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With a big win over Lockport, Lincoln-Way East catapults from the non-ranked to a tie for #6 in Class 8A while Class 7A seems all but set going into the final week of the Illinois High School Football season. See the latest rankings here.
Chicago Journal
The White House is confident Emanuel will be confirmed by the Senate despite sharp criticism by several of the president's allies. The White House also expects he will win support from several Senate Republicans.
News
The University of North Dakota plane went down about 8:30 p.m. Monday in a field near the Traill County community of Buxton, in northeastern North Dakota, according to the Highway Patrol.
Crime
The incident occurred yesterday at approximately 3:35 p.m. near the Ulta Beauty cosmetics store in a prominent shopping area in the Goose Island neighborhood of Chicago.
Crime
Prosecutors alleged Thomas Osadzinski worked in coordination with or at the direction of the Islamic State.
Police
In a memo sent Sunday night, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said that those officers who do choose to retire rather than comply "may be denied retirement credentials."
Chicago Journal
Metra approved a new, $900 million operating budget for 2022 on Wednesday. It assumes Metra will start 2022 with ridership at about 25% of pre-pandemic levels, and that it will grow to about 35% by the end of the year.
Chicago Journal
Filed Friday, the lawsuit says race played a role in the redistricting of House District 114. The plaintiffs say the new map jeopardizes the prospects of a candidate preferred by Black voters, and is an effort to undermine and disenfranchise the Black electorate.
Chicago Journal
The case was revived when a special prosecutor charged Smollett with disorderly conduct over the police reports. The actor has pleaded not guilty.
Chicago Journal
Democrats hold supermajorities in both chambers of the Legislature, making passage of their plan all but certain. And Pritzker, a Democrat, already has approved new legislative maps drawn by politicians despite a promise on the campaign trail not to do so.
Police
The mayor said in a statement that the city's law department filed a complaint in Cook County Circuit Court for injunctive relief against Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara, whom she accused of "engaging in, supporting and encouraging work stoppage or strike."
Cubs
The Cubs plan to formally introduce Hawkins as the franchise's 16th general manager at a news conference on Monday.