The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

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

The company is adding 100 jobs to its West Loop headquarters, but the city’s crime is making recruiting talent difficult, McDonald’s President and CEO Chris Kempczinski said Wednesday.

Over the course of the three-day festival, there will be music, food, arts and crafts vendors, and of course, street artists decorating viaducts under the Chicago Skyway.

Buckner wants to improve service, add dedicated bus lanes and possibly a new Metra line.

CHICAGO — Starting with a Southport Avenue block party (food trucks!) for the Oct. 12 opening night, this year’s Chicago International Film Festival is handing out awards to, among others, Kathryn Hahn of “WandaVision,” soon to headline her own late 2023 Disney+ spinoff “Agatha: Coven of Chaos.”

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is signing a disaster proclamation to secure resources for the asylum-seekers bused to Illinois from Texas and has deployed 75 National Guard members to assist with the logistics of receiving the migrants, he announced Wednesday.

Anthony Rawls and another man approached Michael Byrnes, 41, in the 400 block of South LaSalle Street and tried to take his belongings, Chicago police say.

In anticipation of a freight railroad workers’ strike that would immediately suspend travel on four of its lines, Metra said it has been forced to limit service on some of those lines Thursday evening.

Village Farms International Inc (NASDAQ: VFF) CEO Michael Degiglio discussed the difficult Canadian Cannabis market and the opportunities it may create at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Chicago on Wednesday.