Good morning, Chicago.

Friends of a Cary-area family started a GoFundMe to cover medical expenses for 3-year-old Cohen after he was severely injured when an industrial-style lawn mower struck him over Labor Day weekend—rescuers responded at 12:41 p.m. Saturday and transferred him from Mercyhealth Crystal Lake Hospital to Loyola University Medical Center while his family stayed at the Ronald McDonald House near Chicago.

At a Tuesday news conference outside Carpentersville Police Department, Reginald Clay demanded answers about the shooting of a 32-year-old man—hospitalized with undisclosed details—urging officials to release body-camera footage as police and county prosecutors deferred further comment.

The University of Chicago has been awarded a $3M federal grant to build the NSF ACE-3D Chip Design Hub in Hyde Park—led by Farah Fahim—to link academic chip design with domestic manufacturing and train workers in advanced 3D chip technologies.

The hub will open soon to help address the national shortage of skilled semiconductor professionals.

A judge ruled Tuesday that the Illinois attorney general can move forward with a lawsuit against Prestige Feed Products after nearly 150 residents filed over 1,000 complaints about excessive noise and a burnt cheese odor from its facility at 431 Lakeview Court.

The state will present evidence from Illinois Environmental Protection Agency observers—supporting its case—and the next hearing is on Oct. 7.

An Illinois appellate court upheld a Cook County judge's dismissal of former artistic director Joe Keefe's defamation lawsuit against Metropolis, which said employees hurt his reputation.

Keefe—ousted in September 2021—lost his appeal after he did not show a full hearing record, with the decision—written by Justice Michael B. Hyman—saying the trial met the law.

Joie Chitwood III, the head of the Presidents Cup, will speak at Medinah Country Club on Tuesday during the Schaumburg Business Association’s Good Morning Schaumburg breakfast event as tickets go on sale.

He will share the tournament’s 31-year history and explain why Chicago is a top spot for big sports events — with 200,000 out-of-town visitors expected to boost the local economy.