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Subscribe This afternoon will be partly sunny with a high around 17 degrees. Tonight’s low will be near -1 with wind chill values as low as -8 degrees. More snow is in the forecast for tomorrow; the high will be around 20 degrees. Top story The severe winter weather wreaking havoc on sidewalks and roadways across Illinois will disrupt COVID-19 vaccination and testing efforts statewide for the rest of the week, officials said today. Shots and swabs were put on hold at city-run sites after more than a foot of snow blanketed parts of Chicago, and the brutal conditions gripping the entire Midwest will also delay vaccine shipments coming from the federal government “over the upcoming days,” according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. ....
Larry Merritt/Chicago Fire Department A wistful Chicago Fire Commissioner Richard C. Ford II presided over his final graduation ceremony Tuesday before he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 63 that will force him to step down in April. Mayor Lori Lightfoot has spent the last several months searching for Ford’s $217,728-a-year replacement. His last day on the job will be April 2. The retiring commissioner didn’t dwell on the changing of the guard during Tuesday’s graduation ceremony at the Robert J. Quinn Fire Academy, 558 W. DeKoven St. that was another eerie, socially distanced affair, due to the coronavirus pandemic. ....
Truevillian recently marked his 20th anniversary with the Chicago Fire Department. This is a loss to our family, this is a loss to his family, said Chicago Fire Commissioner Richard Ford. Truevillian was sick for several weeks before his death at the age of 55. Friends remembered him as a devoted husband and father to his four children. His family is devastated by the loss. COVID restrictions limited the number of people inside to attend the funeral service, so it was streamed online for everyone to watch. Outside the funeral home, Truevillian s ambulance, No. 71, was parked with purple bunting. After the funeral, a long line of police cars with flashing blue lights led the procession to the cemetery. ....