Also in the news: Illinois Secretary of State offices are starting to reopen today; opponents of vaccine mandates protested in Highland Park yesterday - ahead of a city council meeting that's set for tonight; several suspects are in custody this morning -- following a "major drug bust" in Kenosha County; and much more. 

In other news: the Chicago land area received a fresh coating of snow overnight; one person dead and one in critical condition after a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood; activists are calling for union workers to shut down the C-T-A,  if former Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke is paroled from prison next month; and much more.

In other news: One person is dead, six other wounded in overnight shootings across Chicago; In Chicago’s Loop, pedestrian activity at its highest since the beginning of the pandemic. The latest stats from December; Video shows a silver car getting slammed into by a red sport-utility vehicle and then crashing into someone’s yard in the Back of the Yards neighborhood; and much more 

In other top stories tonight: Chicago cops being invited to move and work elsewhere; Evanston official is targeting aggressive panhandling; Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor Riccardo Muti is back in town and taking his world-class musicians around the region; and more.

Also in the news: the Illinois Tollway is extending amnesty for violations; the latest on the Chicago Bears' search for a new coach and general manager; Mayor Lightfoot shows her support for CPD Superintendent David Brown; and much more.