I-94 shooting shuts down ramp to I-57
Two men were shot Thursday night near the northbound I-94 ramp to southbound I-57, leading to a shutdown of the ramp, according to Illinois State Police. Troopers responded to the...
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2 dead, 7 wounded in Thursday shootings
Two 24-year-old men are dead, five other people were wounded in just over an hour in the afternoon and two more people were shot Thursday night during shooting attacks citywide,...
New organizers promise clean slate for Puerto Rican festival and parade after year of upheaval
After a year of turmoil for the Puerto Rican Parade Committee, community leaders say it's a new day in Humboldt Park. Next month, the beloved Puerto Rican festival and parade...
How did it take 100 years for Indiana Dunes to become a national park?
In the early 1900s, when the International Association of Plant Geographers made short lists of what they had to see in North America, the scientists spanning continents included the sand...
‘Hidden gem’ no more, Indiana Dunes is ready for the spotlight as the country’s newest national park
Past the southeastern tip of Lake Michigan's horseshoe shoreline, beyond the rustling hum of cottonwood trees and prickly jack pines, a boy walked up to the silver water creeping up...
4 kids, 1 adult injured in Roseland fire
Four kids and one adult were injured Thursday night in a fire in the Roseland neighborhood, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The fire was reported at two houses in...
Trump signs full pardon for former media mogul Conrad Black, who wrote flattering bio of president
President Donald Trump signed a full pardon for Conrad Black, former executive of the Chicago Sun-Times' parent company and disgraced media mogul, on Wednesday. In December 2007, Black, the former...
Flooding in the Chicago area has been so bad in the past decade that only places ravaged by hurricanes sustain more damage
A week before the maggots hatched, raw sewage gushed into Lori Burns' basement for the sixth time in a decade. Her brick bungalow in the Chatham neighborhood was among thousands...
Louis Farrakhan speaks at St. Sabina Catholic Church following Facebook ban
Supporters of Minister Louis Farrakhan packed the Rev. Michael Pfleger's church Thursday night, punctuating the longtime leader of the Chicago-based Nation of Islam's message with standing ovations, claps and promises...
Last of striking charter schools reaches tentative agreement with Chicago Public Schools
Students were back in class at two more Chicago charter schools Tuesday morning, following the end of a coordinated strike by unionized educators that stopped classes last week. A tentative...