Teacher, 39, Fights For Life In COVID-19 Battle | PatchPM

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Teacher Battling COVID-19 On Life Support

Family says Cherie Garza, 39, intended to get vaccinated before school started, but contracted the virus in July.

Maskless Man Charged With Trespassing At District 202 Meeting

Citing PTSD, he told Patch he feels wearing a mask "causes me more actual harm than I would to anyone else if I didn't wear a mask" and that he has "zero reason to believe" he has ever had COVID-19. The district says he refused to leave despite being asked several times.

Field Of Dreams 2: Cubs Will Face Reds Next Year, Reports Say

While next year's participants haven't officially been announced by MLB, Cubs manager David Ross may have let the cat out of the bag about his team's involvement last week during a media session at Wrigley Field.

Nursing Home Pays $360,000 Judgement As Restitution To Government

A nursing home and its affiliate settled lawsuits alleging the nursing facility defrauded Medicare and Medicaid for 8 years.

Firefighter Bitten Rescuing 15 Cats From Burning Evanston House

"The firefighter was bit by a cat," an official said, "in trying to extricate one of the animals."

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• Illinois Father Fears For Family In Afghanistan
• Home Built In 1861 For Town's First Mayor Sells For $2.5M
• Missing Man With Dementia Sought In Wheaton: Police
• Craft Beers, Food Trucks, Music Set For Naperville Ale Fest
• Shots Fired Report: Police Search For 4 People
• New Numbers In Cook, Will Counties Will Get New 464 Area Code
• Chicago Mask Mandate Issued
• West Nile Contracted By Man In His 70s

Across America

• Police Officer Killed In Pentagon Attack Laid To Rest In Brooklyn
• COVID-19 Surge Means More 911 Calls Than Ambulances Can Handle

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