Big Marsh Bike Park opens to delight of biking enthusiasts
Scott Curry was sweating on Monday as he chased after his 7-year-old son, Evan, who was testing out the new public Bike Park at Big Marsh, giving him a little...
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Huge crowds downtown, at Wrigley for Cubs World Series parade
The Chicago River turned Cubbie blue Friday morning, as the city braced for a parade 108 years in the making. The city estimates about 5 million people will attend the...
Honest Abe makes stop in Chicago in time for presidential election
With the presidential election a week away, it's no coincidence that a monumental Abraham Lincoln was installed Tuesday in a downtown Chicago plaza at Michigan Avenue near the Chicago River....
Alderman proposes honorary street for Cubs’ Javier Baez
Cubs infielder Javier Baez, National League Championship Series co-MVP and possible World Series champion, could add another accolade to his list of achievements with an honorary street in Humboldt Park....
Chicago-area hospitals conjure Halloween joy for kids
Like most kids on Halloween, Cristian Carrillo was dressed in a costume. With red shirt, sneakers and hat, blue overalls and fake mustache drawn on with black eyeliner, he looked...
Newborn babies get Cubs onesies for the World Series
Daniel and Sintia Stewart hope their newborn son, Ezra, is the Cubs good luck charm. "He was born a Cubs fan for sure," said his mother, who gave birth on...
How to navigate your way to and from Wrigleyville during Cubs’ World Series
With World Series games in Chicago for three days in a row beginning Friday, Cubs fans heading to Wrigleyville to watch the game in and around the ballpark will have...
108 free hot dogs to celebrate Cubs trip to the World Series
What is the sweet taste of victory for Cubs fans? Hot dogs. A friendly food fight between Chicago and Los Angeles restaurants ends Tuesday with a hot dog giveaway more...
South Side indoor track and field project back on track
During the winter months, coach Heraldo Morrison takes his four dozen grade school and high school students, members of the Saints Track Club, to the South Side YMCA, where they...
Rockford woman fighting terminal cancer gets wedding wish granted
When Anne Carmean first met Jon Harnish on an online dating site in 2008, she divulged something personal that wasn't in her profile. Earlier that year, she'd had a mastectomy...