In other stories tonight: the opening of the Maggie Daley Ice Skating Ribbon is just nine days away; a west suburban home that's suspected of being haunted is attracting unwanted guests and the owners say it feels like an open house; marketing executives at Bloomington-based State Farm say Aaron Rodgers is still on their team despite recent comments tied to his positive COVID-19 test; O'Hare is an International Airport once again, now that the pandemic restrictions on foreign travelers has come to an end; and much more.

Also in the news: more than 58-thousand dollars has been raised for a Bensenville police officer and his family. The officer is in a medically-induced coma after being shot a number of times over the weekend; at least 49 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend....leaving nine of them dead; a local restaurant known for "attitude..." is roasting a football rival; and much more.

In other news: Two Chicago men are now behind bars, accused of trying to carjack a woman at gunpoint in Downers Grove; An estimated 3 hundred tons of jack-o-lanterns were smashed and recycled at several dozen recycling events across the Chicago area; People being released from Illinois prisons will soon carry a special card that may help them on the outside; and much more.

In other stories: While Illinois student test scores declined last year during virtual learning, there was an uptick in students completing Advanced Placement, dual credit and career prep courses; A Chicago man from the Kenwood community is now charged in the stabbing death of 19-year-old a pregnant woman; As deer hunting season approaches, some hunters are having trouble finding ammunition; and much more.

In other stories tonight: a month after a man was shot and killed by a Chicago Police officer during a domestic dispute, attorneys representing his family are revealing new information about the officer; Will County sheriff’s deputies say an 18-year-old man is in custody after Sunday's mass shooting at a Halloween party in Joliet Township that killed two 22-year-olds and wounded nine other people; this morning, Chicago's official Christmas tree was cut down in Logan Square; as deer hunting season approaches, some hunters are having trouble finding ammunition; and much more.

Also in the news: Chicago and Cook County are now offering many options for COVID-19 vaccinations for children between the ages of five-and-11; a local expert on labor law has advice for employers and workers in light of the new federal vaccination mandate for large companies; Chicago's official Christmas tree will be cut down this morning; and much more.

In other stories tonight: parents in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood found out today how the city's planning to rebuild the playground at their neighborhood school, after an arsonist destroyed it; five more convictions tied to a corrupt former Chicago police officer were tossed today; investigators with the Will County Sheriff’s Office are looking to interview more people who were at a Halloween party in in Joliet Township on Saturday night where gunfire killed two people and wounded others; a male juror has been dismissed today in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial after making a joke to a deputy about Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot by Kenosha police; and much more.

Also in the news: three-years ago Northwest siders were celebrating the installation of safe new playground equipment at Nixon Elementary School. Now...it's destroyed; an alliance of Chicago restaurants is making a nationwide pitch for federal relief for many more restaurants that have been helped to recover from COVID-19 losses up to now; a money squabble of sorts arose at yesterday's meeting of the Regional Transportation Authority Board; and much more.

In other stories tonight: the former Oak Park resident who made international news back in 2014 when police in Bali arrested her for the murder of her mother is back in custody in the United States; jurors at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial today viewed video that captured scenes of protesters and the sound of gunfire on a Kenosha street; advocates for victims of sexual harassment have been watching closely as the Chicago Park District comes to grips with a scandal involving lifeguards; and much more.

Also in the news: a domestic incident involving two Chicago Police Officers left one dead last night; the "People Mover" trains at O'Hare Airport are back in operation today; Public health leaders in Illinois are looking at COVID-19 numbers every day -- as they weigh whether to end the state's indoor mask requirement; testimony is now underway in the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse - the Illinois teenager charged with shooting three people  - killing two of them - during protests in Wisconsin during August of 2020; and much more.