Illinois
Oklahoma State Champion Sylvia Admire Commits to Illinois State
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Sylvia Admire, an Oklahoma State Champion, has introduced her dedication to swim and examine at Illinois State College for the 2023-2024 season. Admire will full her senior 12 months at Claremore Excessive College earlier than making the transition to Regular, Illinois the place she is going to compete as a Redbird.
I’m tremendous excited to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my athletic and tutorial endeavors at Illinois State College! The assist I’ve obtained from my dad and mom, coaches, and teammates all through this course of has been unbelievable. I wish to thank the coaches at Illinois State for his or her consideration over the previous 12 months, and the workforce for making my go to to campus memorable. I can not wait to be part of the Redbird household! Roll Birds!
Along with swimming along with her highschool, Admire trains and competes with the Trident Aquatics Membership. Admire’s specialty is freestyle, significantly any distance between 50 and 500. She has competed in quite a lot of prestigious meets such because the Oklahoma 6A (largest colleges) State Championships, Speedo Sectionals, and Futures Championships.
Finest Instances SCY:
- 50 free- 23.76
- 100 free- 51.77
- 200 free- 1:52.62
- 500 free- 5:02.61
On the 2022 Oklahoma State Championships, which occurred in February, Admire swam the 100 and 200 freestyles. In each occasions, she certified first in prelims and went on to win the occasion in finals. Within the 100 free, Admire’s finals time of 51.77 set a brand new private greatest, knocking .75 seconds of her earlier document from December of 2021. She didn’t drop any time within the 200 free, though she was solely about one second off her private greatest, posting a 1:53.72.
Most lately, Admire competed within the Minneapolis part of Futures Championships. She swam the 50 free, 100 free, and 400 free (all LCM), qualifying for finals in every. Within the 50, she swam a private greatest by .34 seconds, posting a 27.32 in prelims and qualifying nineteenth. In finals, she dropped one other .35 seconds, ending seventeenth with a 26.97. Her 400 time of 4:37.46 was a season greatest, coming in simply over 5 seconds off her lifetime greatest. She completed twenty eighth total.
Illinois State College is a Division I Mid-Main program within the Missouri Valley Convention. On the 2022 MVC Championships, the Redbirds got here in second place out of eight groups, ending behind Missouri State.
Admire will enter her final highschool season with greatest instances that may already rating on the MVC Championships. In 2022, her greatest 50 time would have put her thirteenth total. She would have been the second-fastest performer for Illinois State. Freshman Emma Feltzer was the Redbird’s quickest performer, ending ninth in 23.42 seconds. Equally, within the 100 free, Admire would have are available in thirteenth total and been the second Redbird behind Feltzer, who completed sixth with a 50.87.
When she arrives on campus in 2023, Admire will probably be joined by fellow freshman Lauren Campbell, a freestyle, breaststroke, and IM specialist from London, Ontario. Admire would be the third member of her household to swim within the Missouri Valley Convention.
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Illinois
Former Illinois Department of Public Health director fined $150K for ethics violation
CHICAGO (WLS) — Illinois’ former top doctor has been fined by the state ethics commission.
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Dr. Ngozi Ezike lead the Illinois Department of Public Health during the COVID-19 pandemic. She later became president and CEO of Sinai Chicago, which has contracts with the department.
Since she took on the new role within a year of leaving IDPH, there was an ethics violation, according to the state ethic commission.
Dr. Ezike has agreed to pay a $150,000 dollar fine.
Dr. Ezike released the following statement Friday evening:
“As a public servant and physician, I have always been guided by integrity, ethics and justice, and I have dedicated my career to advancing health equity, particularly in underserved communities. I proudly accepted a position as President of Sinai Chicago, which shares my personal mission to improve public health outcomes of those most in need. I look forward to continuing our important work with my fellow caregivers, as well as partners in the communities and beyond, to help the people we serve live better, healthier lives.”
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Illinois
Here’s how much snow Springfield got — and when it’ll melt
Aerial video above Dallas captures rare snowfall
Drone footage shows a winter storm that brought rare snow and ice to Dallas and other parts of Northern Texas.
A blanket of snow covered Springfield late Thursday and early Friday, closing Springfield schools and some offices for a snow day.
Morning traffic appeared to be moving slowly but steadily. Cameras covering major roads in the city showed snow and slush remaining on many city roads but no major slowdowns.
How much snow did Springfield get?
As of 10 a.m., Springfield had seen around 6 to 6.5 inches of snow, according to Angelica Soria, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Springfield office. Southwest Missouri in general got slightly less snow, with reports of 5 to 6 inches.
About another inch of snow was possible in Springfield, according to the National Weather Service, but new accumulation was expected to taper off by noon.
When will the snow melt?
The snow likely won’t stick around long, with a high of 40 expected Saturday. Temperatures are forecast to drop below freezing again Monday before returning to daytime highs in the high-30s and 40s later next week.
While the weather is predicted to warm up this weekend, folks should take care driving when the sun goes down, even if all the snow melts.
“(The snow) will probably start melting during the day tomorrow, but we are worried about the re-freezing on the road, because it will probably get kind of slushy as the plows keep going around trying to get it off the road,” Soria said. “We definitely want to urge people to be careful while traveling … when the sun goes down, it’s harder to see black ice, things like that.”
Illinois
Waukegan, Illinois city workers suffer electric shock from power lines
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (CBS) — Two city workers from Waukegan were rushed to the hospital Thursday morning after they were shocked by power lines.
Firefighters said the workers were trimming trees at Pershing Road and Greenwood Avenue near the Waukegan Generating Station, a now-shuttered coal-fired power plant.
The workers’ crane touched a power line, which energized the truck and gave the workers an electric shock.
A helicopter took one man to the hospital with electrical burns. The other was taken away by ambulance.
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