vaccine trials come to a conclusion and the FDA decides which to approve,” Pritzker said, noting that there are a range of unknowns around whether vaccinations will require multiple doses and if they will need cold or room temperature storage.
While President Donald Trump has vowed that a vaccination could be available soon, most experts think it won’t be until next year before that happens, a point backed up on Wednesday by Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike.
“Vaccinations, once they arrive, will take many, many months, at the minimum, to actually get into the arms of the people of Illinois,” Ezike said. “So this will unfold in phases, with initially only a small amount of vaccine available, and as production ramps up, more individuals will be able to avail themselves of this countermeasure.”
Read more here. —Jamie Munks and Dan Petrella
5:20 p.m.: Proviso District 209 teachers file unfair labor practices complaint alleging ‘unsafe’ working conditions
Teachers with Forest Park-based Proviso Township High Schools District 209 on Tuesday filed an unfair labor practices complaint, alleging they were forced to return to “unsafe” schools despite an agreement they say allows them to deliver their remote instruction off-site during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The complaint to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board was made following a grievance that was filed Oct. 6 to the school board protesting a request that about 300 teachers return to their classrooms Monday at Proviso East, Proviso West and the Proviso Math and Science Academy, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Federation of Teachers said Wednesday.
Read more here. —Karen Ann Cullotta
3:35 p.m.: As second wave of COVID-19 roils Illinois, here are 5 updated ways doctors say you can stay healthy
In recent days, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker have issued stark warnings about rising COVID-19 rates, cautioning people to stay on guard and refrain from gathering in large groups as a new wave of the pandemic hits Illinois and much of the country.
Illinois officials Tuesday announced it’s time to revert to earlier lockdown levels in parts of the state. Now, even the most responsible residents who’ve sacrificed all year could face their breaking point as the holidays near and Chicagoans face a long, cold, dreary winter.
The end result for many is complacency, said Dr. Emily Landon, an epidemiologist at the University of Chicago Medical Center. For Illinois alone, this uptick in cases could be considered a second wave. But for the country, this is more like the third wave — first were the urban centers, including Chicago, in spring, and second was the Sun Belt in summer.
“The bottom line is cases are going up and it seems to be looking pretty serious this time,” Landon said.
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A lot of the advice about how to protect yourself against the virus has evolved since the state opened up in the spring — just Wednesday, the CDC updated its guidance on contact tracing and the definition of “close contact” with someone with coronavirus. For those feeling a new urgency about COVID-19, here’s the most recent guidance from Chicago-area doctors and the CDC on how to protect yourself as COVID-19 cases surge.
—Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas and Madeline Buckley
3:25 p.m.: CDC redefines what counts as close contact with a person who has COVID-19, adding some brief encounters
U.S. health officials Wednesday redefined what counts as close contact with someone with COVID-19 to include briefer but repeated encounters.
For months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said close contact meant spending a solid 15 minutes within 6 feet of someone who tested positive for coronavirus. On Wednesday, the CDC changed it to a total of 15 minutes or more — so shorter but repeated contacts that add up to 15 minutes over a 24-hour period now count.
The CDC advises anyone who has been in close contact with a COVID-19 patient to quarantine for two weeks.
Read more here. —Associated Press
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3:23 p.m.: CTA to offer PPE vending machines at some train stations
In an effort to provide riders with more travel amenities amid the coronavirus pandemic, the CTA announced a plan Wednesday to install vending machines with PPE at some train stations.
“We understand the need for our customers to have a safe experience during their commutes,” CTA President Dorval R. Carter Jr. said in a statement. “The addition of these new vending machines is a reflection of our unwavering commitment to seek out tools and resources to help reassure our customers that we are doing everything we can to keep customers healthy during this ongoing pandemic.”
The first six machines will be placed at the Belmont, Roosevelt and 79th stations on the Red Line, the Midway station on the Orange Line, the Jefferson Park station on the Blue Line and the Kedzie station on the Green Line.
Read more here. —Jessica Villagomez
3:13 p.m.: Online classes, shut-down dorms and few chances to socialize: How college freshmen are coping as the pandemic upends campus life in a pivotal year
During the car parade that served as Delaney Schilt’s high school graduation this spring, the 18-year-old signaled her enthusiasm for new beginnings in what had otherwise become a disappointing string of events.
There was no prom, no signing of yearbooks with classmates and no ceremonious goodbye to her high school in central Wisconsin. Still, the decorations she added to her graduation cap ― sparkly letters that said “Chicago bound” next to a silhouette of the city’s skyline ― helped her remember that things would improve once college started.
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But months into the new school year, Schilt still longs to attend Loyola University Chicago. Her bags were packed and she was preparing for orientation when the university announced Aug. 6 that residence halls would remain closed and most classes would be delivered remotely this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more here. —Elyssa Cherney
2:51 p.m.: Band of Bohemia, the nation’s only Michelin-starred brewpub, files for bankruptcy, citing COVID-19
Five-year-old Band of Bohemia, whose pioneering vision of brewing beer and serving creative, ambitious food was ultimately rewarded with a coveted Michelin star, is going out of business after filing for bankruptcy.
Launched in 2015 by two former employees of the renowned Alinea restaurant, Band of Bohemia filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation Friday in the Northern District of Illinois.
In a statement Wednesday, Band of Bohemia founders Michael Carroll and Craig Sindelar blamed the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic for the closure.
Read more here. —Josh Noel
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1:39 p.m.: COVID-19 relief talks inch forward, but Mitch McConnell is resistant
Negotiations on a COVID-19 relief bill have taken a modest step forward, though time is running out and President Donald Trump’s most powerful Senate ally is pressing the White House not to move ahead right now.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told fellow Republicans that he has warned the White House not to divide GOP lawmakers by sealing a $2 trillion relief deal with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., before the Nov. 3 election, even as he publicly said he would schedule any such agreement for a vote.
McConnell made his remarks Tuesday during a private Senate Republican lunch, according to three people familiar with his comments. The three were not authorized to public discuss the closed session and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Read more here. —Associated Press
1:33p.m.: Illinois records its highest daily coronavirus-related death toll since June
Illinois on Wednesday recorded its highest daily coronavirus-related death toll since June, as the state continues to see increases in metrics on deaths, daily cases and test positivity rate.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 69 deaths of people with COVID-19 over a 24-hour period, bringing the state-reported COVID-19 related death toll to 9,345 people in Illinois since the pandemic began.
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The last time the statewide death toll for a single day surpassed 60 was June 24, when the number of deaths reported was 64.
The state reported 53 deaths on Thursday, and the seven-day average for deaths rose to 39 as of Wednesday.
Read more here. —Jamie Munks
12:07 p.m.: 4,342 new known COVID-19 cases and 69 additional deaths reported
Illinois health officials on Wednesday announced 4,342 new known cases of COVID-19 and 69 additional fatalities, bringing the total number of known infections in Illinois to 355,217 and the statewide death toll to 9,345 since the start of the pandemic. Officials also reported 66,791 new tests in the last 24 hours. The seven-day statewide positivity rate is 5.7%.
—Chicago Tribune staff
11:30 a.m.: Lyric Opera cancels rest of season due to coronavirus; plans to resume next September
Lyric Opera has canceled the rest of the 2020-21 season due to the pandemic.
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“Having to cancel the remainder of our season is devastating but unavoidable, in order to keep our guests, artists, and company safe,” said Anthony Freud, Lyric’s general director, president and CEO in a statement.
“We want nothing more than to get back to the live performances that we are all craving at the Lyric Opera House with all of you, but the safety of our Lyric family comes first. We will continue to follow the policies and guidelines set by the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois' five-phase plan of reopening. In the meantime, Lyric is still hard at work creating a broad array of special digital offerings for our audiences.”
Read more here. —Howard Reich
10 a.m.: Lightfoot’s budget includes $94M property tax increase, three cent gas tax hike, layoffs for city workers, as she seeks to close $1.2B deficit
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to close a $1.2 billion deficit includes a $94 million property tax increase, a three-cent gas tax hike and layoffs for city workers, setting up a potentially challenging fight to push her budget through the City Council.
Lightfoot’s spending plan also relies on $501 million in refinancing city debt to help close the 2021 budget deficit, officials said.
The mayor is expected to formally announce her budget later this morning at City Hall’s council chambers. Sources previously told the Tribune the potential layoffs include more than 300 city workers.
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The city estimates the property tax increase will be $56 a year for the median home value of $250,000.
Lightfoot also will ask Chicago Public Schools to reimburse the city for $40 million more in school pension contributions the city makes. Lightfoot made a similar move last year and was criticized for what some said was a cost shift onto CPS to balance the city’s budget.
The city will take 1,921 vacant positions off the books, but sources previously said nearly 900 of those are crossing guards that will be shifted to CPS.
In a messages to city employees early Wednesday, Lightfoot said all nonunion city workers will take five unpaid furlough days, including the her.
She also said the city will delay sending out lay-off notices until early 2021, in case federal financial helps arrives.
Read more here. —Gregory Pratt, John Byrne
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9:40 a.m.: The pandemic’s real toll? 300,000, and it’s not just from the coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic caused nearly 300,000 deaths in the United States through early October, federal researchers said Tuesday.
The new tally includes not only deaths known to have been directly caused by the coronavirus, but also roughly 100,000 fatalities that are indirectly related and would not have occurred if not for the virus.
The study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is an attempt to measure “excess deaths” — deaths from all causes that statistically exceed those normally occurring in a certain time period. The total included deaths from COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, that were misclassified or missed altogether.
Many experts believe this measure tracks the pandemic’s impact more accurately than the case fatality rate does, and they warn that the death toll may continue an inexorable climb if policies are not put in effect to contain the spread.
Read more here. —The New York Times
6 a.m.: Facing $1.2 billion deficit, Lightfoot set to detail her budget plan Wednesday
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is expected to explain Wednesday her plan to close a $1.2 billion budget deficit. She has been considering a $94 million property tax increase, layoffs for more than 300 city workers and a gas tax hike in her coronavirus-fueled budget, sources said.
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Lightfoot also is considering about $500 million in refinancing city debt to help close the deficit, sources said.
Read more here. —Gregory Pratt, John Byrne
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chicagotribune--2020-10-23--Jury finds Valparaiso teen guilty of murder in deaths of Lake County teens

“ On behalf of the family , they ’ re so grateful to the prosecutors for the thorough job that @ @ @ @ @ ve been waiting a long time for justice in this case and this gets them @ @ @ @ @ , ” said Tara Tauber , an attorney representing the Lanham family .
`` Nothing @ @ @ @ @ but we definitely felt her presence today .

A Porter County jury took less than 4.5 hours Thursday afternoon to convict Connor Kerner on seven of eight felony charges related to the killing of two Lake County teens last year.
Kerner, 19, of the 100 block of Kinsale, was found guilty of two counts of murder; two counts of murder in the perpetration of a robbery; two counts of robbery; and a single felony count of arson. The jury found him not guilty on a felony charge of intimidation.
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Kerner will remain in custody at Porter County Jail until his sentencing at 9 a.m. Dec. 8 before Porter Superior Court Judge Roger Bradford, who oversaw the three-week trial in which prosecutors presented almost 800 pieces of evidence.
Thomas Grill, 18, of Cedar Lake and Molley Lanham, 19, of St. John. (Provided by St. John Police)
Kerner was 17 when he killed Molley Lanham, 19, of St. John, and Thomas Grill, 18, of Cedar Lake, on Feb. 25, 2019, at his grandparents' Hebron-area home after a drug deal went bad, then loaded their bodies into the Honda Civic they arrived in and set fire to the vehicle in a wooded area a couple miles away.
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His mother, Roxann Kerner, called out, “I love you, Connor,” as sheriff’s deputies put him in handcuffs. He responded “I love you” to her before being led away.
Members of the Lanham and Grill families packed the courtroom and wept after the verdict. Chief Deputy Prosecutor Armando Salinas, Deputy Prosecutor Christopher Hammer and Porter County Sheriff’s Department Detective Sgt. Brian Dziedzinski, the lead investigator in the case, hugged family members at the end of the court session.
“I just want everyone to know how hard these two lawyers worked on the case, and the rest of the prosecutor’s office. What a great job Porter County prosecutors did on the case. It was so thorough,” Porter County Prosecutor Gary Germann said.
Members of the victims' families sat outside the courthouse for the afternoon awaiting the verdict, hugging when they found out the news.
“On behalf of the family, they’re so grateful to the prosecutors for the thorough job that they did. They’ve been waiting a long time for justice in this case and this gets them one step closer to that,” said Tara Tauber, an attorney representing the Lanham family. "Nothing will ever bring her back but we definitely felt her presence today.
Molley Lanham loved butterflies, Tauber said, and a Monarch came by while supporters were waiting for word from the jury.
“Between that and the beautiful day we had, we feel very fortunate,” she said.
Defense attorney James Voyles declined to comment after the verdict. Fellow defense attorney Mark Thiros said they weren’t sure yet whether they would file an appeal.
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The prosecution and the defense spent Thursday morning going over the credibility of key witnesses during closing arguments, leaving the jury to decide their believability and whether a co-defendant committed the crimes.
Bradford dismissed jurors around 12:20 p.m. for lunch and to begin deliberations.
Hammer credited Kerner’s ex-girlfriend, whom the Post-Tribune is not naming at the request of prosecutors, with going to police after Kerner confessed the crimes to her and took her to the wooded area, before later threatening to kill her family and her if she told anyone.
Kerner, Hammer said, admitted twice to his ex-girlfriend about the murders and the arson.
“Notice it wasn’t ‘we.’ It wasn’t ‘John Silva.’ It wasn’t ‘us.’ It was ‘I,’” Hammer said, referring to Kerner’s co-defendant.
John Silva II, 20, of Hamlet, who has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of murder in the perpetration of a robbery, remains in Porter County Jail without bond. Silva was charged May 22 with the alleged crimes and is awaiting the scheduling of a trial date.
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The case, Hammer said, wasn’t about choosing between Kerner and Silva, who will have his own day in court.
Thiros picked apart the ex-girlfriend’s testimony, noting that even after his client confessed to her and threatened her, she continued to see him regularly.
“He hacked her social media. That’s the straw that broke the camel’s back, not that he killed two kids,” Thiros said.
As he did in opening statements, Voyles said Silva was responsible for the crimes.
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He also questioned the robbery charges, over THC cartridges worth $20,000 to $50,000 that Grill was allegedly going to sell to Kerner. Kerner reportedly met late the night of Feb. 24, 2019, with Grill and Lanham about the purchase and arranged to meet the next day.
“Where were (the cartridges) when police began searching the Dye house (near Hebron)? Where was all that money?” Voyles said. “You have to have actual evidence that that was happening and there is no such evidence in this case.”
Hammer played two recordings reportedly made on Silva’s cell phone also played earlier in the trial. The first, prosecutors have said, Silva made while Kerner killed Grill.
Grill’s father left the courtroom as prosecutors played the recording and his mother sat in court with her head down. Lanham’s family members also attended court and sometimes cried softly. Kerner’s mother, who testified during the trial, sat in the back row.
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On the recording, Hammer said Grill can be heard saying, “I don’t have it.”
“He was trying to take something from Thomas that day and Thomas didn’t have it,” Hammer said.
Silva, Salinas said, was the backup guy, waiting with a gun owned by Kerner’s grandfather because he knows what’s going down.
He challenged the defense’s characterization of Kerner as a nice guy whose demeanor never changed as he met with his mother and grandparents in the days after the murders.
“Yeah, he was nice, he was polite, at Walmart, too, when he was buying all those flammables to burn the bodies of two people he just murdered,” Salinas said.
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Amy Lavalley is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.


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Daywatch: Lightfoot imposes curfew on nonessential businesses, Biden and Trump spar over COVID-19 and gyms turn to virtual memberships

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Good morning, Chicago. On Thursday, Illinois officials announced 4,942 new known coronavirus cases — a record high number of newly confirmed daily cases. The state now averaging more than 4,000 positive diagnoses a day over the past week, and the seven-day statewide positivity rate is sitting at 5.7%.
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With this second wave of the coronavirus hitting Illinois, the Tribune asked experts for the most recent guidance on virus safety. Here are 5 updated ways doctors say you can stay healthy.
Meanwhile, grocery prices that were spiking a few months ago are down from their COVID-19 summer peaks. But here’s why your food bills are still stubbornly high.
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In this file photo, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady talks about using a mask and the rising COVID-19 cases during a news conference with Mayor Lori Lightfoot at City Hall in Chicago on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
Days after threatening to roll back restrictions on Chicago businesses if COVID-19 cases continue to spike, Mayor Lori Lightfoot followed through Thursday by imposing a 10 p.m. curfew on all nonessential city businesses.
In addition, the city will again prohibit indoor service at traditional taverns and brewery taprooms without food licenses, and asked residents to cap any social gatherings at six people, she said.
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President Donald Trump and Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden scrapped over how to tame the raging coronavirus in Thursday’s final 2020 debate, largely shelving the rancor that overshadowed their previous face-off in favor of a more substantive exchange that highlighted their vastly different approaches to solving the major domestic and foreign policy challenges facing the nation.
Michael Groom and Emily Johnson eat lunch at Fozzy's Bar & Grill on Oct. 20, 2020, in Loves Park near Rockford. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
Despite Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s recent order to shut down indoor service at bars and restaurants in northwest Illinois due to the coronavirus, Fozzy’s Bar and Grill near Rockford was among those that stayed open.
The restaurant rebellion comes as state officials report rising rates of infections and deaths of people with COVID-19, prompting the governor to impose further restrictions in Region 1 in northwest Illinois, which had a positivity rate of 11.9%.
Pritzker threatens to pull licenses of businesses that flout restrictions as Illinois daily count of confirmed infections hits new high — nearly 5,000
Ten-year-old Joshua Smith caught COVID-19 in April and then developed a severe Kawasaki-like illness called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
First the otherwise healthy 10-year-old boy complained of a headache and no appetite, followed by a high fever that wouldn’t subside with pain relievers. A few days later, the whites of his eyes turned an eerie shade of red and he became so weak he could no longer walk on his own.
Eric Cervantes, leads an in-person and virtual spin class at Spynergy in Chicago on Oct. 22, 2020. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
Few see online classes as a replacement for the community that comes with in-person workouts, and fitness clubs and studios say Chicagoans tired of solo home workouts have started returning to gyms and spin classes. But some are still leaning into virtual workouts, especially as COVID-19 cases rise and the threat of new restrictions looms.