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Vaccine Equity Manager Hired by Will Countys Health Department Patch 5/6/2021 John Ferak © Image via Will County Health Department Joliet resident Vinita Voss is a graduate of Joliet West high school, as well as Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She has a Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt University Law School. JOLIET, IL — A native of Joliet who was most recently employed as a health equity manager for the Spanish Community Center in Joliet has been hired to fill the ne...

Orland Officials Call On Pritzker To Restore Municipal Funding Patch 3 hrs ago Yasmeen Sheikah © Yasmeen Sheikah/Patch The resolution asks lawmakers to restore the plan to its original 10 percent that was agreed to "over 50 years ago." ORLAND PARK, IL — Orland Park is lobbying Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly not to pass proposed legislation to further cut municipalities portion of the Local Government Distributive Fund (LGDF). The village board is spe...

CHP Releases Details In Temecula I-15 SigAlert Crash Patch 2 hrs ago © Renee Schiavone/Patch The crash remains under investigation by the CHP. TEMECULA, CA — A five-vehicle SigAlert crash Sunday on Interstate 15 in Temecula caused injuries and involved impaired driving, the California Highway Patrol announced Monday. Its not immediately clear how the crash reported at 5:15 p.m. began on the northbound side of the freeway, just south of Temecula Parkway. However, two of the vehicles invol...

Sen. Emil Jones Reacts To Guilty Verdict In Derek Chauvin Case Patch 4 hrs ago Yasmeen Sheikah © Lauren Ramsby/Patch The verdict — which took about 10 hours to reach —was read Tuesday afternoon. DISTRICT 14 — State Senator Emil Jones III (D-Chicago) provided commentary to the public, following the guilty verdict read Tuesday to Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Chauvin was charged in the death of Floyd, a Black man who died after Chauvin kne...

RI Dept. Of Health Awarded $1.4M To Study COVID-19 Variants Patch 6 hrs ago Rachel Nunes © Rachel Nunes/Patch The department estimates that more than half of the new cases of coronavirus in the state are a "variant of concern." PROVIDENCE, RI — As more transmissible, dangerous variants of COVID-19 become more prevalent in Rhode Island, the states Department of Health was awarded $1.4 million in federal funding to expand genome testing and mutation identification efforts. ...

Noir Creators Space Spotlights Black Owned Businesses, Creatives Patch 2 hrs ago Claudia Alvarez © Rachel Nunes/Patch The outdoor, open air market will feature 30 Pflugerville BIPOC-owned businesses offering a range of great products and unique goods. PFLUGERVILLE, TX—The Pflugerville community will have an opportunity to support local and BIPOC-owned businesses offering a range of products and goods from hair care, beauty, wellness and more! Noir Creators Space Open Mark...

5 Towns, 1 Book: Sound Shore Libraries Join Forces For Book Club Patch 2 hrs ago Jeff Edwards © Rachel Nunes/Patch The selection for the Five Towns: One Book events will be Caste by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson. Westchester County, NY — Five Sound Shore towns in Westchester are joining together to read a single book this month. A virtual discussion of the book will include library cardholders from New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Harrison and Rye dur...

Crosstown Upper East Side Bike Lanes Stump Community Board Again Patch 2 days ago Nick Garber © Department of Transportation Temporary bike lanes have been in place on East 61st and 62nd streets since September, running between Fifth and York avenues. The city is seeking to make them permanent. UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The citys wish to permanently install two crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side left a community board panel divided this week for the second time, furt...

Ashley HomeStore Helps Make New Home For Disabled Veteran Patch 6 hrs ago Morgan Reddekopp © Beth Dalbey/Patch The project is through Tunnels to Towers, which has provided hundreds of mortgage free homes to families of fallen first responders and military throughout the U.S. WOODBURY, MN— Ashley Homestore in Woodbury helped a disabled veteran and his family make a home, the stores news release said. The stores manager Susan Jacquart knew she had to help out as soon as she...

Brookline Turkeys To Be Featured In Documentary On Turkey Town Patch 2 hrs ago Jenna Fisher © Jenna Fisher/Patch The film will examine human-animal relationships with the natural world and how people adjust as that evolves, said the Brookline filmmmaker. BROOKLINE, MA — If youve lived in Brookline for any amount of time youve likely had an encounter with them, or know someone who has: The wild flock of Brookline turkeys has attacked mail carriers, the animals have stood g...