chicagotribune--2020-11-10--Judge weighing whether to dismiss lawsuit against website linked to sale of gun used to kill Chicago

Judge weighing whether to dismiss lawsuit against website linked to sale of gun used to kill Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer

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Shomari Legghette, 47, gestures as he walks out of the courtroom on Oct. 28, 2020, after being sentenced in the first-degree murder of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
A federal judge in Milwaukee could make a decision in the coming weeks on a bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed against an online marketplace accused of facilitating the sale of the gun used in the 2018 killing of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer.
The organization Brady: United Against Gun Violence in February filed a lawsuit on behalf of Bauer’s family against Armslist, a website that connects buyers and sellers of firearms and advertises their weapons for sale. The lawsuit alleges Armslist created a forum that allowed its users to bypass background checks and other restrictions that could potentially make it easier for felons or others prohibited from owning guns to possess them.
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On Oct. 29, the day after a Cook County judge sentenced Bauer’s convicted killer Shomari Legghette to life in prison, arguments were heard in federal court in Wisconsin on Armslist’s motion to dismiss the suit on grounds including that it is protected under law that shields websites from liability for content posted on them by someone else. Judge Pamela Pepper could make a decision in the coming weeks.
Jonathan Lowy, the Brady group’s chief counsel who represents Bauer’s widow, Erin Bauer, said Monday in a Tribune interview the lawsuit is sound and should continue.
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Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 82 Officers salute outside the Near North District station Feb. 13, 2020, during a memorial for Cmdr. Paul Bauer, who was killed in 2018. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
“We’re not suing Armslist because it posted a gun-for-sale ad. We’re suing them because they designed their website (in) a way to facilitate illegal gun sales,” said Lowy. “I hope we can all agree that people and businesses should do what they can to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people.”
A lawyer for Armslist did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
The case is comparable to another lawsuit against Armslist stemming from a 2012 fatal shooting at a spa in suburban Milwaukee where an armed man gunned down his estranged wife, Zina Daniel Haughton, who worked at the spa, and two of her co-workers. The gunman also shot and wounded four other people at the spa before killing himself. Haughton’s daughter later sued Armslist, alleging it facilitated the sale of a gun to her mother’s killer even though a domestic violence court order did not allow him to use firearms.
Last year, the Wisconsin Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit in a 5-1 ruling that the federal Communications Decency Act protects Armslist from liability.
The Brady litigation continues after another man investigated for an alleged link to the gun’s sale pleaded guilty in September to selling marijuana to an undercover federal informant. The defendant, Ron L. Jones, had been under investigation by federal authorities for playing an alleged role in the illegal transfer of the 9 mm Glock 26 handgun that Legghette was accused of using to kill Bauer. A jury found Legghette guilty earlier this year.
The investigation broadly highlighted how the gun’s trail was facilitated by Armslist, coupled with looser gun laws in Wisconsin that critics say make it easy for felons to acquire weapons illegally. But agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were unable to prove that Jones ever had possession of the handgun ultimately used by Legghette, a felon who wasn’t allowed to own a weapon.
Instead, the agents arrested Jones a few months after the Feb. 13, 2018, killing for selling marijuana to a confidential ATF informant and illegally possessing another gun, court records show. Jones was sentenced in September by U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman to one year of probation, court records show.
Days before Jones' guilty plea, his lawyer wrote in a sentencing memorandum that he should be given an even more lenient punishment, arguing that the ATF clearly set up Jones, an avid gun collector, because the agents weren’t satisfied with his cooperation in their investigation into the origins of the Glock 26 in the Bauer case.
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“In the course of the investigation they determined that Jones had purchased in the past, very small amounts of marijuana from the ‘soon to be’ CI (confidential informant). Those amounts were clearly for personal use,” Robert LeBell, Jones' lawyer, wrote on Sept. 16. “The theory was that if Mr. Jones delivered marijuana to the CI as part of an undercover operation, he would be committing a felony and therefore prohibited from ever owning a firearm. The plan worked.”
But federal prosecutors said in a court filing last year that it was the informant who initially contacted law enforcement in March 2018, explaining that he had information about Jones.
“... The ATF had probable cause to believe that the defendant violated several federal laws connected to firearms and narcotics,” Milwaukee U.S. Attorney Matthew Krueger said in the court filing. “The ATF continued its investigation into the defendant and coordinated with the CI to conduct controlled buys of firearms and marijuana from the defendant.”
ATF agents began their investigation into the origins of the Glock 26 after it was confiscated from Legghette during his arrest moments after fatally shooting Bauer outside the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago’s downtown.
Days after the shooting, ATF agents raided the homes of Jones and a Madison, Wisconsin, man, Thomas Caldwell, confiscating dozens of guns from both residences. The investigation led to Caldwell being sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for selling firearms without a license.
Caldwell told the ATF that he met Jones through Armslist and that he “probably” sold the Glock 26 to him as well, court records show. LeBell, meanwhile, had raised doubts about Caldwell’s credibility because he had told a federal judge in Madison that he had trouble remembering things and was being treated for a mental illness.
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Jones, meanwhile, told authorities he bought several guns from Caldwell, including a Glock, but he never admitted buying from Caldwell the Glock later used to kill Bauer, court records show.
After Bauer was killed, agents at Jones' home seized 40 guns, more than 2,500 rounds of ammunition, a ballistic helmet and drug paraphernalia, a law enforcement source has told the Tribune. The source said several extended pistol magazines, similar to the one found in the Glock 26 used to kill Bauer, also were seized along with body armor.
Legghette was wearing body armor when he was arrested, but authorities have not specifically linked it to Jones.


chicagotribune--2020-11-10--Where Chicago’s official Christmas tree comes from

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A Christmas tree along the 300 block of East Garfield Boulevard in the Washington Park neighborhood on Christmas Eve. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Throughout the years the city’s official tree frequently has consisted of many smaller trees. Since 2009, however, a single tree has been chosen by either a contest or nominations. Though the tree’s location has been changed several times since then — including a move in 2015 to Millennium Park — the lighting ceremony has always been a highlight of the holiday season.
This year’s tree — donated by the Glisovic family in Morton Grove — was chosen by the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. The city’s tree lighting ceremony takes place at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18 in Millennium Park.
[ Chicago’s official Christmas tree cut down from Morton Grove family’s front yard ]
Mike and Vesna Glisovic stand beside their 53-year-old Colorado spruce tree in the 6600 block of Church Street in Morton Grove Friday. The tree had been cut and was ready for transport to Chicago as the city’s official Christmas tree in Millennium Park. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
History of Chicago’s Christmas tree
The city’s first official Christmas tree was lit on Christmas Eve 1913 by Mayor Carter H. Harrison Jr., as heralding trumpets played atop the balcony of the Chicago Athletic Association building on Michigan Avenue.
The tree was placed in Grant Park atop 40-foot poles — studded with smaller trees to give the appearance of a much larger tree — and decorated with 600 multi-colored lights. The 35-foot Douglas spruce was a gift of F.J. Jordan, in honor of his deceased friend Capt. Herman Scheunemann. Scheunemann commanded the vessel known as the Christmas tree ship.
Municipal Christmas tree in Chicago, circa 1913. (Chicago History Museum) Mandatory credit, Chicago Tribune use only. User Upload Caption: - Original Credit: (Chicago History Museum)
Where Chicago’s official Christmas trees have come from (since 2009)
2009: The Weivoda family, Palos Heights
Santa Claus waves to the crowd after lighting the 96th Annual Christmas tree at Daley Plaza on Nov. 25, 2009. The tree was donated by the Weivoda family, left, of Palos Heights. (Chicago Tribune Archives)
Chicago Tribune story from Nov. 5, 2009:
The 60-year-old, 57-foot spruce that will become Chicago’s official Christmas tree was cut down this morning in Harlan Weivoda’s front yard in southwest suburban Palos Heights.
It will be erected in Daley Plaza at about 8 p.m.
“I knew they (the city) always put a big tree up on top of all the other trees, but I had no idea it would be THE tree,” Weivoda said. In late September, he went on the city’s official Web site and offered to donate the tree.
He soon heard back from the Office of Special Events, which sent out a Long Grove landscaper to size it up.
“When they finished, they told me it was smaller than they had hoped. I told them, well, maybe next year,” Weivoda said. “They said there were four other trees they were looking at.”
But a few days later he received an e-mail saying the city wanted the tree. Read more >>>
2010: The Colomer family, McHenry County
A crowd braved the weather to watch as a Christmas tree was lit Nov. 24, 2010, at Daley Plaza. Mayor Richard Daley and his wife, Maggie, were joined for the festivities by their grandchildren as well as actress Joan Cusak and John and Pat Colomer (John is shown on the right), who own the farm where the tree came from. More than 5,000 votes were cast for the 70-foot blue spruce from McHenry County. (Chicago Tribune Archives)
Chicago Tribune story from Oct. 26, 2010:
After a four-month-long campaign, Chicagoans have weighed in for the first time on an issue that — for the sentimental, at least — outshines who gets to be the next governor, U.S. senator or mayor: The Daley Plaza Christmas tree.
The winner, after 5,182 votes were cast, is a 70-foot blue spruce on property in McHenry County owned by the Colomer family.
With 2,678 votes, the 80- to 90-year-old tree beat out the other candidates in a city-sponsored contest that began in July. The second-place tree received about 1,300 votes. About 60 other entrants were shorter than the required 55 feet.
In keeping with contest rules, John Colomer nominated the tree with a story about how generations of children at Montini Catholic Middle School have watched the tree grow across from their school.
“It would be a great experience for the schoolchildren to see the removal of the tree from the site and to know its fate would be to site in a place of prominence,” Colomer wrote.
In one way or another, though, the tree’s days were numbered.
Its current home, on the northeast corner of Richmond Road and Pearl Street in downtown McHenry, is scheduled for eventual commercial development. Read more >>>
2011: The Spangler family, Western Springs
Mayor Rahm Emanuel waves on Nov. 23, 2011, in Daley Plaza after the lights for Chicago's official holiday tree are activated. The tree, a 55-foot blue spruce, was chosen as the best among 38 entries to become the winner in the city's Christmas tree contest, and is courtesy of the Spangler family in Western Springs, right. (Chicago Tribune Archives)
Chicago Tribune story from Oct. 27, 2011:
Ever since her family moved in 18 years ago, the giant blue spruce in Klaudia Spangler’s Western Springs yard has been a venue for celebrating birthdays, a landmark for directing visitors and a fortress providing shade.
But the tree’s size also made it too cumbersome to decorate, so it never truly became the light-covered holiday centerpiece the self-proclaimed “Christmas maniac” had envisioned. This year, though, it will get its chance to shine.
Voters have selected the Spanglers' spruce to adorn Daley Plaza as Chicago’s Christmas tree, the city was set to announce Thursday morning.
“The exciting thing is it will be all lit up for everyone to see and kind of how I envisioned it when we first moved here,” Spangler said. Read more >>>
2012: The Theiszmann family, Prospect Heights
Megan Theiszmann, 17, from left, her father Tony Theiszmann, Tony's mother Barbara Theiszmann and Tony's sister Kathy Patton watch on Nov. 1, 2012, from the front yard of the family home, where Barbara now lives in Prospect Heights, as a giant, 63-year-old Colorado spruce is removed, to be erected in Daley Plaza in Chicago as this year's Chicago Christmas tree. The tree is 64-feet-tall, and the 99th annual tree-lighting ceremony will be held at the plaza on Nov. 20, 2012. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Tribune story from Nov. 19, 2012:
This year’s tree, donated by the Theiszmann family of Prospect Heights, is a 64-foot-tall Colorado Spruce tree estimated to be 63 to 65 years old and weighs 12,000 pounds, according to the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
It was among 25 trees considered to be Chicago’s tree and fit the criteria of being at least 55 feet tall, a spruce or fir tree and within 100 miles of the Loop.
The tree will be decorated with 14,600 multi-colored lights and topped with a brightly lit star. Read more >>>
2013: The Moore family, South Holland
Homeowner Terri Moore, right, poses for a family photo with her daughters Kirsten, 11, and Taylor, 8, on a stump as workers from La Grange Crane Service and Brickman Group landscaping move their freshly cut 57-foot Colorado blue Spruce tree, which was chosen as the Christmas tree for Daley Plaza, to an awaiting flatbed truck on Nov. 7, 2013 from her yard in South Holland, Ill. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Chicago's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony which took place on Nov. 26, 2013, left, at Daley Plaza. (Chicago Tribune Archives)
Click here to see photos from the 2013 tree lighting ceremony.
2014: The Atkinson family, Elgin
In the shadow of the newly lit Christmas tree, which came from the Atkinson family's front yard in Elgin, right, people shop at the Christkindlmarket in Chicago's Daley Plaza on Nov. 25, 2014. (Chicago Tribune Archives)
Chicago Tribune story from Nov. 5, 2014:
When Donna Atkinson first moved into her Elgin home more than two decades ago, her friends and family all pressed her to decorate the billowing Colorado blue spruce tree in her front yard in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
“I told them, how?” Atkinson said. “Even 20 years ago, it was way too big to decorate. It was huge when I moved in.”
Atkinson will at last see her tree decorated and illuminated, as it’s been chosen as this year’s official Chicago Christmas tree. The 57-foot tree will be wrapped up and cut down from her South Worth Avenue home Thursday morning and delivered to Daley Plaza on Friday. On Nov. 25, it will be the focus of the city’s 101st annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
This is Atkinson’s fourth year nominating her tree for the Daley Plaza display. She was selected as the runner up the past three years. Read more >>>
2015: The Voelker family, Northlake
Fireworks illuminate the audience after Mayor Rahm Emanuel orders the lighting of the tree during the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Millennium Park on Nov. 24 2015, in Chicago. The Colorado blue spruce was donated by the Voelker family of Northlake. (Chicago Tribune Archives)
Chicago Tribune story from Nov. 9, 2015:
Two weeks ahead of Chicago’s 102nd annual Christmas tree lighting, city officials announced they have picked out the tree they’ve been pining for: a 63-foot Colorado blue spruce.
After receiving 130 nominations for trees, which had to be at least 55 feet and within 100 miles of the Loop, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events selected the mammoth spruce, which was donated by a Northlake family.
The tree, which towers over the family home in the front yard, is scheduled to be cut down Monday morning and delivered to Millennium Park on Tuesday night, according to the department.
The official tree lighting is set for 6 p.m. Nov. 24 in Millennium Park near Michigan Avenue and Washington Street, city officials said. The lighting will follow a performance by opera singer Renee Fleming, who will sing holiday classics.
For almost 50 years, Chicago has held its tree lighting in Daley Plaza. However, city officials said this year it would be combined with holiday activities, including special visits with Santa Claus after the tree-lighting ceremony. Read more >>>
2016: The Scholla family, Wauconda
People take and pose for pictures in front of the Chicago Christmas following the annual tree lighting ceremony at Millennium Park, on Nov. 18, 2016. (Alyssa Pointer/ Chicago Tribune) (Alyssa Pointer / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Tribune story from Nov. 9, 2016:
Chicago has chosen a Norway spruce to light up as its official Christmas tree in Millennium Park on Michigan Avenue.
The city announced Wednesday the tree is a 69-footer donated by a Wauconda, Illinois, family. The Scholla family’s tree was selected from 129 submissions received. Read more >>>
2017: The Dorfler family, Grayslake
A portrait of Frank and Darlene Dorfler sits on the stump of the Norway spruce tree that the Dorfler family donated to the city of Chicago for its annual Christmas tree in Millennium Park, right, on Nov. 2, 2017 in Grayslake. The tree is 62 feet long and weighs about 9500 pounds. (Chicago Tribune Archives)
Chicago Tribune story from Nov. 2, 2017:
Two Christmas wishes were granted Thursday morning when a 62-foot Norway spruce growing in the northern suburbs was chopped down to become Chicago’s Christmas tree in Millennium Park.
The Dorfler family tree in Grayslake was selected from a field of 71 candidates submitted for consideration to the city of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events for its 104th Christmas tree. After being taken down on Thursday, the donated spruce is scheduled to be installed Friday night at Millennium Park in Chicago, and the tree lighting is set for Nov. 17.
“It was my husband’s dream for it to go somewhere to be used as a Christmas tree, like Washington D.C.,” Darlene Dorfler said, but this was the perfect opportunity for their beautiful tree. Her husband, Frank, passed away in 2016.
Dorfler added that her neighbor and part of the family who originally planted the spruce — Arlene Olsen, who also has since passed — had a similar dream for the tree.
“She always said it was such a perfect tree that it should be lit up. She probably planted it as a sapling. So we have a combination of dreams,” Dorfler said. Read more >>>
2018: The Orth family, Elmhurst
Workers lift and remove a 60 foot Norway spruce from the home of Deborah Orth, of Elmhurst, on Nov. 1, 2018, to become Chicago's 105th Christmas tree. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
Crowds attend the annual Christmas tree lighting at Millennium Park in 2018. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)
2019: The Nelson family, Elgin
With his 5-year-old brother, Jace Melton, looking on, Adam Melton, 8, jumps off of the stump of their grandparents Connie and Gene Nelson's 55-foot-tall, 7,000-pound blue spruce which will be this year's Chicago city Christmas Tree on Nov. 7, 2019 in Elgin. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
A person documents the moment while attending the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Chicago's Millennium Park on Nov. 22, 2019. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Tribune story from Nov. 7, 2019:
Connie and Gene Nelson and their family watched Thursday morning as the 55-foot blue spruce tree in front of their Elgin home was cut down.
The 46-year-old tree, older than the Lyle Avenue home they moved into 23 years ago, was the backdrop for many family photos and memories, they said. Its new role as the city of Chicago’s Millennium Park Christmas tree means it will be doing the same for the thousands who will gaze upon it this holiday season.
“The last family picture in front of the tree will probably be downtown (in Chicago),” said Jennifer Melton, Gene and Connie’s daughter.
The Nelsons joined neighbors and onlookers to watch a landscaping crew saw through the trunk of the 7,000-pound tree and lift it via crane onto a flatbed truck for its two-day journey first to Long Grove and then to Chicago.
The family’s tree was selected from among 41 submitted for the honor this year, according to the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Read more >>>
2020: The Townsend family, Chicago
Catherine Townsend, 85, watches as workers cut and transport her 45-foot Blue Spruce tree from her yard in Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood on Nov. 6, 2020. The tree is going to be the Chicago’s “official” Christmas tree. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
Workers prepare to transport the 45-foot Blue Spruce tree donated by Catherine Townsend, 85, of Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood on Nov. 6, 2020. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Tribune story from Nov. 6, 2020:
In 1985, Catherine Townsend bought seeds to plant three blue spruce trees in the yard of her home, a two-flat, red brick building in Morgan Park.
The home had a fairly large lot, and Townsend, a gardener, filled it with plants and flowers. Two of the three trees ended up sprouting, and, through the years, grew to a towering 45 feet.
The twin spruces were a beloved part of her garden, adding a “touch of elegance,” to her yard, said Townsend, an 85-year-old retired Chicago Public Schools teacher.
As Townsend prepares to sell her home, one of her spruces will take on a new life as Millennium Park’s Christmas tree.
“They really are beautiful,” Townsend said of the spruces, though the sale of her longtime home is bittersweet. Read more >>>
2021: The Benavides family, Logan Park
Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 11 The giant 51-foot-high blue spruce is lifted in the air with the help of a crane before being loaded onto a truck on Nov. 5, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
2022: The Glisovic family, Morton Grove
A 53-year-old Colorado spruce tree from the home of Mike and Vesna Glisovic, in the 6600 block of Church Street, Morton Grove, lies on a flatbed truck for transport to Chicago as the city’s official Christmas tree in Millennium Park. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
Mike and Vesna Glisovic gave up the majestic tree in front of their home so it can be seen by many more people than pass by their corner in Morton Grove. Read more >>>
Sources: Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events; Chicago Tribune archive photos and stories; pine tree by Mark McCormick from the Noun Project


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chicagotribune--2020-11-10--Chicago’s travel quarantine list now rates states yellow, orange or red. Here’s what you need to kno

Chicago’s travel quarantine list now rates states yellow, orange or red. Here’s what you need to know to avoid a large fine.

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Travelers who live in Chicago and who travel @ @ @ @ @ work do not have to quarantine , according to the order .

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Dick DeGray, of Brattleboro, Vt., puts on his mask before going into the Municipal Building, in Brattleboro, as the town started to require visitors and staff to put their masks back on Aug. 11, 2021, due to COVID-19 virus numbers increasing in Windham County. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer)
Chicago has revamped its travel quarantine order to reflect rising rates of the coronavirus in Chicago and the rest of Illinois, moving from a blanket list of states to a color-coded list comparing the rate of infection here with that in other states.
On Tuesday, the city added New York, California and Washington, D.C., to its orange list, requiring all travelers from those states to either quarantine or prove they have had a negative COVID-19 test 72 hours before arriving in Chicago. Idaho was moved from the stricter red list to the orange list.
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Under the original version of the emergency travel order, states had been added to the list when they reached an infection rate greater than 15 cases per 100,000 residents and removed once the daily case average remains below that rate for two consecutive weeks.
Now, the city is using a color-coded list, which will be updated every two weeks.
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“First and foremost, I would like people to avoid travel at this time if at all possible. But by creating a tiered system and using Chicago’s case rate as a category threshold, it allows us to be responsive to the changing dynamics of the pandemic,” said city health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady.
States that weren’t on the quarantine list that were added to the orange list the first week were Michigan, Connecticut, Arizona, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Maryland, Oregon, Washington and Louisiana.
Yellow-coded states are those with a rolling seven-day average below 15 cases per day per 100,000 residents. Anyone returning from these states doesn’t have to quarantine. Three states qualified as of Tuesday.
Orange-coded states are those with a rolling seven-day average between 15 cases per day per 100,000 residents and Chicago’s rolling seven-day average, which was 60 as of Tuesday. People traveling from these states must either quarantine for 14 days or show they had a negative COVID-19 test no more than 72 hours before arrival in Chicago. There were 35 orange states, plus Washington, D.C., as of Tuesday.
Red-coded states are those with a rolling seven-day average above Chicago’s. Anyone traveling from these states has to quarantine. There were 11 red-coded states as of Tuesday.
People who commute across the Indiana or Wisconsin state lines to or from Chicago to work or go to school will be exempt from the quarantine rule, a nod to the symbiotic relationship between the neighboring states. But workers in Chicago from Indiana will be expected to avoid restaurants, bars and other public spaces in the city.
Here’s what you need to know about the city’s quarantine policies:
City says people will be fined
Anyone who visits red-listed states should stay inside for two weeks upon their return or risk a fine of $100 to $500 per day, according to the city. Those who visit orange-listed states are subject to the same fines if they don’t have a negative COVID-19 test or quarantine.
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Despite the list’s fluctuating size, enforcement of the order so far has been nonexistent, save for some billboards and signs that Mayor Lori Lightfoot has said are intended to “educate” people into compliance.
Lightfoot’s initial self-quarantine requirement was implemented during the Fourth of July weekend.
If city contact tracers get information that people who’ve caught the virus were in proximity to someone from a quarantine state and flouted the rules, they’ll issue a citation, Arwady has said.
They’ll also be on the lookout for people who are on social media “flagrantly posting their social activities, clearly out and about in Chicago after being in settings that are subject to our quarantine order, within the time frame,” she said. Investigators will look into any reports about city workers not following the guidelines, the health commissioner said.
Arwady has since clarified that the city “is not Big Brother,” nor does it have the resources to dedicate anyone to aimlessly scroll feeds from Chicagoans.
But if the agency receives a tip or is already looking into someone to determine whether to fine them, that’s when the city may scour social media.
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“One of the easiest ways to sort of get enough proof … without me having to send out an inspector … is to look at social media,” Arwady said.
Details for travelers
The order has plenty of exceptions for different types of workers and depending on how long travelers spend in the listed states.
If someone drives through a state on the list but does not stay more than 24 hours, that person does not need to quarantine. But a city employee clarified that Chicagoans who choose to drive into Wisconsin and go out in public, regardless of whether they return later in the same day, do need to quarantine after such voluntary activities.
For example, Chicagoans who drive through Indiana (a red-listed state), Ohio and New York (orange-listed states) to spend a week in Vermont (a yellow-listed state) but who did not stay in Indiana and Ohio more than 24 hours do not need to quarantine. There are similar restrictions for air travelers. .
Travelers visiting Chicago from red- or orange-listed states also are subject to the order if they are staying longer than a day. Everyone older than age 2 who lands at a Chicago airport is required to wear a mask, then quarantine if they’ve come from a listed state.
If someone is staying with a Chicago resident after traveling to an affected state, the traveler must quarantine, but other people in the home who did not travel to a listed state are not required to quarantine. The resident should follow guidance for being around someone who has potentially been exposed.
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Travelers or area residents who leave a Chicago airport and immediately travel to a suburb or outside Chicago limits are not required to quarantine — unless their municipality also has a travel restriction in place. The order also states that face coverings should be worn and that public transportation should not be used by those headed outside city limits.
Testing and exceptions to quarantine requirements in the revised rules
Under the guidance revised in November, Chicago residents returning from travel in red states or residents of red states who travel to the city are required to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival here, according to the city travel order website.
People in similar circumstances entering Chicago from orange states must either quarantine for 14 days or, with a “pre-arrival negative test result” from no more than three days before traveling to Chicago, may choose instead to employ “strict masking, social distancing and avoidance of in-person gatherings.”
There also is an option for those who can’t get a test while visiting an orange state, such as a visit not much longer than 24 hours. Someone can quarantine upon arrival in Illinois until a test can be arranged locally, according to the city’s travel order website. The test needs to be issued by a private provider because of concerns about limited capacity at public health testing sites.
“If you cannot be tested for COVID-19 prior to arriving in Chicago and do not take a post-arrival test, you must quarantine for 14 days (or the duration of your stay, whichever is shorter),” according to the website.
Essential workers and other exceptions
For those who live outside Chicago but work in the city, it’s important to determine whether you’re an essential or nonessential worker according to the executive order.
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There are limited exceptions to the quarantine order for essential workers who have to travel for work. Travelers who don’t live in Chicago but who have to be in Chicago to work and who traveled to an orange- or red-listed state for work do not need to quarantine. Travelers who live in Chicago and who travel to a listed state for work do not have to quarantine, according to the order.
But if workers go to a listed state when they didn’t have to, or for medical care, or because of parental shared custody, they would be subject to quarantine.
People who work in Chicago and live elsewhere can do so if they haven’t traveled to a high-incidence state. If they have traveled to a high-incidence state, they are subject to requirements regarding essential workers who are Chicago residents.
For the purposes of the order, an “essential worker” is a person who works in any one of the 16 critical employment sectors. The term also includes any government workers traveling in their official capacities. Essential workers must:
Avoid any nonessential interactions until the quarantine period has ended. They must limit themselves to work-related activities and related functions, and avoid public spaces as much as possible.
Monitor temperature and signs of symptoms, wear a face covering when in public, maintain social distance, and clean and disinfect workspaces.
Avoid as much as possible extended periods in public, contact with strangers and large congregate settings.
What does quarantine mean?
According to the emergency travel order, quarantine means staying at one place for 14 days before doing any activities outside of the home. Included in the restrictions:
Not go out in public or otherwise leave home, unless seeking medical care or COVID-19 testing.
Wear a face covering and do not use public transit if seeking medical care or testing, or when traveling to or from an airport, train station or bus station.
Don’t go to the grocery store; instead have food and other supplies delivered.
Stay in separate quarters with a separate bedroom and, if possible, use a separate bathroom than non-traveling household members.
Travelers still must quarantine even if they had a negative COVID-19 test because people “can develop symptoms and become contagious up to 14 days from their last exposure.”
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Are the rules different for each state or territory?
Generally, the emergency order is applied uniformly to any state or territory on the list. However, with neighboring states, travelers should pay close attention to what constitutes a visit and distinctions between essential and nonessential workers.
What are the state lists?
The following is a rolling list of states on Chicago’s red, orange and yellow lists. The lists will be updated every two weeks:
Red-listed states (11): Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Orange-listed states and Puerto Rico (36): Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia.
Yellow-listed states (3): Hawaii, Maine and Vermont.
Chicago Tribune’s Alice Yin, John Byrne and Gregory Pratt contributed.
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chicagotribune--2020-11-10--Indiana sees record COVID-19 hospitalizations, infections; Lake County adds seven deaths to reach 40

Indiana sees record COVID-19 hospitalizations, infections; Lake County adds seven deaths to reach 400

New positive cases and COVID-19 hospitalizations have grown since Republican Gov .
Eric Holcomb announced Sept. 23 that he was @ @ @ @ @ ’ s COVID-19 restrictions while extending the statewide mask mandate .
Since then , Holcomb @ @ @ @ @ for reinstating coronavirus restrictions .
The governor said last Wednesday he ’ s not making @ @ @ @ @ , including no statewide closure of schools .

Indiana is continuing its record-setting increases in COVID-19 hospitalizations and new infections, state health officials said Tuesday as the state once again surpassed 4,000 new cases and reported 63 more deaths.
The newly reported deaths raised Indiana’s pandemic death toll to 4,731, including confirmed and presumed coronavirus infections, the Indiana State Department of Health said in its daily statistics update.
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The 4,879 new infections reported Tuesday were Indiana’s second-highest daily count of newly reported COVID-19 cases and marked the sixth straight day the state reported more than 4,000 new cases.
Lake County represented 498 of the new infections, bringing the county’s total to 19,926 cases. There were seven new deaths reported, raising the county total to 400.
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In Porter County, the Department of Health reported 146 new cases and no deaths. The county has had 5,330 cases and 65 deaths
Indiana’s seven-day rolling average for newly confirmed cases rose to 4,490, according to Tuesday’s daily update of the state’s coronavirus dashboard. That is the highest level Indiana has seen during the pandemic and more than five times the seven-day rolling average of 858 newly confirmed cases the agency reported on Sept. 22.
Indiana’s hospitalizations were also at an all-time high, setting a record for the eighth straight day with 2,336 patients admitted. Of those hospitalized, 599 were in intensive care — the most since April 25.
District 1 hospitalizations in Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton and Jasper counties reached an all-time high with 449 individuals, the state dashboard showed.
Of those hospitalizations, 26.5% of ICU beds were being used by COVID-19 patients, according to the state.
New positive cases and COVID-19 hospitalizations have grown since Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Sept. 23 that he was lifting nearly all of Indiana’s COVID-19 restrictions while extending the statewide mask mandate. Since then, Holcomb has continued to resist calls for reinstating coronavirus restrictions. The governor said last Wednesday he’s not making any changes to COVID-19 policy, including no statewide closure of schools.
State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box said last week that Indiana’s hospitals and healthcare workers are swamped and “needing support now more than ever.” Box said staffing issues remain the greatest challenge, and state officials have renewed their call for retired health care workers to help relieve staff at Indiana’s hospitals and long-term care facilities.


chicagotribune--2020-11-10--Waukegan man charged after crash into unmarked police car, authorities say

Ortiz , police said , was driving south on Sheridan Road in a Nissan Altima when he tried to turn @ @ @ @ @ However , Ortiz turned too wide , and his vehicle struck an unmarked Sheriff ’ @ @ @ @ @ was stopped at a red light in an eastbound lane of Washington , according to @ @

A Waukegan man is facing drunken driving and other charges after he ran into an unmarked police car and then drove away, according to the Lake County sheriff’s police.
Alan Ortiz, 28, of the 2600 block of West Florida Avenue, was charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence, aggravated fleeing and eluding, leaving the scene of an accident and other traffic counts following the incident Monday at 8:50 p.m. in Waukegan, police said.
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Ortiz, police said, was driving south on Sheridan Road in a Nissan Altima when he tried to turn right onto Washington Street. However, Ortiz turned too wide, and his vehicle struck an unmarked Sheriff’s Office Dodge Charger that was stopped at a red light in an eastbound lane of Washington, according to police.
The detective driving the Charger activated the car’s emergency lights, but Ortiz reversed his car and drove away, police said. The officer pursued Ortiz, whose car became disabled after it struck a curb near the North Avenue and Douglas Street intersection, and he was arrested.
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He was being held Tuesday in the county jail in lieu of $50,000 bail. The officer was not injured, police said.


chicagotribune--2020-11-10--Man allegedly shot by his girlfriend in her Naperville-area town home dies, authorities say

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Rosa LaGrone is charged with attempted murder after she allegedly shot her boyfriend, Darnell Manns, at her townhouse in an unincorporated area near Naperville. Manns has since died. (DuPage County sheriffs office / HANDOUT)
A 27-year-old man allegedly shot last week by his girlfriend at her town home near Naperville has died, a spokeswoman for DuPage prosecutors said Tuesday.
Rosa LaGrone, 34, faces attempted murder and other charges after she was accused of shooting her boyfriend, identified as Darnell Manns, around 2:15 p.m. Friday during an argument over his relationship with another woman, court records show.
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Paul Darrah, a spokesman for the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office, said charges against LaGrone could be upgraded after the DuPage County coroner’s office ruled Mann’s death was caused by a gunshot wound.
Gone by Monday morning was the yellow police tape draped Friday around the corner unit on Keswick Lane along Naper Boulvard where LaGrone lived, neighbors said, with her five children ages 6-18.
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The string of townhomes that line the block-long street just south of the strip mall on Chicago Avenue looks much like any suburban neighborhood as leaves flittered past political signs left over from the election.
Authorities investigate the shooting of Darnell Manns at a townhome in an unincorporated area near Naperville Nov. 6. (Rhonda Gillespie / Naperville Sun)
Vanessa Patocka, who lives a few houses away, said the only time she’d heard the family was when the younger kids played in the back yard.
“Our street is really quiet,” she said.
Patocka said she had her windows open Friday to enjoy the balmy November weather.
It wasn’t until Patocka saw LaGrone’s car drive away and seconds later pull up in front of her house that Patocka said she wondered if something was amiss because LaGrone ran into her house leaving three of her children in the car.
At one point, Patocka said she could hear a distressed LaGrone talking on her cell phone.
Patocka said her heart goes out to the children, who authorities said are staying with relatives.
After the shooting, prosecutors say LaGrone contacted the other woman Manns had been dating through a video chat feature on social media while her boyfriend was on the floor in the background in what appeared to be a pool of blood.
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Manns was shot once, and the bullet went through his arm and lodged in his spine, DuPage County Assistant State’s Attorney Mandy Meindl said Sunday during LaGrone’s bond hearing.
On Oct. 30, LaGrone learned that her boyfriend was having a relationship with another woman, prosecutors said. The couple argued over that relationship on Friday and Manns attempted to pack his bags to move out of the townhome in the 25W000 block of Keswick Lane in unincorporated DuPage County near Naperville, Meindl said.
LaGrone told DuPage County sheriff’s investigators that her gun went off accidentally, Meindl said.
Meindl said LaGrone used her boyfriend’s Facebook page to contact the other woman through a live video chat. The video, which does not include audio, appears to show the victim on the ground in a pool of blood and speaking, Meindl said. The video also shows someone off screen, believed to be LaGrone, kicking Manns at least twice, Meindl said.
Freelance reporter Alicia Fabbre contributed.


chicagotribune--2020-11-10--Bandits steal 39 guns from Winthrop Harbor shop in 2-minute, smash-and-grab robbery

The entire incident -- from the time the group pulled up to the moment they drove off -- only took @ @ @ @ @ said .
The assailants all wore gloves and hooded jackets or sweatshirts with the hoods @ @ @ @ @ .

Winthrop Harbor police on the scene of a early-morning smash-and-grab robbery of 39 guns from The Outdoorsman store, Nov. 10, 2020, Joe Shuman/For The Chicago Tribune (Joe Shuman / Pioneer Press)
Winthrop Harbor police say they are looking for four people who broke into a gun and hunting store early Tuesday and stole 39 firearms.
The break-in happened at the Outdoorsman store in the 200 block of North Sheridan Road and was captured on security camera video, Withrop Harbor police Detective Sergeant Chris Willets said Tuesday.
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The video showed a dark-colored Toyota RAV-4 drive up to the store, and four people exit from the vehicle at 12:34 a.m. Using crowbars and bolt cutters, the group broke through a glass door and then breached a security gate inside, Willets said.
They then entered the store and stole 32 pistols, five rifles and two shotguns in about 55 seconds, he said. The group then drove off north on Sheridan Road.
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The entire incident -- from the time the group pulled up to the moment they drove off -- only took about two minutes, Willets said. The assailants all wore gloves and hooded jackets or sweatshirts with the hoods pulled up, police said.
Winthrop Harbor police on the scene of a early-morning smash-and-grab robbery of 39 guns from The Outdoorsman store, Nov. 10, 2020, Joe Shuman/For The Chicago Tribune (Joe Shuman / Pioneer Press)
Police were continuing Tuesday to process evidence collected at the store, he said.


chicagotribune--2020-11-10--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).
• Check out the Tribune’s coronavirus coverage.
• Remembering the lives of those in Illinois who died from coronavirus.
• Other Chicago, suburbs and Illinois COVID-19 metrics.
• See how the governor’s plan to manage the regions works.
Source: Illinois Department of Public Health
Created by the Chicago Tribune dataviz team. On Twitter @chitribgraphics


chicagotribune--2020-11-10--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.
• Check out the Tribune’s coronavirus coverage.
• 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.
Data as of June 10.
The map search tool above works best in Chrome or Firefox and may not perform consistently in Internet Explorer.
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--2020-11-10--Daily Illinois coronavirus graphs: 79 new deaths, 12,623 new confirmed and probable cases and 101,95

Daily Illinois coronavirus graphs: 79 new deaths, 12,623 new confirmed and probable cases and 101,955 new test results

Illinois announced 12,623 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 Tuesday for a total of 511,183 .
The state also @ @ @ @ @ a total of 10,289 and 101,955 new test results for a total of 8.57 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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Former Evanston Township High School basketball player Ryan Bost was shot and killed on Nov. 9 , 2020 .


chicagotribune--2020-11-10--Archdiocese of Chicago to consolidate 6 parishes into 2 new ones as part of massive restructuring in

Archdiocese of Chicago to consolidate 6 parishes into 2 new ones as part of massive restructuring initiative

For this new consolidation , representatives from each of the six parishes submitted recommendations for the new parishes to the @ @ @ @ @ , which were then reviewed before the decisions were made , according to the news @ @

The Archdiocese of Chicago announced Monday it plans to consolidate six parishes into two new parishes as part of Renew My Church, a massive restructuring initiative aiming to rebuild and reanimate the city’s Catholic population.
The two groupings, composed of parishes in the Markham-Harvey area and the Back of the Yards neighborhood, will unite with new names no later than July 1, according to an archdiocese news release.
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The Markham-Harvey grouping will consist of the Ascension-St. Susanna Catholic Church in Harvey, the St. Gerard Majella Parish in Markham and St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Harvey.
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 15746 Union Ave., in Harvey, on Nov. 10, 2020. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
The other grouping will consist of parishes currently located in the Back of the Yards neighborhood: the Holy Cross-Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Joseph and St. Michael the Archangel parishes.
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The two new parishes and assigned pastors have not yet been named, but uniting as new parishes will be “necessary for future vitality and viability,” the news release said.
Since the Renew My Church plan was launched in 2016 to address changing times and declining church membership, the archdiocese has carried out massive rebuilding and restructuring plans affecting the city’s Catholic population. Earlier this year, it consolidated 23 parishes into nine parishes and closed five elementary schools.
In December, the archdiocese plans to decide on potential future groupings between the Old Irving Park/Addison and Jefferson/Portage Park parishes, according to the news release.
For this new consolidation, representatives from each of the six parishes submitted recommendations for the new parishes to the Archdiocesan Standards and Recommendations Commission, which were then reviewed before the decisions were made, according to the news release.
St. John the Baptist church will start to hold all regular scheduled Masses for the three parishes in the Markham-Harvey grouping no later than Nov. 28, 2021.
Of the Back of the Yards grouping, Holy Cross and St. Joseph will be Sunday worship centers. Immaculate Heart of Mary will no longer be used for regular worship activity and St. Michael Archangel Church will host one Sunday Mass each weekend.
There were no schools attached to the parishes, an archdiocese spokesperson said.
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