Crime
“Officers engaged in a foot pursuit of one of the occupants of the vehicle,” COPA spokesman Ephraim Eaddy said in the release. One officer discharged their firearm, striking the occupant who is 13 years of age."
Chicago Business
An existing McDonald's licensee, Alexander Govor, who operates 25 restaurants in Siberia, has agreed to buy McDonald’s 850 Russian restaurants and operate them under a new name, the Chicago burger giant said Thursday.
Chicagoland News
The man had previously been visited by the FBI for threatening members of Congress but the messages and threats persisted, culminating in a threat to President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris at the 2021 inauguration.
Chicago News
During the hearing, prosecutors alleged that the woman's 8-year-old son found the gun underneath her bed and took it to Walt Disney Magnet School on the city’s North Side on Tuesday. The mother has a valid firearm owners identification card.
White Sox
The White Sox won the first game behind clutch hitting by Jose Abreu and working around Kansas City offensive threats but lost 2-1 in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday.
Cubs
Cubs starters have posted a 2.37 ERA over their last eight games and Chicago is 6-2 in that stretch.
Business
The Chicago burger giant confirmed Monday that it is selling its 850 restaurants in Russia. McDonald's said it will seek a buyer who will employ its 62,000 workers in Russia, and will continue to pay those workers until the deal closes.
Chicago News
All three women were found unresponsive over a 12-hour span at the James Sneider Apartments, where residents started complaining of oppressively hot conditions days earlier.
Chicago Journal
The citywide weekend curfew for minors now will begin each night at 10 p.m., instead of the 11 p.m. curfew in place since the 1990s. At Millennium Park, minors will not be allowed in the park after 6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday without an adult.
Chicago Journal
Rather than just be a run-down of all the incidents, in future weekend wrap-ups we'll try and provide additional context, videos, pictures, and comments, so you can more easily find things in one place.
Chicago Business
The publication was on track to be sold to the new nonprofit last year until the November printing of defense attorney Leonard Goodman’s column headlined “Vaxxing our kids" prompted allegations of misinformation and censorship.
Crime
A Nicolò Gagliano violin from 1758 was stolen from Chicago-based Chinese musician Minghaun Xu's family home last week while they were sleeping.