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Chicago’s Black Bread Co. co-founders featured on Discovery+ series ‘Profiled: The Black Man’

February 14, 2022 at 2:46 p.m.

Black History Month comes once a year, but Black history is being made as it's lived, every day — a fact seen through the new Discovery+/OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network series,...

Robert "AJ" Patton, of 548 Development, speaks during a news conference at Chicago's Roosevelt Road and Kildare Avenue on Jan. 31, 2022, where a multimillion-dollar project was announced to develop vacant land bounded by Roosevelt Road and Kostner, Kildare and Fifth avenues.

North Lawndale industrial complex to bring hundreds of jobs and community innovation space: ‘We want development. We want a vibrant economy.’

February 9, 2022 at 8:25 a.m.

The redevelopment of a 21-acre North Lawndale site into a 302,000-square-foot industrial complex and a pair of community centers has the potential to bring jobs, and space to gather and...

Matt Backe shows off his new tattoo, a rendition of an open-heart surgical scar, just like the scar that his 4-year-old daughter, Everly, has. Everly Backe has endured three open heart surgeries in her short life.

Everly Backe has had her chest opened three times and she’s only 4. Her dad got a tattoo that looks like his daughter’s zipper scar to show that she’s not alone.

February 14, 2022 at 10:59 a.m.

Everly Backe (rhymes with hockey) is just 4 years old and has already endured and rebounded from three open-heart surgeries because of her congenital heart defects: interrupted aortic arch, aortic...

5 questions with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on her latest book, ‘Just Help! How to Build a Better World’

February 3, 2022 at 9:53 p.m.

Not sure what it is about children's books that make life purer, more logical and possible, but U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's latest children's book, "Just Help! How to...

Freight to Plate co-founder Mary Kathryn Scala harvests Swiss rainbow chard inside an 8-by 40-foot shipping container on Oct. 29, 2021. Freight to Plate is a women-owned business pioneering in urban agriculture.

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton aims to make Illinois’ agriculture industry more equitable and reduce food insecurity. She’s not alone in her pursuit.

February 1, 2022 at 4:52 p.m.

Equity in farming is on Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton's agenda this year. Her office announced the Advancing Ag Equity & Addressing Food Insecurity initiative Tuesday. The plan, called #AgConnectsUsAll, will...

Josh Kahn film ‘Devonte’ shows pressure Chicago athletes face on and off the field in Slamdance Film Festival entry

January 27, 2022 at 1:36 p.m.

It's not easy to get the highs and lows of being a professional athlete encapsulated in the span of a half-hour. But that's what Josh Kahn, director, writer and executive...

Only the steps of a house remain at a vacant lot in the 14800 block of Honore Avenue that is on the list for the Cook County treasurer's sale of tax delinquent properties.

Cook County Treasurer to make it easier for developers to snag abandoned properties in annual sale that has been stuck ‘in intensive care unit’

January 26, 2022 at 6:59 p.m.

What once had to be paid for, is now free. What once came in hard copy, can be downloaded through your digital device. And what once was an endeavor with...

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