Gold Coast residents fight to save Whispers Cafe
In the heart of the Gold Coast neighborhood, some residents are fighting to save a cafe and, more generally, the character of their beloved Mariano Park. For more than 13...
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Charleston shooting exposes simmering racial climate in South, beyond
Wanda Freeman can see in her mind's eye several former students who could have turned out just like that emissary of ancient hatred who killed nine black people in a...
Englewood man charged in connection with 2012 killing
An Englewood man charged in connection with a 2012 murder on the Far South Side was arrested downstate Friday, according to prosecutors Saturday. Michael Gardner, 24, is charged with first-degree...
Humboldt Park teen charged with murder of other teen
Two Chicago teenagers agreed to meet at a Hermosa taqueria to fight without weapons and then smoke weed together, but one of them brought a gun and shot the other...
Blackhawks fans brave elements to celebrate Stanley Cup champions
A sea of red-clad hockey fans descended upon downtown Chicago on Thursday to celebrate the Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks, packing a parade route through the Loop, then cheering and dancing...
Storms, transportation snags challenge Blackhawks fans
Chicago Blackhawks fans appeared to have handily weathered both the rainstorms and the public transit crush Thursday, making a steady and exhuberant exodus from Downtown after cheering their triumphant team....
As rally begins, fans allowed into Soldier Field without tickets
Those free tickets for the Blackhawks rally cost many fans money, time and heartache. Unlike for the previous two rallies, those wanting to attend Thursday's celebration had to obtain free...
Crowd sprayed with Champagne as Lord Stanley stops for nightcap
The rolling Stanley Cup party made its last stop for the night Tuesday at a River North bar, where several Blackhawks marked the occasion by spraying the crowd below with...
Fans tail Blackhawks near Loop for glimpse of Cup
It was 4 a.m. and most revelers had left town, but Adam Kirkenmeier and his brother were not giving up: They were on the hunt for the Cup. As they...
Slain Austin man’s friend: ‘It was like we were brothers’
John Norwood stood by his overturned bucket in the thin shade outside a North Austin laundromat and remembered his friend, Bruce. Almost every day, Norwood sits on the bucket in...