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TUESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences prepare and serve farm-to-table Thanksgiving meal for about 300 seniors with help from local chefs (dinner served 4:30-7 p.m.). 3857 W. 111th St. Contact: Sheila King, (312) 622-3999 or info@skpr.net.
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Canine Therapy Corps dogs will greet and soothe travelers during the busy Thanksgiving travel period at Midway Airport. Until 11 a.m. Also Nov. 23. Concourses A and B, 5700 S. Cicero Ave. Contact: Callie Cozzolino, (773) 505-9307 or callie@caninetherapycorps.org; or Ann Davidson, (773) 627-3090 or ann@caninetherapycorps.org.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Illinois PIRG will release the 31st annual “Trouble in Toyland” report that lists recalled toys from the past year. Lurie Children’s Hospital, 11th Floor Sky Garden, 225 E. Chicago Ave. Contact: Eileen Boyce, (312) 814-3118 or eboyce@atg.state.il.us.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Housing Authority hosts meet-and-greet celebrating a single mom’s new home for the holidays purchased through the Choose to Own program. 3642 W. 55th St. Contact: Matthew Aguilar, (312) 935-2646 or maguilar@thecha.org.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Illinois Department of Transportation will announce an enforcement effort designed to keep the roads safe during the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel period. Chicago Police Department, Media Room, South Lot, 1718 S. State St. Contact: Gianna Urgo, (312) 814-4693; or Brian Williamsen, (309) 671-4854.
10:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Secretary of State Jesse White and Secretary of State Police announce statewide sting at shopping malls targeting shoppers who illegally park in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities. Thompson Center, press room 15-301, 100 W. Randolph St. Contact: Elizabeth Kaufman, (312) 814-8301.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Muslim Community and Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America distribute turkeys to residents of Woodlawn and Chicago Lawn. Emmett Till Academy, 6543 S. Champlain. Contact: Chris Allieri, (646) 245-8937.
12:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) State Rep. Will Guzzardi introduces bill to prevent Illinois dollars from building Trump’s border wall. Thompson Center, Blue Room, 100 W Randolph St. Contact: Joanna Klonsky, (312) 307-0840 or press@joannaklonsky.com.
1 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Canine Therapy Corps dogs will greet and soothe travelers during the busy Thanksgiving travel period at O’Hare Airport. Until 3 p.m. Also Nov. 23. Terminals 1, 2, and 3, 10000 W. O’Hare Ave. Contact: Callie Cozzolino, (773) 505-9307 or callie@caninetherapycorps.org; or Ann Davidson, (773) 627-3090 or ann@caninetherapycorps.org.
*** 1 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Gov. Bruce Rauner visits the Will Group Manufacturing Facility to discuss economic reforms. The Will Group Manufacturing Facility, 5261 W. Harrison St. Contact: Catherine.Kelly@illinois.gov.
4 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Jewish activists will meet and march to the offices of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago to demand they denounce the appointment of Steve Bannon. March begins at Federal Plaza, 230 S. Dearborn, and goes to JUF, 30 S. Wells. Contact: Michael Deheeger, (847) 494-0356 or michael@jewishvoiceforpeace.org.
4 p.m. — (CRYSTAL LAKE) Crystal Lake police host free child safety seat inspection. Until 7 p.m. Anderson Volkswagen, 5213 Northwest Hwy., Crystal Lake. Contact: Officer Eddie Pluviose, (815) 356-3731 or epluviose@crystallake.org.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Ald. Joe Moore hosts a participatory budgeting session to get input from 49th Ward residents on how to spend over $1 million in discretionary infrastructure funds. Pottawattomie Park Fieldhouse, 7340 N. Rogers. Contact: ward49@cityofchicago.org or (773) 338-5796.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) R.J. Nelson will discuss his book, “Dirty Waters: Confessions of Chicago’s Last Harbor Boss,” with the Society of Midland Authors. Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: info@midlandauthors.com.
7:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Cameras are invited to film/photograph the first 15 minutes of the opening night performance of Broadway in Chicago’s “Finding Neverland.” Cadillac Palace, 151 W. Randolph St. Contact: Amanda Meyer, (847) 778-7069; or Holly Baker, (847) 533-4726. (Note: Cameras should arrive by 7:15 p.m. TV cameras must be self-contained.)
TUESDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9 a.m. call — (MARKHAM) Gregory D. Miles, charged with first-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and endangering the life of a child; Accused in the death of his one-year-old stepson in Calumet City, who suffered burns from scalding hot bathwater. Status. Markham Courthouse, 16501 S. Kedzie Pkwy., Markham. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Soldon Armstrong, charged with murder; Accused of fatally stabbing a rival during a fight about drugs on 3-1-16 in the 3900 block of West Jackson. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Orhan Cerimagic, charged with Brittney Mitchell; both charged with murder and home invasion in a home invasion that left an accomplice dead and a resident fatally stabbed in Sept. 2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Andre Davis, charged with Derrick Hilliard, both charged with murder; A man previously exonerated after serving 32 years in an unrelated rape case, now accused in the murder of a man in a dice game on 10-7-2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Omar Dixon, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man on 1-14-2014 during a drug deal. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Michael Dukes, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 22-year-old man in Austin on 2-16-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Oscar Garcia and Ezequiel Villanueva, both charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in a gang dispute in Little Village on Labor Day 2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Andres Guerra and Martin Miranda, each charged with first-degree murder: Accused of shooting a 15-year-old boy to death with a sawed-off shotgun in front of two young children in Little Village on 1-26-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Anthony Q. Jackson, convicted of first-degree murder; Beat another man to death at a Green Line CTA platform on 3-16-2013. Post-trial motions/possible sentencing. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Natrell Jackson, charged with Michael Whitehead, both charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 30-year-old woman on 2-26-16 in Armour Square. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Laquan King, charged with two counts of first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting two teenage boys as they placed dice in North Lawndale on 8-16-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Burundi A. Martin, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in front of his family on 10-3-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Markiese McKinney, charged with attempted first-degree murder; A South Side man accused of shooting at a uniformed off-duty Chicago Police officer attempting to make an arrest in Oct. 2012. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Anthony R. Mendoza, charged first-degree murder; A 17-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy in Bridgeport on 6-3-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) John Montgomery, charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder; Accused of firing shots at Chicago Police detectives investigating a homicide in West Garfield Park on 3-22-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Manuela Rodriguez, charged with murder; A Little Village woman accused of beating, suffocating and using a power saw to cut the throat of her infant granddaughter because the child wouldn’t stop crying on 3-9-2015. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Demetrius Spencer, charged with Robert Goodman, each charged with first-degree murder; Two South Side men accused of fatally shooting a man on Nov. 30, 2011. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
10 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Antoine Thorne and Charles Thorne, charged with murder; Brothers accused of fatally shooting man after one touched the dead man’s girlfriend inappropriately at an Austin party on 10-10-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Elijah Timatyos, charged with Ioan Lela Jr. and Michael Bembea, all charged with first-degree murder; Accused of beating 71-year-old man Allen Levin to death during a home invasion in the Albany Park neighborhood on 1-27-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Mubashra Uddin, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of dropping her newborn baby to her death from the 8th floor window of an Uptown to hide the baby from her parents on 11-11-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Courtney Watson, charged with first-degree murder; A man accused of fatally shooting a newspaper deliveryman found dead inside his car on 6-23-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Michael Whitehead, charged with Natrell Jackson, both charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 30-year-old woman on 2-26-16 in Armour Square. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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