Michael Holtz

Bob Balanoff took off work today to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather on the dock next to his boat at DuSable Harbor in Chicago. Wearing khaki shorts and sandals, he...

Friends and cyclists gathered Friday to install a ghost bike memorial — a bike spray-painted white from spokes to handlebars — at the corner of Oak and Wells streets near...

Real estate agent Todd Salen says the stuffed alligator head that adorns Ron Zook's home office doesn't come with the house, a 6,000-square-foot mansion the former University of Illinois head...

Friends and cyclists gathered Friday to install a ghost bike memorial — a bike spray-painted white from spokes to handlebars — at the corner of Oak and Wells Street near...

Wendella Chicago Water Taxi is offering free rides today to celebrate the service's 50th anniversary. The water taxis operate everyday from 6:45 a.m. to 6:50 p.m. with stops along the...

Kathy Webster clutched the railing against gusts of wind as she climbed Wednesday onto a Wendella Chicago Water Taxi near the Ogilvie Transportation Center. She commutes from the train station...

The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago announced Friday that it was selling its center in the Austin neighborhood to an affordable housing agency, despite an appeal from community leaders who had...

Officials from the Chicago mayor's and Illinois secretary of state's offices vowed Friday to continue their crackdown on the fraudulent use of disabled-parking placards in the city. City and state...