Charged with DUI, Des Plaines alderman s court appearance delayed until after election Des Plaines Alderman Mark Lysakowski was arrested in Mount Prospect in January 2021. Courtesy of Mount Prospect Police Dept.
Updated 3/8/2021 5:21 PM
A court appearance for a Des Plaines alderman charged with driving under the influence has been delayed one month to a date after the April 6 local election.
First Ward Alderman Mark Lysakowski had been scheduled to appear in the Rolling Meadows branch of Cook County circuit court Monday. But the hearing was postponed until April 8, a court officer said.
The case was delayed to give Lysakowski s attorney, Frank DiFranco, more time to collect reports, video and other evidence, DiFranco said Monday afternoon.
Their happiness will never be forgotten : Des Plaines family grieves crash victims Seen in this collage photo are Georgina Perez Gomez of Des Plaines, along with her son Francisco Javier Flores Perez, left, and her husband Francisco Flores Rodriguez, right. The couple and their son were killed in a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning in Mount Prospect Courtesy of Danfer Flores
Mount Prospect police are investigating a deadly two-vehicle crash Sunday morning that killed three and left wreckage scattered across Rand Road. Steve Zalusky | Staff Photographer Family are grieving the loss of Georgina Perez Gomez and her husband Francisco Flores Rodriguez of Des Plaines, along with their adult son. They were killed Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash in Mount Prospect.
Des Plaines mass vaccination site to open Friday Elgin resident Patrick Rich receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Audra Chambers during a January clinic at Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital. Courtesy of Northwestern Medicine/Shaw Media
Updated 3/5/2021 6:19 AM
Illinois has received over 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and administered more than 3 million shots, officials reported Thursday, as registration opened for mass clinics in Des Plaines and the United Center in Chicago amid high demand from anxious seniors.
On Wednesday, 93,302 more people received COVID-19 shots, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported.
The seven-day vaccination average is now at 78,942.
The United Center site, a federal facility open to all Illinoisans, is accepting people age 65 and older exclusively for inoculations through 4 p.m. Sunday.
Updated 3/4/2021 6:37 AM
A new mass vaccination site opening in Des Plaines later this week will be the first location in the state to use the new single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to inoculate residents, health care and essential workers. This is the first large-scale vaccination site to use it, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Wednesday at a news conference from the facility at 1155 E. Oakton St., which once housed a Kmart store. That means we can more quickly get the vaccine into the arms of residents, and protect our communities and loved ones.
State officials announced Tuesday that 83,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would be shipped to Illinois later this week.
Illinois has received over 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and given over 3 million shots. Des Plaines mass vaccination site set to open Friday. The state reported 1,740 new cases and 42 more deaths from the respiratory disease.