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WEDNESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
7:30 a.m. — (WANATAH, Ind.) 2016 Pinney Purdue Field Day, with farmers presenting updates on current agricultural production issues, supply and service exhibitors, and more. Pinney Purdue Agriculture Center, 11402 County Line Road (just north of U.S. 30), Wanatah, Ind. Contact: Keith Robinson, robins89@purdue.edu or (765) 494-2722.
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) West Englewood United Organization and Chicago Police continue the Lowe’s Heroes Make-Over at Clara’s House Shelter for Women and Children, and Clara’s Place 2nd Stage Residences. Until 2 p.m. 1600 W. 62nd St. Contact: (312) 745-6110.
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Cook County Health & Hospitals System hosts public hearings on preliminary 2017 budget. Also 6 p.m. CCHHS Board Room, 2nd Floor, 1900 W. Polk St. Contact: Caryn Stancik, (312) 864-0931 or cstancik@cookcountyhhs.org.
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Teachers Union will rally and picket before the Chicago Board of Education meeting. CPS Headquarters, 42 W. Madison St. Contact: (312) 329-9100 or leadership@ctulocal1.com.
9:15 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences hosts grand re-opening of its farm stand. 3857 W. 111th St. Contact: JaMonica Marion, (773) 535-2513; or Noelle Coronado, (773) 504-8983.
*** 9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Organizers of the Hip Hop Summer Fest scheduled for Sept. 9-11 hold a news conference announcing details about the event. Until 11 a.m. Innovations High School, 17 N. State St., #300. Contact: Christi Harber, (312) 451-3796 or ChristiWithAnEye@aol.com; or Felicia Matthews, (773) 552-0751 or Matthews.felicia@gmail.com.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) A city-wide coalition of parents, students, teachers and community groups will rally to demand that CPS board members use their clout to obtain addition school funding and reverse the budget cuts. CPS Headquarters, 42 W. Madison St. Contact: Marcos Ceniceros, (773) 386-7495 or mceniceros@bpncchicago.org.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Ald. Ricardo Munoz and Chicago City Council Progressive Reform Caucus convene second hearing on police accountability ahead of the City Council meeting. City Hall, Room 201A, 121 N. LaSalle. Contact: Joanna Klonsky, (312) 307-0840 or press@joannaklonsky.com.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards meets. City Hall, Council Chambers, 122 N. LaSalle. Contact: (312) 744-6845.
10 a.m. — (PEOTONE) Will County Fair. Through Aug. 28. Will County Fairgrounds, 710 S. West St., Peotone. Contact: (708) 258-9359.
10:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Metra Board of Directors meeting. Metra General Offices board room, 547 W Jackson Blvd. Contact: (312) 322-6776.
10:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Board of Education meets. CPS Loop Office, Garden Level, Board Room, 42 W. Madison St. Contact: (773) 553-1620 or communications@cps.edu.
11 a.m. — (MERRILLVILLE, Ind.) Polycon Industries and local elected officials celebrate beginning of the company’s expansion project. Polycon, 8919 Colorado St., Merrillville, Ind. Contact: Nick Dmitrovich, NDmitrovich@thinkdiversified.com.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs hosts public hearing on life insurers that do not pay death benefits. Bilandic Building, Room C600, 160 N. LaSalle St. Contact: Paris Ervin, (217) 524-5749.
11:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Comcast, the Chicago Housing Authority, Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee and several elected officials will announce the impact of Internet Essentials, Comcast’s program to close the digital divide. Major Adams Community Center, 125 N. Hoyne Ave. Contact: Amanda Vallejo, (847) 651-0757 or amanda_vallejo@cable.comcast.com.
*** 11:45 a.m. — (STONE PARK) Family and community activists hold a news conference seeking information on Mauro Garcia, a 55-year-old man who went missing. 1638 N Mannheim Road, Stone Park. Contact: Raul Montes, (847) 494-3127.
2 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Public Schools will host a back-to-school celebration featuring free school supplies, food, entertainment and access to immunizations. Until 5 p.m. Kelvyn Park High, 4343 W. Wrightwood. Contact: (773) 553-1620 or communications@cps.edu.
2 p.m. — (EVANSTON) Northwestern University archivists open a time capsule that was placed in the Kresge Centennial Hall cornerstone in 1954. Northwestern University Archives, Deering Library, 1970 Campus Dr., Evanston. Contact: Erin Karter, (847) 467-1569 or erin.karter@northwestern.edu.
3 p.m. — (CHICAGO) City hosts business workshop on new rules for tobacco retailers. City Hall, 8th Floor, 121 N. LaSalle St. Contact: (312) 744-2086 or BACPoutreach@cityofchicago.org.
*** 3:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) State Rep. Kelly Cassidy announces a bill that seeks to protect parks and habitats from players of “Pokemon Go.” Loyola Dunes Restoration Site, lakefront between Pratt and Farwell. Contact: Pat Ewert, (312) 933-4314; or Matt Steffen, msteffen@ilenviro.org or (847) 830-2057.
4 p.m. — (HIGHWOOD) 6th annual Garlic Fest showcases a variety of garlic creations from ice cream and candy, to cupcakes and cocktails; Taste of Garlic Competition, Garlic Queen and Princess competitions, and more. Evert’s Park, 111 North Ave., Highwood. Contact: (847) 432-6000.
5 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Aurelio’s Pizza South Loop location celebrates one-year anniversary with celebrity bartender and former Cubs and White Sox pitcher Steve Trout. 1212 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: Dakota Shultz, (312) 371-4104 or dakota@AgencyThreeSixty.com.
5:30 p.m. — (MAYWOOD) Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, first in the country to offer an elective course in Transcendental Meditation, invites media to cover a group meditation. Room 420, 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood. Contact: Jim Ritter, (708) 216-2445 or jritter@lumc.edu.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) City Dept. of Transportation and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois offer free bicycle-riding classes for adults who have not ridden in many years to help them take advantage of expanded Divvy service. Through Aug. 26. Kennedy King College, 710 W. 65th St. Contact: Mike Claffey, (312) 744-0707 or michael.claffey@ciotyofchicago.org.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Design Dance hosts first “Interlocal: Chicago,” a panel discussion featuring educators, parents and entrepreneurs on education. WeWork River North, 111 W. Illinois St. Contact: Emily Terrell, (312) 361-0864 or emily@designdance.net.
7:30 p.m. — (ROSEMONT) Gavin DeGraw will perform a free concert as part of “Erick & Kathy’s Concert for the Kids” benefitting Lurie Children’s Hospital. MB Financial Park, 5501 Park Pl., Rosemont. Contact: Alex Jakubiak, (847) 924-6110 or alexj@carolfoxassociates.com.
WEDNESDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9:30 a.m. call — (SKOKIE) Jovanny Martinez, charged with homicide of an unborn child and aggravated domestic battery; Accused of punching his pregnant girlfriend in the abdomen in a fight, causing her to miscarry on 1-8-13. Status. Skokie Courthouse, 5600 Old Orchard Rd., Skokie. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
10:30 a.m. call – (WAUKEGAN) David Brocksom, charged with murder; Accused of shooting his estranged wife to death his estranged wife in Gurnee on Sept. 2015. Status. Lake County Criminal Courthouse, 18 N. County St., Waukegan. Contact: Lake County State’s Attorney’s office, (847) 377-3000.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Davis Arna, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of shooting a romantic rival on 5-20-2013 who was left paralyzed and died more than a year later. Status. County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Raymond Boyle and Dalton Stropes, each charged with murder; Accused of confronting a man about a Facebook post, in a fight that ended with a third suspect fatally stabbed on 6-29-2015. 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) Anthony Castaneda, charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer; Accused of assaulting an off-duty Chicago Police officer who shot and critically wounded him in Belmont Cragin on 3-19-16. 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) Arthur Chaney, charged with two counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted first-degree murder, man accused of killing two and wounding five others at a packed Englewood fast-food restaurant in December 2011. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Victor Chatmon, charged with murder; Accused of a fatal shooting on 3-19-2015 that targeted a man who had testified in an attempted murder case against Chatmon’s friend. 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) Edgardo Colon, charged with Tyrone Clay and Alexander Villa, all charged with first-degree murder of a peace officer, accused of killing Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis during a holdup at a South Side convenience store in December 2011. 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) Roy Estivez, charged with involuntary servitude, aggravated criminal sexual assault; A landlord accused of torturing and threatening two mentally handicapped tenants and exploiting them for money. 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) Julian Garcia, charged with first-degree murder; A man already in prison on a gun charge now accused in a fatal gang-related shooting 2-3-2014 in Little Village. 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) Tylesha Griffin and Dominique Lott and Donnell Coakley (sentenced), charged with murder; The parents and cousin of a 3-year-old boy severely abused and malnourished, accused of smoking pot near his corpse after he died on 11-7-14. 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) Manuel Guerrero-Lopez, charged with aggravated DUI; Accused of fatally striking a panhandler then driving off on a Kennedy Expressway ramp on 6-1-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Omar Hernandez, charged with murder; Accused in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Jeremy Salinas, who was gunned down by Satan Disciples on 6-10-15 in Bridgeport while trying to retrieve his bicycle. 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) Jonathon Herrera, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of stabbing a 56-year-old Irving Park shop owner on 4-1-16. 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) Eddie Howlett, charged with murder; Accused of beating a 42-year-old woman to death in Back of the Yards on 4-21-16. 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) Arronis Jackson, charged with concealment of a homicidal death, and Paul Meyers, charged with murder; Accused of killing Meyers’ girlfriend Laneesha Miller and placing her body in four suitcases, then dumping them in the Little Calumet River in September 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) Brad Jett, charged with Tabari Young, Bryon Champ, Darren Curtis, Kewane Gatewood, Quinton M. Humphries, each charged with three counts of attempted murder and three counts of aggravated battery of a firearm; accused in a Cornell Square Park shooting that injured 13 people on 9-19-2013. 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) Cliffon Johnson, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man on a Back of the Yards porch on 10-24-2014. 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) Devell Johnson, charged with murder; accused of beating and biting his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter on 04-14-2012. Status. County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Tevin Lee, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting 11-year-old Shamiya Adams, who was struck by an errant bullet at a sleepover party on 7-19-14. 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) Ioan Lela Jr., charged with Elijah Timatyos 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) 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) Vidal Martinez, charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder; A Cicero man charged with fatally shooting a Monee man and wounding another person at a Bridgeport party on 8-31-2013. 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) 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) Florin Mulosmani, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 23-year-old man in a Portage Park store over Memorial Day weekend 2016. 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) Glen Phillips, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man over a debt on 6-25-2014. 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) Dantis Porter, charged with Dominique Smith, charged with aggravated battery to a child; Both charged in the beating death of Smith’s 1-year-old son on 12-23-2015. 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) Matthew Rosario, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally stabbing a woman whose body was found following a fire on 2-7-2014. 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) Eugene Spencer, charged with Qawmane Wilson and Loriana Johnson (convicted), charged with murder and various other charges; Accused of arranging the 2012 murder of Yolanda Holmes, an Uptown hair stylist and Wilson’s mother, for insurance money. 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) Raul Tolentino, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death in 2000, then fleeing to Mexico. 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) Brandon Young, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally stabbing a friend after they smoked crack cocaine together on 10-31-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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