Other news this morning includes: Metra is expanding its commuter services, Little Village residents got government-issued IDs, more is being learned about a fatal shooting in front of Cook County Jail. 

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Nine people were injured in a crash on I-290. Other news includes shootings outside Cook County Jail and in Romeoville, body cams for Indiana State Police, Chicago activists protesting in Indiana, and a mysterious illness that has been harming backyard birds in Illinois and Indiana.

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Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown says the shooting death of a man in a confrontation with officers and a federal marshal on the West Side is just the latest example of how the Cook County courts are too lenient. And in other news, there are jobs at the Brookfield Zoo, which is paying bonuses, McHenry County is extending and expanding its COVID-19 relief program for renters, and Chicago’s oldest continuously-operating food pantry is getting its own building.

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In other top stories: Visitor to Chicago hit with federal drug-trafficking charges; longtime food pantry has new home on Lincoln Avenue; high end restaurant closes after failing to negotiate new lease; and more.

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Also happening today, a Chicago Public Schools principal, who was shot over the Fourth of July holiday, is expected to make a full recovery; more than 500 women who are current and former employees of the Cook County Sheriff's Department are attempting to join a lawsuit against the sheriff's office and the county; Governor Pritzker said he is going to ban local jails from detaining people facing deportation by signing the Illinois Way Forward Act into law; and much more.

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In other top stories, Chicago police are facing hiring issues, an arrest made in the case involving two A-T-F agents and a Chicago police officer, and two utitlity workers save the lives of stuck ducks 

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In other top stories: DuPage County's vaccination rate is better than national average; Chicago alderwoman pleads not guilty to corruption charges; Aurora looks at toughening fireworks ordinance; and more. 

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Also happening today, investigators are still looking into the intention of an Iowa man who was caught with a semi-automatic rifle in a hotel room overlooking the Ohio Street Beach remain unclear and his legal troubles didn’t appear to be of concern when he was released on bond; butterflies are going to play a major role in the reopening of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum after it was closed to visitors for 15 months because of the pandemic; the first vaccine lottery winners are going to be announced today; and much more.

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in other top stories: the case of the Iowa man found with semi-automatic rifle in a hotel gets a weirder, two federal agents and one Chicago police officer are injured while under cover

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In other top stories: Chicago alderman says criminals have "upped the ante" by targeting cops; President Biden stops in Crystal Lake; CPS announces plan to vaccinate eligible students; and more. 

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