The highlight Tuesday night was Addison Russell’s grand slam, the first for the Cubs in Series history and the first in any Series since the White Sox’s Paul Konerko did it in Game 2 in 2005.

Their political fight this election cycle has moved from the Capitol to dozens of suburban and Downstate House and Senate districts as each party spends millions to try to assign blame for Illinois government’s implosion.

Newly filed campaign finance paperwork shows U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk raised less than $300,000 during the first 19 days of October, leaving him with $576,279 for his re-election effort’s final push. Rival Tammy Duckworth has $2.5 million left ahead of Tuesday’s election.

Most parking rates at the airports would rise next year under Mayor Emanuel’s 2017 budget proposal, the increases contained in a pair of ordinances the mayor introduced at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

When the FBI raided the home of restaurateur Tony Hu, agents discovered an “assembly line” for doctoring sales records, according to a recent court filing. The celebrated chef who pleaded guilty to hiding nearly $10 million in cash sales faces up to four years in prison.

The Chicago Teachers Union voted late Tuesday to approve a four-year deal reached with City Hall just prior to a strike deadline last month.

Two police officers in central Iowa were shot and killed today in a pair of “ambush-style attacks,” the Des Moines Police Department said. No one is in custody.