WBEZ’s Chicago And Illinois News Roundup: Aug. 14, 2020

A state senator indicted for tax evasion, thousands in the area still without power and police gear up for the weekend.

By Nereida Moreno
Chicago Violence
A pedestrian walks across Michigan Avenue past a Chicago police department vehicle Monday, a few blocks north of the raised bridge over the Chicago river after overnight vandalism downtown. Charles Rex Arbogast / AP Photo
Chicago Violence
A pedestrian walks across Michigan Avenue past a Chicago police department vehicle Monday, a few blocks north of the raised bridge over the Chicago river after overnight vandalism downtown. Charles Rex Arbogast / AP Photo

WBEZ’s Chicago And Illinois News Roundup: Aug. 14, 2020

A state senator indicted for tax evasion, thousands in the area still without power and police gear up for the weekend.

By Nereida Moreno
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