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Kids ages 5 to 11 could start getting COVID-19 shots as early as next week. Illinois is expecting an initial allotment of about 500,000 doses once the Pfizer shots are authorized for that group — with pediatricians and schools expected to play a big role in the vaccine administration, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said.
In other vaccine news, Moderna says that a low dose of its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and appears to work in 6- to 11-year-olds, as the manufacturer moves toward expanding shots to children.
And Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy said Monday he tested positive for COVID-19 after returning home from Tampa. The coach, who is vaccinated, called it “a reminder to all of us to be extremely cautious.”
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Genealogy data helps authorities identify one of six unidentified victims of John Wayne Gacy
The man formerly known to investigators as Gacy victim No. 5 finally has a name thanks to advances in DNA testing and analysis.
Genealogy information helped Cook County investigators identify a young North Carolina native as one of the unidentified victims of John Wayne Gacy. Francis Wayne Alexander disappeared between February 1976 and March 1977, according to authorities.
John Wayne Gacy’s victims: What is known about the 28 identified and 5 unknown men
Aldermen introduced an ordinance calling for Lightfoot’s vaccine mandate to be voided and requiring City Council approval for “all policies, rules and regulations governing discipline of city employees.” Sixteen of the council’s 50 aldermen had signed on as co-sponsors by 10:30 a.m.
Also Monday, a judge ruled that she would not extend a temporary restraining order against Catanzara that banned him from making public statements discouraging union members from complying with the city’s vaccine rules.
NorthShore workers sue hospital system, citing religious objections to COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Metra to break ground on long-planned Peterson Ridge station in Edgewater
After a decade of planning, Metra is set to begin construction on a new Peterson Ridge Station in Edgewater. The station on the Union Pacific North line was originally going to include funding from a 2009 state bond program but was delayed by state budget problems.
As sure as the faltering Bears and elusive Great Pumpkin, Spirit Halloween has become an inevitability of autumn, arriving one day in late summer, seemingly out of nowhere, taking up residence inside hollow husks of empty retail spaces, then vanishing a few months later.
Unlike Spirit, Chicago Costume (est. 1976) and Fantasy Costumes on Milwaukee Avenue (est. 1969) — both Portage Park institutions, within half a mile of each other, serving Halloween but also Christmas, drag shows, fraternity blowouts, bachelorette parties — are anything but seasonal.
Chance the Rapper buys Bannockburn mansion for $2.3M
Chance the Rapper and his wife, Kirsten, have laid down some deeper roots in north suburban Bannockburn, paying $2.3 million for a five-bedroom, 9,251-square-foot mansion.
