South Loop's Village Leadership Academy Hosting Vaccine Clinic Friday Night
Students who want to get a COVID vaccine will have the chance Friday night in the South Loop.
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Students who want to get a COVID vaccine will have the chance Friday night in the South Loop.
Yes, we're calling it: summer starts Friday.
The announcement that Lollapalooza is happening this year comes with one big caveat -- proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test required.
Thursday night the University of Illinois at Chicago Board of Trustees voted to removed the well known name John Marshall from the University of Illinois at Chicago because it has come to light that Marshall owned slaves and supported slavery in the United states.
He was so beloved and so involved in his community, friends and family say it's disgusting to think why anyone would want to kill dance coach Verndell Smith.
The union said officers are upset about canceled days off and forced 12-hour shifts. The union said it is hurting morale.
But the same state that admonished her still gives her prominent placement on a list she should no longer be on.
The Village of Tinley Park is pleading with the state to do something to fix up the costly eyesore.
Police said a man armed with a rifle robbed a 30-year-old woman at gunpoint, moments after he punched a 19-year-old woman and hit her in the head with the rifle.
The mayor has said, because she "wears the jacket" for crime in Chicago, she's not willing to essentially hand over control of CPD to a civilian oversight board.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday shrugged off a "no-confidence" vote from the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, as she accused the police union's president of stalling on contract negotiations "so that he doesn't have to face the reality" of the need for reforms in the department.
The mayor said it's important for members of the community to have input in improving their neighborhoods, because Chicago residents know best what their communities need to thrive.
Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady tweeted Thursday that the United Center vaccination site has been a "tremendous success," with nearly 287,000 doses administered so far.
Illinois is averaging 1,460 new COVID cases per day over the past week, down 37% from two weeks ago.
"The reality is, I'm the mayor. I'm the target."
