How notable Chicagoans shop for the holidays
In “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” Father Christmas gives gifts to three of the Pevensie children: a sword ...
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Black cowboys in Chicago, Northwest Indiana carry on traditions
At 85 years old, Calvin White didn’t let his age slow him down while riding his horse speedily in between ...
Sidewalk plowing plan unfunded in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget
When Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget proposal floated down to the City Council, his promise to test clearing snow for free ...
High-profile CPD commander tied to troubled Kevin Jackson case
Kevin Jackson was released from prison last month, more than two decades after he was convicted of murder in the ...
Half-Ukrainian, half-Russian locals fear rapidly escalating war.
Draped in a Ukrainian flag, Vasily Bublikov marched during a recent downtown Chicago demonstration marking 1,000 days since Russia’s full-scale ...
Chicago chicken with a broken wing rescued after found wandering
Tim Norris’ 16 chickens enjoy free rein in his Irving Park backyard when he lets them out of their coop ...
Chicago native Tricia Hersey’s Nap Ministry preaches the right to rest
With a wave of her bangled brown fingertips to the melody of flutes and chimes, artist, theologian and academic Tricia ...
Parents of woman found dead in South Loop file suit for her remains
The parents of a woman who was found dead in the stairwell of a South Loop luxury high-rise last month ...
Illinois’ gun ban ruled unconstitutional by federal judge
A downstate federal judge on Friday ruled that Illinois’ sweeping gun ban is unconstitutional and can no longer be enforced ...
Trump support divides Latino community in Chicago
Sitting at a corner of a cantina in Pilsen, with a glass of brandy in hand, Miguel Barajas smiled as ...
Chicago’s Latino community’s future in Chicago Public Schools
Signs on the windows of Sandra Cisneros Elementary School in Brighton Park last week read “Save our schools.”Outside, parents and ...
JB Pritzker and wife gave big for DNC, which raised $97M in all
When Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker helped land the 2024 Democratic National Convention for Chicago, he vowed city and state taxpayers ...
Chicago experts urge vaccination as COVID strain XEC spreads
A new COVID variant called XEC has been spreading around the globe as respiratory virus season begins — and many ...
String of Chicago workplace violence raises safety concerns
Authorities don’t know why Mehdi Medellel shot and killed two people in a JJ Fish & Chicken on Monday night. ...
Preckwinkle unveils $9.89 billion budget
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle unveiled her $9.89 billion 2025 budget proposal Wednesday, closing a $218 million projected budget ...
Best children’s hospitals in Illinois named by U.S. News
Lurie Children’s Hospital is the No. 1 children’s hospital in Illinois and tied for third best in the Midwest this ...
Cosmetologists learn to respond to domestic abuse at work
Charlene Stepney still thinks about a French-speaking woman who came into her salon years ago, brought by a man who ...
Chicago students push back against restrictive protest guidelines
When Chicago-area college students returned to campus this fall, they were greeted with more than just new lectures, readings and ...
The story how these teens became published authors
Five long months into the pandemic, Aiden Branss found himself wide awake in the middle of the night, meditating on the ...
Council, community divided on future of Pilsen taxing district
Signs of local pushback against the property tax zone expansion progressive Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez favors are readily apparent in Pilsen ...
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