Also happening today, a racist meme on social media has sparked a call to action from a group of students from the University of Chicago Lab High School; a Roseland church has set up a GoFundMe campaign for donations in the wake of a devastating fire; Chicago police need your help to find a 16-year-old girl from Lawndale who has been missing for nearly a month; and much more.

Also happening today, we will see a number of observances and events marking the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Chicago police questioning a person in the deadly stabbing of a relative at a home near Randolph and Damen in West Town; a Cook County judge threw the book at a teenager accused of swiping an iPhone of a CTA rider near the Southport Brown Line stop last week; for the first time in a decade the president of the Illinois Senate is not Democrat John Cullerton; and much more.

Also happening this morning: extensive delays at both airports due to a winter weather blast; Chicago Police make an arrest in connection with a December mass shooting; and activists call for peace after a shooting on the city's South Side injured five people including three children last week.

In other top stories this evening: Preckwinkle skeptical minority entrepreneurs will get fair shake in cannabis industry; Aurora will honor fallen soldier; driver in truck-Starbucks accident suffered medical emergency; and more.

Also happening today, Mayor Lightfoot plans to spend millions of dollars in the effort to fight gang violence; Metra is cracking down on riders who either don't pay their fare or cheat on the amount they pay; the city of Aurora is planning a community-wide vigil and memorial ceremony to honor the local soldier who was killed last week in Afghanistan; city officials are planning on holding a meeting soon with nearby residents who have raised issues about the proposed Obama Presidential Center; the Cook County Board has approved a 3 percent tax on recreational marijuana; and much more.

Also happening today, a pickup truck slammed into a Starbucks in far northwest suburban McHenry yesterday afternoon injuring five people and severely damaging the building; a man linked by DNA this week to the 1976 murder of a Woodridge teenager is now a suspect in the murders of several other people; severe storms have permanently changed Chicago's lakefront; and much more.

In other top stories tonight: $5,000 reward offered to solve fatal shooting near St. Sabina Church; Aurora leaders asked to reconsider evicting sex offenders undergoing treatment; disappearance of the missing Bradley sisters will get attention on social-media platform; hardware store closing in Andersonville; and more.

Also happening today, a man who said he was tortured into giving a confession to earn 28 years in prison will learn today whether he gets a new trial; a documentary video is now live on Facebook in connection with the 2001 disappearance of the Bradley sisters; four men from Chicago are facing a variety of charges after a chase earlier this week that ended with a crash near McCormick Place; and much more.

Also happening today, administrators at the University of Illinois are recommending raising tuition for in-state freshman for the first time in six years; the documentary goes live on Facebook at 8 a.m. this morning regarding the 2001 disappearance of the Bradley sisters, who were 10- and 3-years-old when they disappeared from Chciago's South Side; the community house in Hinsdale was packed last night with concerned residents attending a community meeting on Verizon's plan to install 5G transmission equipment; and much more.