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🌱 2 Area Students Named Rhodes Scholars + COVID-19 Threat Level Rises

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Good morning! In your latest copy of the Chicago Daily:

  • 🚌 16 injured after school bus carrying local hockey team hit by semi
  • 🎓 Two Chicago area students among latest U.S. Rhodes scholars
  • 🥕 Whole Foods Market officially closes Englewood location

But first, how much would Kevin McCallister's grocery order in "Home Alone" cost today? Find out here.

The weather:

Chilly with thickening clouds. High: 42 Low: 34.

Top 5 stories in Chicago:

1) Chicago, Cook County COVID-19 threat level rises to medium. The city and county were at low threat since late September. However, the area's risk level has risen. Chicago is now seeing 107 new laboratory-confirmed cases and 7.1 new hospital admissions per 100,000 people within the last week. Cook County has 113 new cases and 10.3 hospital admissions per 100,000 people. Only 13% of Chicagoans 5 and older have gotten the new, updated COVID-19 vaccine.

Chicago Tribune

2) 16 injured after school bus carrying St. Ignatius hockey team hit by semi. A 58-year-old truck driver has been charged with operating while intoxicated resulting in serious bodily injury, a level five felony, after the Warsaw, Indiana crash. The St. Ignatius College Prep junior varsity hockey team had just played at Culver Military Academy and was headed to a hotel at the time of the crash. At least one student was ejected from the bus and three people suffered injuries considered "very critical."

Chicago Patch

3) This Chicago bar stocks more than 1,200 pieces of glassware. After, a new cocktail lounge from chef Curtis Duffy and sommelier Michael Muser, is particular about the vessels holding its fancy drinks. "We always try to pay close attention to the tactile things guests interact with—things they touch, things they feel," Muser said. With that in mind, the team at the city's most lavish new bar prioritized their glassware early in the menu-development process.

Eater Chicago

4) Whole Foods Market closes Englewood location after 6 years. The 832 W. 63rd St. location, which was once a point of optimism and pride in the South Side neighborhood, closed permanently yesterday. A new grocery tenant has not yet been announced for Englewood Square, an area often considered a food desert. The 18,000-square-foot store opened in 2016, and required almost $11 million city subsidy for site preparation.

NBC Chicago

5) Two students from Chicago area among 32 latest U.S. Rhodes scholars. The 2023 class of 32 scholars was elected entirely virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the scholars are two from the Chicago area: Irena Petryk of Morton Grove, a student at Northwestern; and Lauren Kim of Chicago, who attends Harvard University. Scholars are expect to begin studies at the University of Oxford in England in October.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Today in Chicago:

  • "Downton Abbey: A New Era" at Avalon Branch Library (5:00 PM)
  • "Drop Dead Fred" at Mayfair Branch Library (6:00 PM)
  • Week of Italian Cuisine in the World Kick Off at Swissotel Chicago (6:00 PM)
  • Music and Sports Trivia Night at Reggies (6:00 PM)
  • Civic Orchestra Open Rehearsal at Chicago Symphony Orchestra (7:00 PM)
  • JXDN at Subterranean (7:00 PM)
  • SRSQ at Epiphany Center For The Arts (7:30 PM)
  • Nightly with Vaultboy at Lincoln Hall (8:00 PM)
  • Dora Jar, Sam Austins at Schubas (8:00 PM)
  • Platform 29.0 Asijah Marie Edition at The Promontory (8:00 PM)
  • The Fundamental Kink with Anything Is Everything at Beat Kitchen (8:00 PM)
  • The Monday Musicquarium with D2H at Punch House (9:00 PM)

Social chatter:

  • Bulls City Edition jersey: "The 🏀 Chicago Bulls 🏀 unveiled the 2022-2023 version of their City Edition jersey which pays homage to the city's architecture. ⁠ ⁠ Here's a breakdown of the symbolism:" (Chicago Architecture Center via Instagram)
  • Toy drive: "A mother whose 9-year-old was shot to death two years ago is holding her third toy drive for the neighborhood." (Block Club Chicago via Facebook)
  • Cuerdas Clasicas 46th Anniversary Gala: "Join our friends Cuerdas Clasicas for their 46th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, November 19th at 6:30 pm. The evening features performances by Estudiantina Tuna de Oro de Guanajuato and Mariachi Sirenas, dinner, drinks, an exciting silent auction, and lots of dancing." (National Museum of Mexican Art via Facebook)
  • Free Food Market: "The Free Food Market limits waste by allowing recipients to pick up items they'll actually enjoy, the market director said." (Block Club Chicago via Facebook)

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— Nicole Cvetnic

About me: I'm a Midwesterner and very happy to call Chicagoland home. I love the outdoors—especially hiking, performing arts, photography, good food, travel and gardening. You can often find me reading to my two-year-old daughter, watching a tv series with my husband or cuddling with our special needs dog.

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