Darcel Rockett

Chicago police officers investigate the scene where a young boy was shot in the thigh inside a home in the 9100 block of South Racine in Chicago on Sept. 3, 2023.

6-year-old boy hospitalized after being shot during family gathering on South Side

September 4, 2023 at 4:13 p.m.

A 6-year-old-boy was wounded with a gunshot to the thigh during a family gathering over the Labor Day weekend, according to Chicago police. The shooting took place at 5:26 p.m....

ARCHIVO - Diana Flores, capitana del equipo de fútbol bandera de México, previo a un partido de la NFL entre los Packers de Green Bay y los Giants de Nueva York en Londres, el domingo 9 de octubre de 2022.

¿Puede el fútbol bandera ser parte del panorama deportivo de Chicago? El esfuerzo de Diana Flores, capitana de la selección mexicana, y los Bears

April 15, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

Para una sala llena de jugadoras de fútbol americano de bandera del área, conocer a Diana Flores en una tarde de verano en Halas Hall fue algo por lo que...

Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields signs an autograph for Saniya Shotwell during a visit to training camp, July 29, 2023, in Lake Forest. Shotwell and two other athletes are flag football players who received athletic scholarships to play in college.

Can flag football be part of the Chicago sports landscape? Inside the efforts of Diana Flores, captain of the Mexican national team, and the Bears.

August 25, 2023 at 3:33 p.m.

For a roomful of area female flag football players, meeting Diana Flores on a summer evening at Halas Hall was something they couldn't stop smiling about. Flores, 26, has spent...

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6-year-old boy hospitalized after being shot during family gathering on South Side

¿Puede el fútbol bandera ser parte del panorama deportivo de Chicago? El esfuerzo de Diana Flores, capitana de la selección mexicana, y los Bears

Can flag football be part of the Chicago sports landscape? Inside the efforts of Diana Flores, captain of the Mexican national team, and the Bears.

The Chicago Public Library Foundation honors Richard Hunt with an Art Award. We talk with the artist about his career.

On the colorful wings of Pittsburgh fame, artist Janel Young comes to Chicago

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Cecilia Rodhe — through son Joakim Noah’s foundation — offers art therapy to mothers who lost a child to violence

She saw a local news void in Harvey. So she started a publication to help ‘those with a voice but without a platform.’

For decades, Camp One Step has been helping children with their cancer journeys — and changing their lives

This 96-year-old woman still finds purpose in practicing psychiatry in her Highland Park home