2021 in Illinois

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See also:	History of Illinois Historical outline of Illinois List of years in Illinois 2021 in the United States

Incumbents

• Governor: J. B. Pritzker (D)
• Lieutenant governor: Juliana Stratton (D)
• Attorney general: Kwame Raoul (D)
• Secretary of State: Jesse White (D)
• Comptroller: Susana Mendoza (D)
• Treasurer: Mike Frerichs (D)

Sports

• 2021 Chicago Bears season
• 2021 Chicago Cubs season
• 2021–22 Chicago Blackhawks season
• 2020–21 Chicago Bulls season
• 2021–22 Chicago Bulls season
• 2021 Chicago White Sox season
• 2021 Chicago Marathon
• All Out (2021)
• AEW The First Dance
• Chicago Women's Open

Events

• January 9 - Jason Nightengale shot and killed five people during a shooting spree that began on Chicago's South Side and ended in Evanston. ^[1]
• March 29 - Adam Toledo was shot and killed by Chicago Police Department officer Eric Stillman in the Little Village neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. ^[2]
• March 31 - Anthony Alvarez, was shot and killed by a Chicago Police Department officer in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago. ^[3]
• June 14 - A maintenance accident at the Chemtool Incorporated manufacturing plant in Rockton triggered a chemical fire that lasted four days and injured two emergency workers. ^[4]
• August 31 - A mass shooting occurred at a mobile home park in Normal that left three people dead and three more injured. ^[5]
• November 9 - Zheng Shaoxiong was fatally shot by Alton Spann in Hyde Park. ^[6]
• December 10 - An EF3 tornado touched down near Pontoon Beach and tracked north towards Edwardsville. It hit an Amazon warehouse, killing 6 and injuring 1. ^[7]

See also

• 2021 in the United States

References

1. Jacobo, Julia. "4 dead following shooting spree in Chicago area". ABC News. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
2. Hauck, Grace. "Evolution of a city's account of a killing: How Chicago's narrative changed in the fatal police shooting of Adam Toledo". USA TODAY. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
3. Barrett, Joe (April 28, 2021). "Video of Police Killing of Anthony Alvarez Released by Chicago Officials".
4. "Illinois chemical plant explosion, fires prompt evacuations". AP News. June 14, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
5. "Three dead, suspect killed by police in mass shooting at Illinois mobile home park". MyStateline | WTVO News, Weather and Sports. August 31, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
6. "Ambassador 'shocked' by Chinese graduate's shooting death in Chicago". South China Morning Post. November 19, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
7. Hanna, Jason; Joseph, Elizabeth; Dominguez, Claudia; Cullinane, Susannah (December 12, 2021). "More than 80 feared dead after tornadoes hit central and southern US".