In 1999, Jamie Kalven set up a makeshift office in a vacant unit on the first floor at Stateway Gardens. The city was ...

On September 23, Gates will open “Theaster Gates: Unto Thee” at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art. With ...

Gov. JB Pritzker said political leaders — starting with President Donald Trump — need to do more to condemn political ...

Here's what is going on in and around Hyde Park this weeek. September 18 . DuSummer Thursdays Outdoor Music Series: The J ...

At this year’s Black Wall Street festival in West Woodlawn, young entrepreneurs took center stage. After a stormy morning, ...

Jim Edgar, Illinois’ 38th governor who served from 1991 to 1999, died Sunday after disclosing an aggressive cancer diagnosis ...

Riccardo Muti is most famous in Chicago for being the music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 2010 to 2023 and ...

Sen. Bill Cunningham, a Chicago Democrat with a reputation for taking charge of energy and climate change legislation, will ...

Chicago police are conducting investigations after three bodies were pulled from Lake Michigan near 57th Street Beach and 63rd Street Beach on Saturday.

Maxine Delite Soshnik left us on September 11th, 2025 at age 90. Born in Montrose, Minnesota and delivered by Dr. Ole Grundset on March 26th, 1935. In 1950, she entered ...

I am writing to spotlight a remarkable young athlete, Trent, who is currently in the quarter‐finals for the 2025 Youth Athlete of the Year contest. Over the years, Trent has shown extraordinary ...

As friends raised their coffee mugs to toast her 107th birthday, Bea Lumpkin pushed back her chair, stood and lifted her fist ...