The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

CHICAGO — An Indiana man who admitted to straw-purchasing the handgun later used to kill Chicago police Officer Ella French and critically wound her partner during a traffic stop last year was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison.

After nine years of construction and hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns, the massive rebuild of the Jane Byrne Interchange that connects major expressways near downtown Chicago is set to be substantially complete in the coming days.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago’s 30-year quest for a casino and entertainment complex is now exclusively in the hands of the Illinois Gaming Board. Bally’s plan is for a $1.7 billion complex in River West, at Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street.

Multibillionaire Ken Griffin filed a lawsuit against the IRS Tuesday alleging the agency violated his right to privacy after investigative journalism outlet ProPublica reported in April on the tax records of the Republican megadonor and former Chicagoan.

The comedian brings an evening of stand-up comedy to the United Center in February.

Danny “Taks” Borgert completed the improbable quest.

ASHLEE REZIN: After a video of drivers doing doughnuts in the middle of a West Loop intersection went viral, reporter Manny Ramos and I spent several nights trying to find out who was behind the drifting events that had become the talk of Chicago.

Chicago looks to end New York's four-game win streak on Wednesday night.

Jamel Danzy of Indiana is the only person convicted so far in connection with French’s death.

Cultural frictions give way to personality clashes in Netflix's "Emily in Paris," according to creator Darren Star who recently joined the show's cast members in the French capital for the global premiere of the third season. The new season of the television comedy starring Lily Collins as Emily Cooper, an…