Funding for Red Line extension approved, straw purchaser of gun used to kill Officer Ella French sentenced and more in your Chicago news roundup

A Red Line train by the 95th Street station, currently the end of the line. But the Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a major piece of the funding needed to extend that line south to 130th Street and add four new stations. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file)

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This afternoon will be rainy with a high near 45 degrees. A mix of snow and rain is expected tonight with a low near 35. Tomorrow will be partly sunny with some snow showers and a high near 38.