9 injured after Blue Island police pursuit leads to crash involving Pace bus in Chicago, officials say
By Tre Ward & Christian Piekos
21 Things To Do This Weekend: Square Roots Fest, Chosen Few Picnic, Southport Art Fest And More
By Leen Yassine & Layla Brown-Clark
Crumb rubber: How NASCAR recycles the thousands of tires it used over the Chicago race weekend
By Adriana Perez
Park District Abruptly Denies Permit For South Shore Kayaking Event It Approved Last Year
By Maxwell Evans
Things to Do in Chicago July 10-16: The Mix
By Mary Houlihan
Lightning Bugs Are Back: Chicago Fireflies 'More Abundant' This Summer After A Few Dark Years
Mack Liederman
Citywide
- Swarms of flying insects are usually a nuisance.
- Fireflies are lighting up the city this summer after a mild winter and wet spring, local experts said.
- But this summer, Chicagoans are lighting up for a big return of lightning bugs.
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Midnight Circus Brings Big Top Back To City Parks In September
By Alex V. Hernandez
1 Shot In Possible Road Rage Incident Under Bridge Near 100th Street And Harlem Avenue
By Lorraine Swanson
Amid Trump Cuts, Local Lender Gifts $3 Million To Chicago Arts And Culture Nonprofits
By Leen Yassine
Column: 20 years ago, UChicago’s Jacqueline Stewart went hunting for home movies. She found pure Chicago history.
By Michael Phillips
Gas Station Near Darien May Be In Works
By David Giuliani
Missed Chance: Top Hinsdale D86 Job Goes Unfilled
By David Giuliani
The End Of Lincoln Yards? New Developer Announces Revamped Plan For Part Of Megadevelopment
Quinn Myers
WICKER PARK
- JDL and Kayne Anderson Real Estate plan to acquire the northern portion of Lincoln Yards + turn it into Foundry Park.
- Foundry Park would include up to 3,000 housing units.
- Sterling Bay surrendered the land to a bank earlier this year.
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Richard Hunt’s life is on exhibit in Chicago — and it’s a walk through Civil Rights history
By Mike Davis
Orland Woman, 54, Stole Jewelry, Cash From 90-Year-Old Senior Living Resident: Shorewood PD
By Lauren Traut
Cook County clerk trying out a ‘smart’ ballot drop box for next election, expanding language access
By A.D. Quig & Sophie Levenson
Chicago Should Pay Jackie Wilson, Exonerated in 1982 Cop Killings, $12.7M, Lawyers Say
By Heather Cherone
Federal investigation into affordable housing, aldermanic prerogative in Chicago fizzles
By Brett Chase
The Dishonor Roll: Chicago officials
By John Chase, Ray Long & Kori Rumore Finley
Sex Abuse Allegation Splits Burr Ridge Area District
By David Giuliani
Chicago Marine Week begins Thursday: Full schedule
By Marisa Rodriguez
From an Ethiopian Circus to a Barrio Arts Festival, Here Are 7 Things to Do This Weekend
By Marc Vitali
From 12 People To 4,000: How A Free Pilates Class Took Over Oak Street Beach
Melody Mercado
Downtown
- Olivia Santelli began leading the Friday sunrise classes last year to help manage her depression and anxiety.
- Now, Rise Pilates is her full-time job that draws thousands. “This is incredible.”
- You can find Santelli nearly every Friday at Oak Street, leading a free Pilates class as part of Rise Pilates Club.
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Is that a baby dragon? This pigeon rescue is caring for Chicago's most polarizing flock
By Grace Logan
Today in Chicago History: Jerry Garcia's last show with the Grateful Dead takes place at Soldier Field
By Kori Rumore Finley
Mayor Touts Growth Of Summer Jobs Program As Violence Remains A Concern For City's Young People
By Noah Asimow
Cook commissioner says his choice of Tinley Park Mayor Michael Glotz for Pace board ignored
By Mike Nolan
After Federal Agents Pay Surprise Visit To Puerto Rican Museum, Chicago Leaders Tell ICE To Get Out
Ariel Parrella-Aureli
LOGAN SQUARE
- At least 15 unmarked vehicles and several agents hung out in the parking lot of Humboldt Park’s Puerto Rican Museum.
- Elected officials and neighbors gathered at the museum to denounce a recent surprise visit from federal agents.
- The officers gathered in the parking lot before some attempted to enter the museum, according to surveillance footage.
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Laura Washington: The Art Institute is slowly getting back to normal
By Laura S. Washingtonová
West Side Honors Life Of Marjay Dotson, The 'Playful, Loving' Teen Killed By Lifeguard At Douglass Park
By Michael Liptrot
‘Reptiles Alive!’ is now open at the Field Museum, changing the way you look at snakes, lizards and even birds
By Hannah Edgar
Anti-Violence Group Hopes To Prevent Retaliation After Back Of The Yards Mass Shooting
By Francia Garcia Hernandez
As Anniversary Of Mail Carrier's Killing Nears, South Side Postal Workers Rally For Safety Protections
By Charles Thrush
Tyrone Haymore, founder of Robbins Historical Society, dies
By Bob Goldsborough