Also happening today, plans have been filed to locate the first two standalone recreational marijuana retails shops in the River North neighborhood; what impact is legalizing recreational marijuana having on employers?; a snowmobile accident in the far north suburbs took place in the absence of an important ingredient; there's another case of whooping cough that has been reported at Oak Park River Forest High School; and much more.

In other top news stories this evening: American Library Association recognizes area librarian; some aldermen criticize pot dispensary expansion; sports betting on track for Illinois launch; and more.

Also happening today, bad news for sports betters in Illinois; the business will stay but the signage will have to change for a popular restaurant in Mundelein; two legal settlements are in jeopardy involving claims of Chicago Police wrongdoing; police are looking for a man who robbed a woman yesterday near the UIC campus; the Chicago Police Board has started gathering public input on the search for a new superintendent; and much more.

Also happening today, the Palatine Village Council has voted in favor of allowing recreational marijuana businesses; two Chicago charter schools have been recommended for closure; a Belgium art collector is suing the Gary Community School Corporation; the Chicago Police Board last night hosted the first of three public meetings this week seeking community input into the selection of the next CPS Superintendent; and much more.

In other top news stories this evening: Autopsy inconclusive on rapper Juice WRLD; Chicago City Council committees may start taking attendance; Indiana teen questioned about threatening social-media post; and more.

Also happening today, if you are struggling with overdue tickets for failure to display a city sticker on your car, you still have time to take advantage of Chicago's debt forgiveness program; 15-year-old Rylan Wilder is home from the hospital three weeks after being shot during a police pursuit on Chicago's Northwest Side; the search is on for a driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Proviso Township; police in Riverside said it took two trips for thieves to steal one ATM; and much more.

Also happening today, nearly 40 vehicles were set on fire in two separate incidents on the South Side overnight; Cook County Sheriff's police are asking for the public's help as they investigate a fatal hit-and-run in Proviso Township; the manhunt is over for man who escaped the Grundy County over the weekend; former Mayor Rahm Emanuel delivered an edgy speech over the weekend for the Gridiron Club and Foundation winter dinner; and much more.

Also happening today: a warning from neighboring states on Illinois' recreational marijuana, a family of a Chicago toddler who beat cancer is celebrating his re-birthday and an inmate considered a model prisoner has escaped from the Grundy County Jail.

Also happening today: Detectives are questioning four people after a carjacking on the northwest side. The mother of a newborn, left in a "Safe Haven Baby Box" at a fire station in Northwest Indiana, is being praised. A woman from Tinley Park wants her coyote back; these and more stories from WBBM.

Also happening today: Gillson Park in Wilmette has a beaver problem; Chicago officials are working with ridesharing companies to reduce the number of sexual assaults even before Uber's recent stats were released; charges have been filed against one of two men after an hourslong standoff in Round Lake; these and more stories from WBBM.