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Group seeking president’s tax returns wants 30-foot ‘Trump Chicken’ balloon for Chicago march

May 31, 2019 at 2:48 a.m.

Organizers of a Chicago event designed to pressure President Donald Trump to release more of his tax returns think bigger is better. After reaching their initial fundraising goal to bring...

LGBTQ vets’ monument is planned for Boystown

June 5, 2018 at 2:39 p.m.

An advocacy group is planning to install a monument honoring LGBTQ veterans and active service members at the northwest corner of Halsted and Addison streets in Chicago's Boystown neighborhood. The...

Drivers beware: City stepping up enforcement of cars blocking bike lanes

May 22, 2019 at 11:11 p.m.

Martin Rathgeber was riding his bike to his Logan Square home from his job downtown this week when he encountered a red truck stopped in the bike lane on Kinzie...

The Trinity Irish Dancers, shown at 2015's St. Patrick's Day Parade on South Columbus Drive in Chicago, are returning this year for that engagement and dozens of others.

Guide to celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago

June 5, 2018 at 4:24 p.m.

The Trinity Irish Dancers are gearing up for their busiest weekend of the year. About 350 3-to-12-year-old dancers will split up into troupes to perform at roughly 100 shows in...

A. Anne Holcomb, with Unity Parenting & Counseling, stands March 8, 2017, in the burned-out common room of the Ujima Village Shelter. A fire erupted on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and damaged the shelter, which offers emergency housing to young adults in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood.

Englewood homeless shelter seeks donations to reopen after fire

May 22, 2019 at 11:10 p.m.

A homeless shelter on the South Side is hoping to raise enough money to repair and reopen the facility nearly two months after a fire forced it to close and...

Chicago Park District to consider $100,000 settlement for playground injury

May 22, 2019 at 11:10 p.m.

The Chicago Park District board on Wednesday will consider a $100,000 settlement for a girl who was injured when she fell on a metal spike at a Lawndale park playground...

Teachers to take the plunge for Special Olympics

June 5, 2018 at 6:12 p.m.

Special Olympics has given Javon Young the opportunity to shine. The 21-year-old won first place in the 400-meter snowshoe race in January at the Special Olympics Illinois Winter Games and...

Happy birthday, Chicago! History museum celebrates city’s incorporation Saturday

June 5, 2018 at 5:48 p.m.

Cheers, Chicago! Despite having a tough year, you've also had much to celebrate. Cases in point: Homegrown artist Chance the Rapper recently snagged Grammy Awards, and the "lovable losers" destroyed...

A water intake crib off 68th Street in Lake Michigan on Nov. 11, 2009.

Preservation group reveals Chicago’s 7 most endangered sites

May 22, 2019 at 11:08 p.m.

Jackson Park — home of the future Barack Obama Presidential Center and a proposed PGA-level golf course — made this year's list of most endangered sites, released Wednesday by Preservation...

The Rev. Fred Kinsey of Unity Lutheran Church marks Monica Getz's forehead with ashes on Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017, outside the CTA Red Line Berwyn stop in Chicago. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent for Christians.

On Ash Wednesday, glitter ashes show support for LGBTQ community

May 22, 2019 at 11:08 p.m.

Some Chicago-area churches plan to provide ashes mixed with glitter on Ash Wednesday as a sign of support for the LGBTQ community, a change to the religious ritual not all...

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