Also happening today ...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is not happy that the head of Chicago's the Police Union walked out of contract talks with the City this week 

Debt tied to COVID-19 could delay a massive project at a Chicago airport...

The FBI is on the trail of someone they call a serial bank robber in Chicago and the burbs. 

 

 

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In other top stories this evening: Extra COVID restrictions lifted in Kankakee and Will counties; homecoming for one high school is in a parking lot; and more. 

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Also happening today, an alleged carjacking ended with one person being killed in a hit and run accident on the Eisenhower Expressway; one person is dead after a collision in northwest suburban Wauconda this morning; Michigan residents and visitors are being urged to take precautions against mosquitos because of a potentially fatal illness carried by the insect; and much more.

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Also happening today, new undergraduate students from Illinois with family incomes below $64,000 can attend Southern Illinois University tuition-free starting next fall; a northwest suburban school district is making a move towards in-person learning; a 30-40 pound tortoise reported missing from a home in southwest suburban Shorewood has been reunited with its owners; and much more.

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In other top stories this evening: Roselle considers crackdown on short-term rentals after fatal shooting; $50,000 reward still stands in the unsolved 2017 murder of college professor; and more. 

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Also happening today, a 30-year-old man brought the remains of his dismembered girlfriend to south suburban Markham from Kentucky and authorities are looking for a Hammond bank robber. 

 

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In other top stories this evening: NU president OK with return to Big Ten football; Jewish holidays will be different this year; and more. 

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Also happening today a 61-year-old woman is being treated in the hospital this morning after being hit by a red pickup truck that plowed into a bus stop in the South Loop; e day after the Cook County Democratic Party slatemakers declined to endorse Judge Michael Toomin for retention, the county’s chief judge is getting involved - and is apparently defending Toomin; online sports betting in Illinois was taking off even before the start of the football season; and much more.

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In other top stories this evening: 'Open House Chicago' pivots during pandemic; Metra tries to woo back riders with new campaign; Chicago updates it's so-called quarantine list for other states; and more. 

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Also happening today, as remote learning continues, Mayor Lightfoot said Chicago Public Schools are making every effort to ensure student don't fall behind; an extra-alarm fire near the Loop this morning left six people injured; a Fort Wayne man has earned the rank of Eagle Scout at the age of 80; and much more.

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