Illinois
Driver released without charges after bicyclist killed in Ravenswood hit-and-run, Chicago police say
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Thursday, October 26, 2023 1:59AM
CHICAGO (WLS) — The driver who fled the scene after fatally hitting a bicyclist in Ravenswood Monday evening was released without any criminal charges being filed, Chicago police said.
This is a breaking new update. The following is from a previous report.
Staff at Northeastern Illinois University’s Art & Design Department remembered a friend and colleague who died after a bicycle car crash Monday night.
The man killed in the crash was identified as Northeastern Illinois University faculty member Don Heggemann.
“It’s still really shocking,” the school’s Art & Design Chair Kim Ambriz said. “I feel really numb. I mean, I worked with him every single day. It was a little hard seeing nobody there. We are going to miss him.”
The colleagues met with the family of Heggemann on campus Wednesday.
They said he shifted careers after taking a ceramics class at the university ten years ago, and never left. Heggemann worked as an assistant and most recently as the Art & Design Department Office Administrator.
“Don was an amazing human,” ceramic instructor Dubhe Carreno said. “He was generous, he was kind, he was funny and he was collaborative. It’s just unbelievable this happened.”
Monday evening, Heggemann was riding his bike on Damen Avenue headed northbound. Just before Foster, he was hit by a car.
A resident, John McDowell, saw what appeared to be a car in the bike lane and signaled for others to stop the motorist. Then he went to Heggemann, who was in the street.
“I just sat with him and tried to talk with him,” McDowell said. “It’s incredible how quickly things can turn for someone.”
Chicago police said charges are pending against someone.
In the meantime, friends said that the family is planning two services. One in Chicago and one in Missouri, where he is originally from.
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Hawthorn Woods Aqua Illinois customers under boil order after water main repair
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HAWTHORN WOODS, Ill. – Aqua Illinois has issued a 24-hour boil order for residents in Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer, and parts of Lake County following a water main repair.
While water service was not interrupted during the repair, the break impacted the water tower’s recharging process, prompting the precautionary measure, Aqua Illinois said in a letter to customers Sunday morning.
The water main break was successfully repaired, but as a precaution, customers were advised to boil their water before using it for drinking, cooking, or other consumption purposes.
The boil order will remain in effect until water testing is complete and deemed safe. Aqua Illinois is currently collecting samples and will notify customers directly through their WaterSmart Alert system when the order is lifted.
During the boil order, residents are advised to:
- Boil water for five minutes before using it for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes, or preparing food.
- Let the boiled water cool before using it.
- Use bottled water as an alternative if boiling is not possible.
Illinois
Southern Illinois Raceway Results – 7/20/24 – St. Louis Racing – STLRacing.com
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Illinois
Illinois just offered 2028 prospect — before he plays a high school game
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I’m trying to do a lot of research here on his birthday, because I want to know if he’s potentially the first prospect born in the 2010s to receive an offer from Illinois.
No luck finding a b-day.
Anywho, Illinois reportedly offered 6-foot-6 prospect Cole Kelly on Saturday — before he even plays a high school game.
The class of 2028 wing will be a freshman at Neuqua Valley in Naperville this fall.
In a post on X, Kelly said it is his first Division I offer.
There’s not much notable here. Who knows what Illinois’ roster — or the state of college sports — will look like by the time Kelly enters college in 2028?
But it does make me — a 27-year-old — feel VERY old when we’re suddenly talking Class of 2028, and prospects potentially born in the 2010s, a decade I have fond memories of, many of which came in Champaign-Urbana.
Enjoy your weekend! Try not to feel old!
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