Also in the news; today marks the start of Chicago's six-week "fall bridge-lift" season; a 50-year-old woman is facing federal wire fraud and I-D theft charges; Chicago's top health official is updating corona virus numbers in the city, citing an "improving picture'; and much more.

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Also in the news; A 21-year-old man is dead after shooting in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood; the Obamas came back to the old neighborhood -- for a ceremonial groundbreaking on the site of the presidential center that bears their name, but advocates for people in the neighborhood around Jackson Park say they're already seeing evidence of gentrification in the area around Woodlawn; the Illinois Attorney General has teamed up with States Attorneys from DuPage and Cook County to indict six people in connection with what they describe as a well-organized ring of car thieves; and much more.

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Also happening today; the Board of Education in Evanston/Skokie District 65 heard from the teachers' union last night. The union is concerned with COVID protocols and workload issues; there are demands the Chicago Public Schools do more to protect students and staff from COVID; Chicago’s bike-sharing program is "cruising into new territory; and much more. 

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Also in the news; there are demands that the Chicago Public Schools do more to protect students and staff from COVID; a food delivery driver was shot and killed last night while making a delivery on Chicago's near West Side; Indiana State Troopers were involved in three high-speed pursuits over a span of five-hours yesterday; and more. 

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In other top stories tonight: Chicago's top cop briefs civic group on crime situation in the city; dam to be removed in Batavia; Chicago's city clerk wants to move more council business onto electronic platforms; and more. 

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Also in the news; a 45-year old Naperville man had been shot to death and a 27-year old Chicago man stabbed in an incident in Evanston on Sunday; University of Illinois System trustees have approved a seven-point-one-billion dollar budget for this school year; the trial of a Northwestern University professor accused in a grisly murder in a River North apartment in 2017 is expected to start today; a high school student in Lemont now has a new best friend, and the whole community is celebrating; and much more. 

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Also in the news; the family of an 18-year old woman who was shot and killed on the southwest side over the weekend says she was a beautiful soul with a bright future ahead; Northwestern University is investigating allegations that people were drugged without their knowledge at a couple of campus fraternity houses last week; former Northwestern professor Wyndham Lathem is accused of stabbing his boyfriend to death as part of what prosecutors say was a "sexual fantasy" that he shared with another man who was charged in the case; the Chicago-based *American Library Association* is drawing attention to "censorship attempts" - during *Banned Books Week, and much more.

   

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In other top stories tonight: Railroad crossing snarls have improved markedly, Southwest Side alderman says; Naperville officials will break ground on new veterans memorial; Chicago city budget hearings get underway; and more. 

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Also in the news today; City workers will spend the next few weeks fortifying a North Side beach that has been battered by waves and storms; A Chicago police investigation is underway after a pair of 16-year-old boys showed up to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park with gunshot wounds around 7 this morning; Hoosier State residents in the 2-1-9 and 5-7-4 area codes will have to use ten digits instead of seven to make local calls starting October 24th; and much more.

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Also in the news today; police are seeking help in identifying the shooters in a pair of incidents involving Simeon students this week; Josh Liss updates the day's news in sports; Mayor Lightfoot seeks a 77% vaccination rate with new initiative; and much more.

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