Picture Chicago: 17 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

Former Ald. Danny Solis walks towards a waiting vehicle outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after testifying in the corruption trial for longtime Ald. Ed Burke, Monday, Dec. 11. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Former Ald. Ed Burke walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse for a lunch break during his corruption trial, Monday, Dec. 11. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

A McKinley Park resident, who is disturbed by the ruckus of drivers stunt driving and drag racing at the intersection of West 32nd Street and South Hoyne Avenue, walks under the Stevenson Expressway in the McKinley Park neighborhood, where she said she witnessed drivers stunt driving and drag racing, Saturday, Dec. 8. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Former President Barack Obama reads “Santa’s Gotta Go” by Derrick Barnes to a pre-kindergarten class at Parkside Community Academy in South Shore, Tuesday, Dec. 12. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Isaiah Brown, 4, and other students react to former President Barack Obama’s surprise visit to their pre-kindergarten class at Parkside Community Academy in South Shore, Tuesday, Dec. 12. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Former President Barack Obama chats with fourth-grade student Kaliyah Montgomery, 9, during a surprise visit to a pre-kindergarten class at Parkside Community Academy in South Shore, Tuesday, Dec. 12. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Attendees dance with a costume featuring the Menorah during the lighting of the Menorah to celebrate Hanukkah at the Daley Plaza, Monday, Dec. 11. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

The Humboldt Park Puerto Rican flag at Western and Division, which acts as the neighborhood’s gateway, is lit up for the holiday season for the first time since its installation in 1995, Thursday, Dec. 14. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Olivia Moorer outside her home in Lincoln Park, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Moorer was among several employees of Heartland Alliance that were furloughed. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

A group of friends ride a hot tub, which they rented from the Chicago River Hot Tub Boat Cruises, as a person wearing a winter jacket rides a ferry on the Chicago River, Friday, Dec. 8. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Members of the public wait to enter a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall in the Loop, Wednesday, Dec. 13. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall in the Loop, Wednesday, Dec. 13. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Protesters chant and bang on the glass in the second-floor gallery amid the discussion about arbitration for Chicago police officers during a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall in the Loop, Wednesday, Dec. 13. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Chicago police investigate in the 9300 block of South Racine Avenue after three teenage boys were among four people shot and wounded during an argument in the Brainerd neighborhood, Monday, Dec. 11. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Protestors chant and hold up signs during a protest outside the Uber Greenlight at 1401 W. North Ave, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Pedestrians walk by the approximate location of an overnight crash that killed a 56-year-old woman who was walking at the time in the 300 block of North State Street outside Marina City in River North, Thursday, Dec. 7. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th) leads a chant with other politicians and activists at City Hall after a Chicago City Council special meeting about the city’s sanctuary city ordinance, Thursday, Dec. 14. The council voted 16-31 to reject the request to consider putting a nonbinding question on the March ballot on whether Chicago should remain a sanctuary city. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Kids play with slime at the SLOOMOO exhibit during the Chicago Cultural Center’s Open House in the Loop, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)