Johnathon E. Briggs

Chicago Public Schools made news a few years ago for adding healthier fare to cafeteria menus and vending machines. Juice replaced soda. Beef was swapped for turkey. Low-fat cheese topped...

Christopher Watson often teased his mother that she worried too much. So much so that when friends stopped by their South Side home to ask if Chris could come outside,...

Rachel McFadden and Zachary Trayes-Gibson were walking down a South Side street Friday night when they heard a woman scream. They had no idea that the cry for help belonged...

The way the crowd erupted at ESPN Zone in downtown Chicago on Saturday afternoon, you would have thought the Cubs had finally won the World Series. It was that loud....

Hours after Kleo Barrett's family reported her missing, they got a tip that she was seen talking to a man at a South Side gas station. Based on the description,...

From behind the wheel of his Peapod truck, Neo Gullstrom has seen condos rise on vacant lots and aging homes rehabilitated as urban professionals settle in neighborhoods along his South...

Is there anything so exhilarating as a fresh start? A new year carries infinite possibilities. The mere turn of the calendar's page makes us vow to weigh less and exercise...

It was Bill Cosby the comedian, not Bill Cosby the stern preacher, who made his plea to a crowd of Chicago parents and their sons Wednesday. Cosby, keynote speaker at...

A burst of violence in the Logan Square area early Friday morning shook residents of the Northwest Side community, resulting in a call for a communitywide anti-violence vigil on Saturday....