And some other news this morning: Five people are hospitalized in a two-car crash this morning on Du Sable Lake Shore Drive. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is joining a nationwide effort calling a federal ban on the sale of handguns to anyone under 21. Joliet will be going to a new place for water. There is a new visitor center at the Pullman Factory on the south side. Defense attorneys are building a case for clemency for Christopher Vaughn. A new data dashboard in Lake County, and a famous civil rights leader is being remembered in the western suburbs.

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In other top news this morning:  DuSable Lake Shore Drive is closed this morning for bike the drive; a Merrillville teacher was arrested last week for alleged drunk driving at a lunch break; and more. 

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In other top news tonight: St. Charles Park District will preserve beloved "rocket slide," but will retire it; gas station clerk alerts cops when man buys fuel with a small fortune in gift cards; and more. 

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Also happening today, state and local health officials are closely monitoring COVID numbers and they think they may be starting to level off; the local music festival scene is coming back to life; Indiana's largest hospital system will stop all in-patient, non-emergency surgeries because of the COVID surge; and much more.

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Also happening today, DuPage Medical Group is facing a lawsuit by two people who claim the physicians group should do more to protect patient information; more self-serve options may be coming soon to O'Hare; and much more.

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In other top stories tonight: Chicago Police officer accused of battering carjacking suspect; United Center to require vaccination proof or negative COVID test; and more. 

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Also happening today, Unions that represent Chicago teachers and other CPS workers said the school system and the mayor continue to drag their feet on making schools as COVID safe as possible; Indiana's governor hopes a new COVID quarantine policy gets more schools to adopt face masks in classrooms; a 17-year-old boy is now charged after a 13-year-old boy was killed in an apparent accidental shooting; and much more.

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Here are the top stories happening this afternoon: Chicago police said a worker at a Chase Bank branch in River North is in critical condition after being stabbed in the neck around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday; city leaders acknowledge that August was violent in Chicago with 78 homicides reported and bringing the yearly total to more than 500 so far; a new effort is underway to try to find dozens of people who’ve been missing for three or more years since 1930 in Cook County; and much more.

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Also happening today, a 4-year-old girl is listed in good condition after being shot in the arm yesterday afternoon; a northwest Indiana man is accused by investigators of burning a coworker severely at a pizza restaurant; a bond hearing is scheduled for today for a man charged with shooting towards officers near Chicago police headquarters; and much more.

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Also happening today, fallen Officer Ella French's mother wrote a thank you letter to her community yesterday; state police are still investigating an incident at a mobile home park in downstate Normal on Monday that left three people dead; and much more.

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