SUNDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
10 a.m. – (BLOOMINDALE/ORLAND PARK/ROMEOVILLE) Life Time Fitness locations host “Commitment Day” 5k runs as part of 5th annual Commitment Day Festival. Through Jan. 2. Life Time Fitness, 455 Scott Drive, Bloomingdale; 16333 S. LaGrange Road, Orland Park; 1220 Lakeview Drive, Romeoville. Contact: Deborah Barnat, (630) 341-8312 or dbarnat@lifetimefitness.com; or Laura Billiter, (702) 868-4545 or laura.billiter@wickedcreative.com.
10:30 a.m. – (CHICAGO) Bishop Larry D. Trotter of the Sweet Holy Spirit Church of Chicago and supporters of the Disability Services of Illinois will protest the removal of the mental rehabilitation service’s state license. Sweet Holy Spirit Church of Chicago, 8621 S. South Chicago Ave. Contact: Sean Howard, (312) 498-1371.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) New Year’s Day 5K Run & Walk. Stockton at LaSalle. Contact: (312) 600-9707.
Noon — (CHICAGO) People’s Church of the Harvest hosts New Year’s Day Worship Service. 3570 W. Fifth Ave. Contact: (773) 533-6877.
1:30 p.m. — (NAPERVILLE) 12th annual World Peace Day Interfaith Prayer Service, with presentations from several faith communities including Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Jewish, Muslim, Baha’i, Buddhist and Unitarian Universalist. Wentz Concert Hall, North Central College, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. Contact: (630) 369-0777.
3 p.m. – (CHICAGO) The Chicago Police Department holds a year-end wrap-up press conference. CPD Headquarters, 3510 S. Michigan Ave, 5th floor, CPD intelligence and realtime crisis center. Contact: Police News Affairs, (312) 745-6110; Anthony Guglielmi, (312) 545-3251 or Anthony.guglielmi@chicagopolice.org.
MONDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
There are no events scheduled.
MONDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
All courts closed for New Year’s holiday except holiday bond court.
TUESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
9 a.m. – (CHICAGO) Cook County Clerk David Orr issues the county’s first marriage license of 2017. Cook County clerk’s office, 69 W. Washington, fifth floor. Contact: Nick Shields, (312) 603-6952 or nich.shields@cookcountyil.gov; or James Scalzitti, (312) 603-0991 or james.scalzitti@cookcountyil.gov. (Note: Couples should line up by 8:30 a.m. at the clerk’s downtown Vital Records office on the lower level of the Daley Center, Daley Center, 50 W. Washington. The marriage ceremony will follow at Orr’s office.)
TUESDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9 a.m. call — (MAYWOOD) Marion Comier, charged with Lawrence Myers, indicted on 80 counts of first-degree murder each, landlord and maintenance man charged with burning down a building on Valentine’s Day, killing seven people, including an infant. Trial. Maywood Courthouse, Room 103, 1500 Maybrook Dr., Maywood. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Tambra Davis, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of hitting her 80-year-old boyfriend in the head, leading to his death on 10-29-14. 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) Morgan Ellis, charged with child endangerment leading to death; A pregnant woman accused of giving her one-year-old son a fatal dose of morphine on 11-18-15 at their Austin neighborhood home. 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) Keshawn Freeman, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting one man and wounding another in West Garfield Park on 6-18-16. 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) Dominic Gipson, charged with reckless homicide; Accused of fleeing police in Bronzeville and leading to the death of an 18-year-old man. 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) Alexis Gonzalez, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally stabbing his girfriend’s ex-boyfriend to death in Belmont Cragin on 8-16-16. 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) Omar Gunn, charged with Anthony Wells, both charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man on 9-13-2013. Wells later linked by DNA to 2010 murder. 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) Borgie Humphrey, charged with murder; A man who served 25 years in prison for a double murder, now charged in a cold case murder from 1997. 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) Kay Kong, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in the Bridgeport neighborhood on 5-22-2015. Status. (Note: Name also listed as Kimman Waikong in court records.) 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) Larry Luellen Jr., charged with first-degree murder. A West Side man accused of fatally shooting a Roberto Clemente High School student in February 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) Charles Moore, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a motorist in a passing van on 5-15-2013. 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) Jimmie Ollie, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man on 5-29-2014 in Englewood. 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) Devonta Williams, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in May 2013 on the Far South Side. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
*NOTE: The Sun-Times Wire staff will verify all Daybook listings in advance, but last-minute changes or cancellations can occur. We strongly recommend that media outlets call to confirm events before assigning.
