Minnie Minoso HOF/ Grinches Everywhere/ Crime Summit/ Bulls Win

The "Cuban Comet" finally earned a spot in Cooperstown.

Former White Sox star and a Latino trailblazer, the late Minnie Miñoso, was inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday as part of the Golden Days Era ballot.

Jeff Arnold on Sports: Minnie Miñoso's Cooperstown Moment Arrives, But What Took So Long

Cold sun. High: 35 Low: 16.

• Grinches robbed four women who were decorating a fence for the holidays in Bronzeville. Several people existed an SUV near 48th and King Drive and robbed the women, who were volunteering for My Block, My Hood, My City, of took a purse, wallet and fanny pack. (NBC5)
• State Reps. LaShawn Ford and Fran Hurley are slated to host a "crime summit" today at University of Illinois at Chicago. (CBS2)
• Two officers were injured, a bus driver got attacked and 21 juveniles were arrested in a nine curfew citations: It was a busy Saturday night for Chicago police in the downtown area. (FOX32)
• Someone set the Washington Park Christmas tree on fire. This is the third-straight year vandals damaged the park's Christmas tree. Last year, a car ran it over. (WGN)

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