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There was a happy homecoming Thursday for Claudio Velez, known to many Chicagoans as the Tamale Guy, who was hospitalized on a ventilator for more than a month after getting sick from COVID-19.
The Schoolyard Tavern on Southport Avenue is the latest Chicago bar to announce it is going out of business as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Demand is still high for outdoor dining. And accommodating those people who want to eat outside now that it's getting colder is not so simple.
A DuPage County judge late Thursday afternoon ruled against parents suing to get their kids back on the playing field.
"To be honest, what really prompted me to reach out was when I realized I wasn't the only person."
Friday is wedding day for Marv Cerwinske and Amanda Riley, but getting there hasn't been easy.
Daley Plaza won't be filling with the scents of hot spiced wine, roasted nuts, and bratwurst this holiday season, as the popular Christkindlmarket becomes the latest tradition to move online due to the pandemic.
Cunningham, 29, of Thornton, was diving during a training exercise at Haigh Quarry in Kankakee around 9:30 p.m. when he ended up in "critical distress."
Kifowit was one of the first Democrats in the Illinois House to demand Madigan resign as speaker, after he was implicated in the ComEd bribery scandal.
"Speaker Madigan needs to come forward and testify," Illinois State Rep. Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) said.
"If you look at the kind of things that she's written, and I know that law professors often write provocative things, but her views on a range of issues are outside of the mainstream of where we are as a country."
COVID-19 cases continue to spike in Wisconsin, with 2,887 new cases on Thursday.
"We're going to be out, we're going to be having fun, but we want to keep COVID in mind and make this as safe as we can."
Stimulus discussions are back on the table in Washington, but time is growing short to deliver a second round of stimulus payments before the election.
Bronzeville is one of 10 neighborhoods part of Chicago's INVEST South/West initiative. According to the city, it's designed to "reactivate neighborhood cores that historically served as focal points for pedestrian activity, shopping, services, transportation, public spaces and quality-of life amenities for local residents."
