Law
The order does not explicitly say how long Raines must remain off the bench, but it says another judge will “monitor and mentor” Raines and report back to the court system's executive committee.
Preps
Larkin and Rolling Meadows fall out of 4A while Glenbard West continues to dominate. Centralia continues to climb 3A. Not much change in 2A and Scales Mound still stuck behind Yorkville Christian in 1A.
Chicago News
The city’s COVID-19 test positivity peaked at nearly 20% on Jan. 1 and is about 13% currently. The peak of daily cases was 8,553 on Jan. 4 and currently averaging just under 3,000 a day. Hospitalizations haven't dropped but started to plateau.
Chicagoland News
Peterson's motion to toss his murder conviction in the death of Kathleen Savio was scheduled for a hearing on Friday, but the Will County Clerk's office says the hearing has been postponed until Feb. 7.
Chicago Business
The Chicago Sun-Times will reportedly become a subsidiary of Chicago Public Media, creating one of the largest local nonprofit news organizations in the nation.
College Sports
Northwestern was unable to build on its 64-62 win at Michigan State on Saturday, losing for the fifth time in six games.
Crime
Temperatures on this mid-January day reached nearly 40 degrees and the unseasonably warm weather brought the kids out and, sadly, the guns out.
Business
CEOs of the nation’s largest airlines say that interference from the wireless service on a key instrument on planes is worse than they originally thought.
Chicago Journal
The teen was a passenger in a car riding through the Bronzeville neighborhood when he was shot.
Chicago Journal
Fleury made 35 saves and had 14 in the third period alone.
Bulls
The Bulls were without Zach LaVine, Lonzo Ball, and Alex Caruso but kept its top spot because Brooklyn lost to Cleveland on Monday.
Business
The lawsuit seeks more than $50,000 from each of the four defendants named in the suit, which includes Amazon.com, the construction company that built the facility, and the project’s developer.