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Oak Lawn Village Hall (Daily Southtown staff)

Two elderly siblings found dead in Oak Lawn home

January 23, 2026 at 2:48 p.m.

Oak Lawn police found two elderly siblings dead with gunshot wounds on South Maple Avenue, and call it an isolated incident.

Khali Spraggins, a 20-year-old actress on "The Upshaws," sorts through beads Monday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at The Bridge Teen Center in Orland Park. (Cam'ron Hardy/for the Daily Southtown)

Volunteers including actress Khali Spraggins support MLK Day of Service at The Bridge Teen Center

January 20, 2026 at 11:38 a.m.

Khali Spraggins, who played Aaliyah on "The Upshaws," volunteered with her aunt who co-founded The Bridge Teen Center in Orland Park.

Yoonshin Park stands in her studio at Mana Contemporary Chicago on Dec. 30, 2025, while surrounded by artist book prototypes for her upcoming exhibition 'Prompt and Prompted.’ The exhibition will be on display from Jan 24-May 10 at the Hyde Park Art Center. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Yoonshin Park includes students’ artwork in upcoming ‘Prompt and Prompted’ exhibit

January 7, 2026 at 5:15 a.m.

Yoonshin Park's newest exhibit focuses on the medium of artist books, which reimagines what a book can be.

Chef M hugs his longtime employer Amy Le at the closed Saucy Porka restaurant on South Franklin Street in Chicago, Dec. 19, 2025. Chef M worked at the restaurant for 13 years until was stabbed in an attack near his home in October. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Amid tariffs and immigration fear, Saucy Porka’s Loop location closes after chef was stabbed

December 22, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

After dealing with tariffs and Operation Midway Blitz causing staff members to worry, Amy Le said the stabbing of her main chef was “the straw that broke the camel’s back.”

Cookbooks for 2025, clockwise from top left: "Cheese Magic" by Erika Kubick, "Berries for Bloomingdale: The Serviceberry Cookbook" by Bonnie Tawse, "The Meathead Method" by Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn, "The Hoosier Mama Book of Breakfast Bakes" by Paula Haney and "Good Things" by Samin Nosrat. (Running Press Adult/Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail/Harvest/Agate Publishing/Random House)

Cookbooks 2025 gift guide: 5 notable cookbooks including the science of barbecue, the magic of cheese and more

December 16, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

From cheese wizards to BBQ Hall of Famers, we compiled a list of our top five cookbooks from the year.

Volunteers drop off Christmas trees that were unloaded from the USCGC Mackinaw before they were to be delivered to families in need during the annual voyage of Chicago’s Christmas tree ship on Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Bros. Park in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Kristi Noem appearance at annual Christmas tree offload sparks protests at Navy Pier

December 7, 2025 at 1:48 p.m.

U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Secret Service and Kristi Noem made an appearance at the 26th annual Christmas tree ship ceremony at Navy Pier.

Bears fan Chase Bandolik and fiancee Rylee Jade Ollearis, a Packers fan, run together in suburban Northbrook on Dec. 4, 2025. The couple has a bet that whosever team loses the upcoming game will have to run a mile for every point lost by their team. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Every point the Bears lose by, he runs a mile. But Sunday’s stakes are higher: His fiancee is a Packers fan.

December 6, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Chase Bandolik caught everyone’s attention when he ran 31 miles, in a row, for every point lost by the Chicago Bears against the Detroit Lions in early September.

A man drinks from the 2025 Christkindlmarket mug while visiting the German-style Christmas market at Daley Plaza in Chicago on Nov. 22, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Christkindlmarket vendors ‘hopeful’ for resolution over new Daley Center capacity limit

November 28, 2025 at 7:43 p.m.

City officials have put a 1,553-visitor limit on the Christkindlmarket, affecting vendors and putting the nearly 30-year-long event at risk.

J’Kobe Wallace, second right, one of the dance captains from the production “A Beautiful Noise” leads a music workshop with patients with Parkinson’s disease, including Sonia Vargas, second from left, and Lamar Johnson, right, in stretching exercises and choreography at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago on Nov. 19, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Parkinson’s patients get a little choreographic help from a dance captain of the Neil Diamond musical

November 20, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The cast member from "A Beautiful Noise" led a movement workshop for Parkinson’s patients at the Rush University Medical Center.

“A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” by Georges Seurat at the Art Institute of Chicago is part of a walking tour titled “The Art of Ferris Bueller” that looks at the same artworks as Ferris and his friends in the 1986 movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Visit the same artwork as Ferris Bueller on his day off at ‘The Art of Ferris Bueller’ walking tour

November 20, 2025 at 10:13 p.m.

Film scholar Kelli Marshall offers a 90-minute walking tour based on the '80s movie "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off."

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