In other top stories: Suburban water supplies tainted by chemical; Illinois Republicans slam justice reform package one year after it passes; newspaper delivery woman's vehicle stolen, with kids inside; and more. 

Also in the news: the federal infrastructure bill includes 225-million dollars for the Brandon Road Lock and Dam project on the Des Plaines River in Joliet. It's designed to keep invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan and the rest of the Great Lakes; a Cook County judge...caught on a "live" microphone making disparaging comments about an attorney last week...is off the bench while he undergoes sensitivity training; Chicago’s top health official is announcing that the city has moved past "the worst of the Omicron-driven wave of Covid* - after hitting its high during the first week of this month; and much more.

In other top stories tonight: Chicago officials say the peak of Omicron has passed; activists hit the streets to stir interest in murder of hair stylist; Joliet officials question drug-rehab project; and more. 

Also in the news: children made up most of the nine shooting victims in Chicago yesterday. One of them was killed; a ceremony celebrating the best of Chicago’s music scene is set to return this year; seven community improvement projects are getting one-and-a-half million dollars each in Mayor Lightfoot’s competition designed to help put people *in control of their neighborhoods; and much more. 

Other top stories include Mayor Lori Lightfoot having her first press conference after being  in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 and taking about going to a meeting in Washington D.C & activists on the south side are fighting to keep the city from granting a permit for a relocated metal recycling to continue operations