Also happening today, it appears the only way Chicago Bears fans will be able to get their Bears fix this season for home games will be on WBBM Newsradio and TV - there will be no fans in the stands at Soldier Field; the state of Illinois has launched an online COVID-19 hotspot map for travelers; the body of Illinois residents have been recovered from Lake Michigan after drowning at Indiana beaches in separate incidents; and much more.

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In other top stories this evening: Metro East will see new restrictions amid COVID spike; protesters became violent against police, top cop says; and more. 

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Also happening this morning: Illinois delegates meet virtually ahead of this week's Democratic National Convention, felony charges are filed against a man in connection with an incident at a weekend protest and a Lake County sheriff’s deputy is among two people hurt after a police car was involved in a collision in north suburban Beach Park.

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Also happening today, the virtual Democratic National Convention gets underway tonight, Illinois' delegation got together online yesterday to prepare; its back to school today for thousands of students in Chicagoland - most of them not returning to schools, at least not yet; and much more.

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And other stories: Just a day after its grand reopening, the famous Long Grove Covered Bridge has been damaged again; A north suburban high school student will be disciplined for using a racial slur in an Instagram video; On the Dan Ryan overnight, four people hurt near 87th street in a two-vehicle crash; and more.

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Also happening today: A threat by protesters to block part of the Dan Ryan Expressway this afternoon failed to go as planned, because there were too few demonstrators and too many police; The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced 1,828 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including five additional deaths; More than 15-thousand homes and businesses throughout Northern Illinois are still without electricity after Monday's severe storms, including 153 ComEd customers in Chicago; and more

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Also happening today: A shooting on the Eisenhower expressway leaves two women in serious condition; activists say they plan to shut down the Dan Ryan today to protest police brutality at noon today; several counties in Illinois are now in the red for spikes in COVID19; these stories and more from WBBM. 

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Also happening today, Chicago police are looking for suspects in two carjackings reported Thursday morning in Bucktown; a Wisconsin man is pleading guilty to vandalizing a synagogue last year; the South Shore line said commuters who buy a monthly ticket for September will get a free monthly ticket for October; and much more.

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Also happening today, ComEd is still working to restore power to more than 56,000 homes and businesses in the Chicago area after Monday's devastating storm; a lawsuit is being filed against the Union Pacific Railroad and Metra, after an incident involving a piece of railroad equipment and passenger vehicle; and much more.

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In other top stories this evening: Suit seeks to block metal-shredding plant to the Southeast Side; Carol Stream police release images of a would-be abductor; and more. 

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