Illinois
Workers at 2 Chicago Starbucks walk off the job; 9 other Illinois locations expected to join
CHICAGO – You may have to walk through a picket line to get that cup of coffee in the morning.
Baristas at two Chicago Starbucks locations walked off the job Wednesday morning.
Workers at Halsted and Monroe Streets and Ridge Avenue and Clark Street are expected to be joined by nine other Illinois Starbucks locations on Thursday.
This is part of a nationwide strike to demand better bargaining practices.
This is also happening as Thursday is Starbucks’ Red Cup Day — one of the busiest promotional days of the year.
In a statement, Starbucks said:
“Starbucks has proposed to begin contract negotiations for each union store in Illinois and, unfortunately, Workers United representatives have failed to confirm a single session for these stores this year.”
There are 20 unionized Starbucks locations in Illinois, including seven in Chicago.
Illinois
AI Predicts Tornadoes & Derechos for Missouri & Illinois Tuesday
Let’s hope the robots are wrong. Artificial intelligence programs from universities are predicting tornadoes and derechos for Missouri and Illinois Tuesday. Some forecasters do agree.
It would be a good idea to pay attention to severe weather possibilities across most of Missouri and Illinois on Tuesday, May 21. Weather on the Go on YouTube shared official graphics from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center which show both Missouri and Illinois in the danger zone for possibly severe storms Tuesday.
Here’s what the artificial intelligence routines from Colorado State University show for that same time period Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday evening.
This is the expectation for where lightning will be the most intense Tuesday. Again, Missouri and Illinois are the main targets.
The National Weather Service out of Springfield, Missouri is now also talking about increased confidence of explosive thunderstorm development Tuesday in Missouri.
As I’ve said before, this is not a forecast, but just a warning to pay attention to how the weather in Missouri and Illinois develop on Tuesday. Be prepared that warnings may be issued and be prepared to act to keep you and your family safe if the weather becomes dangerous like the artificial intelligence routines are expecting.
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Illinois
Eagles' baseball late rally falls short as Northern Illinois edges Eastern Michigan 5-4
Bobby Jones (Loveland, Ohio/St. Xavier/Xavier) delivered the first complete game of his career and the third for the Eagles this season, but the Eastern Michigan University Baseball team’s late rally wasn’t enough as they fell to Northern Illinois University, 5-4, on May 16, at Ralph McKinzie Field.
The Eagles, trailing 4-0, put their first runs on the board in the fifth inning. Junior Logan Hugo (Essexville, Michigan/Essexville Garber) scored on a fielder’s choice by Blake McRae (Armada, Michigan/Romeo/Lansing C.C.), making it 4-1.
The Huskies extended their lead to 5-1 before the Eagles responded in the seventh inning. Sophomore Cooper Vance (New Waterford, Ohio/Mohawk) scored on McRae’s second RBI of the day, narrowing the gap to 5-2.
Eastern Michigan held Northern Illinois scoreless in the eighth inning. Further, it closed the gap to 5-3 in the bottom half, thanks to junior Brendan Kleiman’s (Olney, Maryland/Sherwood/Frederick C.C.) one-out solo home run, his second of the season.
Jones continued his strong performance by retiring the Huskies in order in the eighth inning, his second consecutive 1-2-3 inning.
In the ninth, the Eagles rallied again, as Hugo was driven in by Lucas Johnson (Hamilton, Ontario/Westdale Secondary/Wright State), bringing the score to 5-4. However, the comeback effort ultimately fell short, and the game ended with the Eagles losing narrowly.
Next, the Eagles and Huskies will face off again in the second game of their three-game series on May 17. The first pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT (3 p.m. ET).
Illinois
Fundraiser, vigil held for children of Melissa Aud-Headlee, slain Joliet, Illinois woman
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — A community in mourning united in Joliet Friday evening to help raise money to stop domestic violence.
As friends and family of Melissa Aud-Headlee came to terms with her death at the hands of her estranged husband, they sought to raise money for her three children.
They gathered outside Aud-Headlee’s home, collecting money for a raffle and a candlelight vigil.
A GoFundMe for Aud-Headlee’s children has raised more than $8,000.
Aud-Headlee was stabbed to death by her estranged husband in a murder-suicide this past Saturday morning.
Melissa Aud-Headlee’s older brother, Daniel Ronczkowski, told CBS 2 he was helping his sister plant flower beds on Saturday. When they ran out of mulch, he said he offered to run to the store.
He was only gone a few minutes when he got a call to come back. Melissa Aud-Headlee’s estranged husband, Michael Aud-Headlee, had been watching them from a distance, and confronted his estranged wife inside the home once her brother was gone.
Her family said she put down their 3-year-old son and told him to “run and hide.” After a struggle inside, she ran for a neighbor’s house.
But Joliet Police said that’s when Michael Aud-Headlee caught up to her in the middle of the street and stabbed her multiple times in the chest with a kitchen knife before turning the knife on himself.
Joliet police told CBS 2 they’d been called to the home for mostly domestic violence-related incidents nine times since 2021. Melissa Aud-Headlee had taken out two orders of protection against her then-estranged husband before he took her life.
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