Cop Vax Lawsuits / Cubs New GM / Aaron Rogers Kid / Black Pumas

Before settling in to watch the Bears take on Green Bay Sunday — in what could be Aaron Rodgers last game at Soldier Field in a Packers uniform — check out Patch's Jeff Arnold's column on the kid whose encounter with the future Hall of Famer downtown in 2017 went viral on Twitter this week.

The irony: Pete Nicoll is high schooler in Arlington Heights, possibly the future home of the Bears.

JEFF ARNOLD ON SPORTS: For Pete's Sake, Packers QB Aaron Rodgers Isn't A Bad Guy

Saturday: Go fly a kite. High: 58 Low: 48.

Sunday: Sunny. High: 66 Low: 49

• Will anti-vax cops get the blue flu over the city's vaccine mandate for all employees? Mayor Lori Lightfoot filed a lawsuit in attempt to make sure that doesn't happen. Police union boss John Catanzara clapped back. (Patch)
• The Cubs hired a new general manager. Thirty-seven year old Carter Hawkins spent 14 seasons with the Cleveland Indians starting as a scout and rising through the ranks to serve as assistant general manager. (Patch)
• Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is hiring in Chicago. The Michelin-star rated star TV's of "Hell's Kitchen" and "Master Chef" is set to open a new gourmet burger joint in Chicago later this year. The deadline to apply is Tuesday. (Patch)
• Chance the Rapper will join Katie Couric at Chicago Theater when the TV journalist rolls into town promoting her memoir, "Going There." Chance famously gave Couric a shoutout on his "Acid Rap" mixtape that helped launch his Grammy-winning music career. (Patch)

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Weekend Long Read: A SECRETIVE HEDGE FUND IS GUTTING NEWSROOMS - The Atlantic

"Spend some time around the shell-shocked journalists at the Tribune these days, and you’ll hear the same question over and over: How did it come to this? On the surface, the answer might seem obvious. Craigslist killed the Classified section, Google and Facebook swallowed up the ad market, and a procession of hapless newspaper owners failed to adapt to the digital-media age, making obsolescence inevitable. This is the story we’ve been telling for decades about the dying local-news industry, and it’s not without truth. But what’s happening in Chicago is different."

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Saturday:

• Dina Simone's Sexy Finger Painting Party @ Jarvis Square Pottery (8 p.m.)
• Barktoberfest at Canine Crews (1 p.m.)
• Shred Your Standards at Logan Square Skate Park (noon)
• Princess Nokia at Bottom Lounge (8 p.m.)
• Twenty One Pilots at United Center (8 p.m.)

Sunday:

• Fall Fest at Lincoln Park Zoo (10 a.m.)
• Vegan Paradise at The Plant (11 a.m.)
• Out Of The House Party at The Second City (5 p.m.)
• 360 Sky Yoga at John Hancock Center (9 a.m.)
• Black Pumas at Thalia Hall (7:30 p.m.)

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Just The Links:

• Rahm Emanuel is set to face a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on his appointment as ambassador to Japan on Wednesday — the 7-year anniversary of Laquan McDonald's murder.
• Former "Eric in the Morning" co-host Melissa McGurren became the fourth woman to file a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct by Eric Ferguson.
• Congrats to the Chicago Sky's Courtney Vandersloot who earned 2021 All-WNBA Second Team honors.
• We live in America's 5th most haunted state.

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