In other top stories: FOP president clashes with 3 Chicago aldermen; Indiana has unclaimed property for the claiming; robots will help fast food industry in the labor crunch; and more.

Also in the news: Metra employees speak out about being put on unpaid leave for not getting COVID shots; a Florida sheriff says a retired Cook County judge was arrested for attempting to hire a prostitute; Jussie Smollett is free on bond after serving less than a week of his five month jail sentence; and much more. 

In other top news: Restaurant group chides U.S. senators for not supporting assistance package; students walk out of classes in south suburb; aldermanic attempt to hold meeting on vaccine mandate fizzles; and more. 

Also in the news: a website has named west suburban Naperville as the best city in the U-S to raise a family; a movement is growing to ask the National Archives to destroy secretly-recorded tapes of Martin Luther King Jr.; Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx has decided to not file charges against the Chicago police officers who killed Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez last year; and much more. 

In other top stories: Indiana official hopes new law will discourage catalytic converter thefts; top official at the Illinois Tollway resigns; immersive exhibit celebrates Ukrainian artist, poet; and more.

Also in the news: we have an update this morning on two strikes by Chicago-area teachers; a NASCAR Cup Series at a racetrack in Madison, Illinois near St. Louis now has an official sponsor, courtesy of the state of Illinois; charges have been filed in the case of a pre-school aged boy who "accidentally shot to death" his own mother in the south suburbs; and much more.