Illinois minimum wage to increase • missing grandfather of 11 found dead • popular restaurant to close

CHICAGO – The minimal wage in Illinois is about to extend on Jan. 1; a grandfather of 11 was discovered lifeless after going lacking earlier this week within the suburbs; and a preferred restaurant in River North is planning to shut on the finish of the 12 months after 12 years of enterprise. 

These are the highest tales from FOX 32’s Week in Evaluation.

1. How a lot Illinois’ minimal wage will enhance on Jan. 1, 2023 Efficient Jan. 1, the statewide Illinois minimal wage will rise to $13 per hour for non-tipped workers ages 18 and over. The $1 enhance will apply to each hour labored within the new 12 months, and is a part of laws signed by Gov. JB Pritzker in 2019 to ascertain a statewide $15 minimal wage by 2025.

2. Lacking Berwyn grandfather discovered lifeless in North Riverside A Berwyn grandfather of 11 and great-grandfather of 4 who went lacking final week was discovered lifeless on Tuesday. Jose Arevalo, 83, was found round 11 a.m. close to Cermak and Harlem in North Riverside. His physique was present in an overflow car parking zone of an auto dealership, Berwyn police mentioned.

3. Hid carry holder shoots 2 throughout tried theft on Chicago’s West Facet A hid carry holder shot and critically wounded two would-be robbers Monday morning within the Lawndale neighborhood. The 56-year-old man was inside his automobile simply earlier than 6 a.m. within the 4700 block of West Arthington Road when a automotive with three teenagers inside pulled up, based on Chicago police. Certainly one of teenagers acquired out of the automotive and pointed a gun on the sufferer whereas demanding his belongings.

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4. Well-liked River North restaurant plans to shut on the finish of the 12 months In an Instagram put up, GT Fish and Oyster mentioned they are going to wrap up enterprise by the tip of the 12 months. Eater reviews that a few of their seafood menu gadgets will migrate over to their sister restaurant, GT Prime Steakhouse. 

5. Reason for deaths revealed after our bodies of Chicago mother, her aged father present in South Facet dwelling A mom and her aged father have been discovered lifeless, and the lady’s 2-year-old son was unhurt Wednesday morning in a house in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood. Shortly earlier than 11 a.m., police responded to a residence within the 8100 block of South Drexel Avenue to conduct a well-being examine on the residents of the house.

6. Polish man who went lacking in Chicago discovered lifeless in Lake Michigan The physique of a person from Poland who went lacking after an evening out in Chicago was recovered from Lake Michigan Wednesday morning. Krzysztof Szubert, 21, was discovered unresponsive within the lake round 2 a.m. Wednesday close to Oak Road Seashore. He was rushed to a neighborhood hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless a short while later, police mentioned. 

7. Halloween Heist: Prepare dinner County brothers stole greater than $1M from armored truck, ATM at gunpoint, prosecutors say Two Prepare dinner County brothers have been charged in federal court docket with robbing greater than $1 million from an armored truck and automatic teller machine in a Chicago suburb on Halloween. Corrie Singleton, 21, Darrell Singleton, 18, each of South Holland, and a juvenile are charged with theft, financial institution larceny by assault, and firearm offenses, based on an indictment returned in U.S. District Courtroom in Chicago.

8. No bail for man charged in deadly taking pictures exterior Christ Medical Middle in Oak Garden A Chicago man was denied bail on Sunday after being accused of murdering somebody proper exterior a hospital emergency room in Oak Garden a day earlier. Police mentioned Marques Rose, 36, shot Brandon McGee, 28, within the eye exterior Advocate Aurora Christ Hospital round 2 a.m. Saturday. McGee was rushed inside for therapy and died later.

9. Husband discovered lifeless with household in Buffalo Grove dwelling had been barred from home, then allowed again on Nov. 1 Just a few weeks earlier than she was killed, Vera Kisliak made what seems to be a fateful determination: she let her estranged husband, who for months had tormented and threatened her, to maneuver again into her home. On Nov. 30, Buffalo Grove police compelled their approach into the Kisliaks’ million-dollar dwelling within the 2800 block of Acacia Terrace to search out what Chief Brian Budds referred to as a “horrific” crime scene: Vera Kisliak; her husband, Andrei Kisliak; their daughters, ages 6 and 4; and her husband’s 67-year-old mom all lifeless of “sharp drive trauma” accidents.

10. Man killed, lady shot whereas exiting CTA bus on Chicago’s South Facet Two folks have been shot, one fatally in Chicago’s Better Grand Crossing neighborhood on Wednesday. The incident Dec. 7 round 3:30 p.m. close to the intersection of South Cottage Grove Avenue and East 79th Road.