Chicago-area doctors aid victims of earthquakes in Nepal
Dr. Scott Cordes was operating on a patient Tuesday when the hospital building in Nepal began to violently shake. He could hear screams throughout the hospital as nurses and family...
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Humboldt Park residents urge officials not to back Riot Fest
Four months before Humboldt Park's annual music festival, community members are ramping up efforts to keep Riot Fest out of the neighborhood. Nearly 100 people gathered Friday at the Humboldt...
Roadwork may unearth forgotten bodies on Chicago’s Northwest Side
As construction gets underway on a stretch of Oak Park Avenue on Chicago's Northwest Side, city workers may uncover thousands of bodies buried in the area. Many forgotten souls were...
Chicago ALS chapter puts Ice Bucket Challenge funds to work
As she watched the Ice Bucket Challenge fill her Facebook feed last summer, Samantha Matusiak thought of her mother, who died the year before after battling ALS. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,...
Cathy Coughlin, longtime AT&T executive, dies at 57
Cathy M. Coughlin, a former AT&T global marketing executive and businesswoman in the Chicago community, has died. She was 57. Ms. Coughlin died Thursday, April 23, at her Dallas home...
Painting marks family history, 100-year anniversary of Armenian genocide
At the bottom of the canvas are two outstretched hands, palms out, cradling an array of colors and a subtle map interspersed with screen prints of lace. Jackie Kazarian, the...
Northwestern to open HIV research center at Center on Halsted
The first time Eric Amaya felt that he was accepted as part of a group was when he volunteered for a community center in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. It was...
Just months after Chicago skywalk, Wallenda plans another stunt
Less than six months after his record-breaking stunt in Chicago, daredevil Nik Wallenda is at it again. On Monday he announced a stunt planned for later this month in Orlando....
City’s Albany Park residents eagerly await stormwater tunnel
As April showers fall, Albany Park residents are holding their breath. Two years ago, the neighborhood was recovering from heavy rains and rising river levels that left basements underwater and...
Pick-your-own fruit farm to open in Chicago this summer
Breanne Heath started with a patch of dirt on the South Side and a simple idea: a farm where visitors can pick their own fruit. Now the nearly half-acre site...