Plover Chick Ferris Killed By Hawk
By Charles Thrush
They’re here. They’re queer. They’re farming. New generation of LGBTQ farmers more visible and vocal.
By Nara Schoenberg
Chicago Public Schools needs $1.6 billion more from the state to provide an adequate education, records show
By Sarah Karp
Chicago homicides lowest in decade, but so is arrest rate
By Patrick Andriesen
Today In Culture, Monday, August 4, 2025: Art As Investment | Ear Taxi Returns | About Face Announces Season
By Ray Pride
Got 30 pounds of unused fresh spinach? Musically Fed nonprofit works with Lollapalooza to reduce food waste
By Zareen Syed
Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort
By Rick Pearson & Jeremy Gorner
6 free, family-friendly things to do in Chicago in August to savor the lingering moments of summer
By Ambar Colon
31-year-old man killed in hit-and-run overnight in Grand Crossing, according to Chicago police
By Michael Johnson
‘Dehumanizing’: Inside the Broadview ICE facility where immigrants sleep on cold concrete
By Laura Rodríguez Presa & Joe Mahr
Keys to heal: Chicago jazz pianist returns to the stage 3 months after brain surgery
By Stefano Esposito
Will Susana Mendoza run for mayor of Chicago?
By Iridian Fierro
Letters: Wildfire smoke choked Chicago’s air last week. We need bipartisan action on climate change.
Major home goods retailer announces closure of store in suburban Chicago
By Izzy Stroobandt
John Notz: His Chicago Legacy
By Bross C. Bross
Chicago woman billed more than $233,000 for water she never used in vacant home with no plumbing
By Jermont Terry
In ‘Sinners’ and his music, Buddy Guy is keeping the blues alive. It hasn’t been easy.
By Maria Sherman
Djo’s Lollapalooza set exudes Chicago nostalgia
By Felicity Abbott
Things to do in Chicago: Taste of Greektown returns to celebrate Hellenic cuisine, culture
By Ramona Meadors
Lidiya Yankovskaya, formerly of Chicago Opera Theater, joins growing list of classical musicians leaving U.S.
By Hannah Edgar
Bridgeport's Sausage Queen Moves To The Burbs As Family Meat Empire Grows
Lisa Shames
Bridgeport, Chinatown
- Nicole Makowski is the 47-year-old, fourth-generation leader of Makowski’s Real Sausage Company.
- In November, the company is scheduled to move its headquarters from Bridgeport to south suburban Lansing.
- Makowski’s great-grandfather started the company in Wisconsin in 1920 as a small butcher shop.
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