In other stories: Chicago aldermen usually are the key deciders of whether developments get approved in their wards, but a Northwest Side alderman may soon find that aldermanic privilege pulled from under him; Three new retailers are coming to the State Street shopping district; A new partnership between the University of Chicago and the City Colleges aims to provide more opportunities for black and Latino students in the STEM fields; and much more.

Also in the news tonight: Chicago Public Schools will distribute about 150,000 take-home COVID-19 test kits to more than 3-hundred schools in communities that have been highly impacted by the pandemic; the city today added California and Mississippi to its list of states covered by its COVID-19 travel advisory which calls for unvaccinated visitors to quarantine if they don't test negative; police in Chicago's suburbs have been called out to investigate at least five school shooting threats in the last week; Governor Pritzker is shrugging off a national news report that suggests he's a possible candidate for President in 2024; an Elgin man is charged with attempted murder in connection with a Logan Square stabbing police have connected to other attacks where a machete was used; and much more.

Also in the news: City leaders are taking a new approach in the fight against the leading cause of opioid overdoses in Chicago; A Chicago City Council committee has approved sports books at professional sports venues; The Mayor is pushing aside any concerns about at-times searing work-related texts she's sent over the past couple of years, which became public last week; Chicago police are investigating the shooting of a man in a supermarket parking lot on the Southwest Side; and much more.

Also in the news: two Niles middle schoolers have now been charged in connection with a pair of school shooting threats; the mother of Illinois State University grad student Jelani Day has repeatedly called for federal involvement in the investigation into what led to her son's drowning death in the Illinois River last summer; there's no response yet from Cook County sheriff Tom Dart to word of a potential challenge in June's Democratic primary from someone who used to work for him; and much more.

Also in the news: A wrongful police raid nearly three years ago could end in a multi million dollar settlement; Hunger free America found that more than one million Illinois residents live in food insecure homes; six people confirmed dead after tornado struck Amazon facility in Edwardsville; North Central College in Naperville has advanced to the STAG bowl to compete for the division three football championship; Bears coach Matt Nagy joins for a conversation about the loss against Green Bay; and much more.

In other stories tonight: a prayer vigil was held for a Chinatown local after they were murdered in broad daylight, charges have been filed for a man who killed a 17-year-old, a new ward map was discussed at a rules committee meeting, a Massachusetts man was arrested for the murder of a Riverside and Danville resident, a Joliet man charged with killing his uncle and disposed the body at a cemetery and more.

In other stories tonight: one of last weekend's violent incidents put a CTA bus driver in the hospital in critical condition; Chicago's effort to look into the future of a proposed metal shredder planned for the Southeast side is coming in for new criticism today;  A former director of Aurora's Hesed House shelter is talking and writing about a decade-and-a half of speaking with homeless people across the United States; a man is now facing felony charges for punching a police officer in unincorporated Libertyville overnight; and much more.

Also in the news: Actor Jussie Smollett found guilty on five disorderly conduct charges; Paws Chicago host adopt-a-thon; Kane County Health Department closes Batavia vaccination hub; An approval for sports betting in Chicago language is in the City Council; and much more.

Also in the news: it's been a sign of spring for years, but producers of Chicago's annual new boat show say they've been forced to cancel next year's exhibition because no one has any boats to exhibit; a state lawmaker who represents parts of the northwest suburbs found out how unpopular his COVID-19 bill was when he started getting death threats; being a teenager or the parent of a teenager is never easy but it's especially difficult during a time of pandemic and social media pressure; and much more.

Also in the news: A private animal shelter in Naperville is warning donors their credit card numbers may have been compromised when thieves broke into a  mailbox; Patients at Morris Hospital in the far Southwest suburbs will only be allowed one visitor at a time starting today due to the surging number of COVID cases; Jurors will be back at work this morning in the Jussie Smollett * hate crime hoax trial in Chicago; The Chicago Department of Public Health is issuing an alert about what appears to be an outbreak of a sexually-transmitted disease in a Far South Side neighborhood; and much more.