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Robert Kinghorn: Tonight I met the Lord and I denied Him By Robert Kinghorn April 4, 2021
Despite the promise of spring in the air, the day had turned windy and blustery, cutting sharply through the heavy jacket I reserve for evenings such as these on the street.
My first stop was at one of the pop-up tent villages which has emerged during the life of the COVID pandemic. I have come to know the lives of the dozen or so people who live there, and much of the struggles they have had in getting and keeping suitable housing.
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A location move of less than 1,100 feet is about to make a world of difference for the Zen Leaf marijuana dispensary in St. Charles.
The city s plan commission on Tuesday approved a request from Healthway Services of West Illinois LLC, which operates Zen Leaf, to move from its current location in the St. Charles Commons office complex at 3714 Illinois Ave. to a former Jared Jewelry store in the Main Street Commons shopping center at 3691 E. Main St.
The distance between the sites is only two-tenths of a mile, but the move to a prominent shopping center at the southeast corner of Kirk Road and Main Street is a massive change for the dispensary that opened in 2015 as a medicinal facility but began selling recreational marijuana last year out of its office complex unit.
The Department of Homeland Security issued an alert for a "heightened threat" of a domestic terror attack just weeks after the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol ahead of President Joe Biden's inauguration.
Pierre Thomas has more on a warning from the FBI about possible armed protests planned in all 50 states over the next 10 days.
Ed Farrell, the former Deputy US Marshal in Chicago, said regular law enforcement will need National Guard backup at some locations. There s obviously a big effort to stop and deter these actors before they become operational, which is going to be big, Farrell said. They re going to be gathering intelligence on these individuals, they will be surveilling these individuals. And if they re able to get probable cause to arrest them, I would imagine you re going to see some arrests of bad actors. Additionally, I think you re going to see an elevated security presence at all government facilities, they re going to limit access to the buildings, they re going to put up barricades, they re going to close doors. Things to prevent people from coming in during this elevated risk time.
Authorities are bracing for potential violence at California's state Capitol building amid warnings from the FBI of the possibility of attacks at all 50 state capitals leading up to Inauguration of Day.