In other top stories this evening: new, more contagious version of COVID-19 found in Chicago; Kane County gets housing grant, but more needed to help struggling renters; and more. 

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Also happening today, the operators of four restaurants in the far northern suburbs and Gurnee area say they are opening their doors to indoor customers starting today; a northwest suburban high school is feeding the needy the old-fashioned way; there's new information about some questionable spending in south suburban Chicago Heights; and much more.

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Also happening today, school officials in Evanston-Skokie District 65 are getting death threats over efforts to improve achievement of black students; some north suburban restaurants say they will defy Governor Pritzker's order against indoor dining and will offer limited indoor service; and much more.

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In other top stories this evening: More than 6,600 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois; Batavia doughnut shop rebounds after social-media post; and more. 

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Also happening today, a north suburban fisherman who said he was injured on Lake Michigan last July when Navy recruits came to his aid is frustrated that the government seems to be passing the buck and ignoring his claim; a suburban minor league baseball team is asking for a break on ballpark rent; as Illinois high school athletes watch the time grow shorter for them to get their seasons in, the IHSA puts off setting a schedule for winter and spring sports to begin; and much more.

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Also happening today, a changing of the guard in the Illinois legislature, longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan is out, west suburban state Rep. Chris Welch is in; murder charges have been filed against a teenage in a fatal attempted carjacking last month in Bridgeport; and much more.

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In other top news tonight: Illinois House elects first Black House Speaker; NIU professor writes book about humanity's potentially premature end; and more. 

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Also happening today, the 20-foot-tall letters spelling 'TRUMP' on the President's downtown building along the Chicago River could be removed under a plan by a Northwest Side alderman; faculty, staff, and administrators at Evangelical Wheaton College are weighing in on the use of Christian symbols last week by insurrectionists in the nation's Capitol; and much more.

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In other top stories tonight: State's top doctor gets her first vaccine shot; Chicago restaurants group calls for end of indoor dining ban; and more. 

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Also happening today, public health officials in Indiana confirm the new variant of the coronavirus has shown up there and they’re asking people to redouble efforts to protect themselves and others; teachers in Elgin area school district U-46 held a protest Monday night on the return to in-person learning; Illinois may soon have its first black Speaker of the House; and much more.

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