Artist D. Lamar Preston's "Gifted to Me" sculpture was quietly installed at the corner of 62nd Street and Stony Island Avenue ...

Illinois schools chief Tony Sanders called the Trump administration’s decision to withhold almost $7 billion in federal ...

A long-awaited memorial to honor survivors of police torture in Chicago is on track to break ground by the end of this year, according to project leaders. The Chicago Torture Justice Memorial, first ...

Governor JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that Christian Mitchell, a former deputy governor and a University of Chicago executive, will be his running mate in his bid for a third term. In a statement, ...

Several local buses with South Loop routes are rerouted due to downtown road closures for this weekend’s NASCAR street race. From June 19 through July 14, the Chicago Transit Authority is rerouting ...

For decades, Chicago has existed in the popular imagination as a city so fraught with gun violence that one of its derogatory monikers, “Chiraq,” likens the city to Iraq, the war-torn Middle Eastern ...

Organizers of the annual African and Caribbean International Festival of Life say they were forced to relocate their three-day event at the last minute after the city denied their permit. Dr. Ephraim ...

Editor's note: This story is the first of three about the building housing the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park. The story of the museum building in Jackson Park starts miles ...

Wyatt, a malnourished, raggedy domestic shorthair roamed the streets of Hyde Park for about four years before he was picked up by volunteers with Hyde Park Cats in November of 2024. Despite efforts to ...

A 15-year-old boy is in fair condition after getting shot in Woodlawn on Wednesday evening, police said. According to the Chicago Police Department, at about 6:01 p.m. on June 25, the 15-year-old was ...

After weeks of community meetings to brainstorm new uses for six shuttered schools across the 20th Ward, Chicago Public Schools confirmed there are four bids on the local properties. The bids, which ...