Also happening today: A man groped and held a 16-year-old girl against her will on the CTA Brown Line train; a woman sleeping in an Englewood home was injured when someone fire gunshots outside; Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has fired a longtime city spokesman; these stories and more from WBBM.

Also happening today: A former longtime Mayor of Gary has died; family and friends said their final goodbyes yesterday to a South Side Rapper who died at Midway airport; authorities say a man who followed a stolen car in Downers Grove encountered a similar fate when his car was carjacked by the people he was following; these stories and more from WBBM.

Also happening today: Another stabbing occurred at a Green Line CTA station; a mystery baby was dropped off at a fire station in Cicero; two men carjacked two cars on the same day in Downers Grove; State and DuPage County health investigators are looking into three cases of Legionnaires’ disease involving patients who were treated at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield; these and more stories from WBBM.

Other top stories this afternoon: Former Chicago woman found dead in Michigan woods; fallen Evanston firefighters honored; lawmakers announce anti-vaping effort targeting young people; and more.

Also happening today, a Batavia man is charged with a DUI for the second time, the first left a teenager dead and now the parents are calling for a tougher punishment; the city of Gary will try for a second time to sell 30 vacant school buildings; an 80-year-old woman has been reported missing from the South Side; Mayor Lightfoot has a message for Chicago police officers who may feel that their actions are unfairly judged as racist; and much more.

In other top stories this afternoon: Students taken to hospital after ingesting Xanax; top aide to Cook County clerk sentenced for lying to grand jury; 3-year-old boy shot sitting in vehicle; Thompson Center moves closer to being sold; and more.

Also happening today, five women from Chicago are accused in a multi-state shoplifting spree; a warning for residents of River North and Streeterville about three robberies happening there; a city task force begins meeting today to consider redrawing Chicago's affordable housing rules; parents are said to be in shock in Valparaiso where the school district is ending the dual-language immersion pilot program at one of the city's elementary school at the end of the year; and much more.

Also happening today, a CDC study has found people living near a Waukegan business that emits ethylene-oxide have higher levels of the cancer-causing chemical in their bloodstream; accused of murder while he was still a teenager, a man from Chicago's West Side will spend Christmas at home for the first time in nearly 20 years; after a long hearing yesterday, a city task force begins meeting today to consider redrawing Chicago's affordable housing rules; and much more.

In other top news stories this afternoon: Cook County prosecutor moves to vacate low-level pot convictions; alderman defends 'merit promotion' system within CPD; undercover cop car stolen, crashes on expressway; Sam's employees step in to help scammed senior; and more.

Also happening today, a mother and two sons from Chicago, as well as the boy's Australian-born father are listed among those missing following this week's volcano eruption in New Zealand; the Joliet City Council is voting early next month on a plan for a new water supply, after the city's environmental commission recommended a pricey option; a fire on the South Side last night left a woman dead and two other people injured; and much more.