Redeye going weekly

Beginning next month, the Chicago Tribune’s free daily commuter newspaper RedEye will cut down to a weekly format, with a Thursday edition focusing on food and entertainment.

The final daily issue of the 15- year- old publication will come out Feb. 3, and the weekly format will debut Feb. 9, according to Tribune spokeswoman Dana Meyer.

An unspecified number of layoffs were expected to accompany the shift. “We are planning to restructure our organization to align with our new focus and strategy, which will impact some positions,” Meyer said in an email.

The weekly edition will have “more pages, ads and content” than the current format, and there are no “immediate plans” to put RedEye’s online content— which will be integrated into the Tribune’s website— behind the Tribune’s paywall, Meyer said.

“Over the years, [ RedEye] has evolved to better serve our audience and has become an essential tool that readers now depend on when the work week is over ... these changes will superserve our fans and provide them with everything they need to make the most out of their weekends,” Tribune publisher and editor- in- chief Bruce Dold said in a statement. Mitchell Armentrout

Suspect who died on Metra train shot himself: autopsy

The suspect in a southwest suburban murder fatally shot himself during a confrontation with police Friday on a Metra train in north suburban Deerfield, according to preliminary autopsy reports.

South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force officers who had tracked 32- yearold Jamal Parks of Gurnee planned to arrest him when he got off the train, but Parks somehow became aware he was being followed by police, a statement from the ISP Task Force said.

Parks ran to the car’s upper level while officers pursued him. Parks resisted, pulled a handgun and fired multiple rounds at officers, authorities said, leading to an exchange of gunfire. Sun- TimesWire

Shots outside Hooter’s

Shots were fired outside a Hooter’s restaurant on Monday night in southwest suburban Oak Lawn.

Just before 9 p. m., two groups of males got into an argument inside Hooter’s at 9159 S. Cicero Ave., according to Oak Lawn police.

They had words as they were leaving, and one group fired shots at the second group, police said. The second group returned fire, and the groups continued shooting at each other as they left. No one was struck, police said. Jordan Owen