Total homicides for the month of December have hit 30, with over a week left in the month.  29 of those 30 deaths were the result of gun violence including seven shootings this week alone.  614 people have been shot to death in Chicago in 2017.  

State officials say food stamp benefits will be restored for tens of thousands of Illinois households that lost them because of problems with a state computer system.  Officials with the Illinois Department of Human Services announced that benefits would be restored by the end of the day today.  

A mother and two teenage daughters are in the hospital after a crash days after five people were hospitalized for a collision at the same location.  Plainfield crews say a two car crash happened just after 6:30 Thursday evening at 119th and Route 30.