Sophie Sherry

Gompers Park pool in Chicago is currently empty of water and visitors, and it remains unclear when pools can reopen.

A summer without swimming? Pools could be ‘one of the last places’ to reopen as coronavirus restrictions begin to ease.

May 13, 2020 at 7:05 p.m.

It could be a summer without swimming in Illinois, as park districts and private clubs try to determine if and when it's safe to open pools. Gov. J.B. Pritzker's five-phase...

Chance the Rapper will give out $300,000 to schools and teachers during his new "Twilight Awards" on Instagram Live.

Chance the Rapper to surprise Chicago teachers with cash gifts during new awards show

May 5, 2020 at 5:15 p.m.

Chance the Rapper will launch a new awards show this week celebrating educators across the country and in Chicago and donating $300,000 to teachers and schools in need. "The Twilight...

Lane Tech College Prep seniors Nina Royston, 18, from left, Nathan Polizzi, 18, and junior Adam Neale, 17, sit in the trunks of their cars while gathered at a social distance in the school's parking lot on April 28, 2020, in Chicago.

‘We can have conversations like everything is normal.’ At a social distance, students gather in Lane Tech parking lot and talk about the school year they missed

May 4, 2020 at 6:26 a.m.

Aiden Cloud is happy to be back at school. In these times, that means sitting in the trunk of his car, in the parking lot of Lane Tech College Prep,...

Mike Tanaka, of Chicago, practices his swing before playing a round of golf at Makray Memorial Golf Club in Barrington on Friday, May 1, 2020, the opening day of golf.

May starts with lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures for Chicago

May 1, 2020 at 6:20 p.m.

Warmer weather has finally reached the Chicago area, with temperatures expected to hit the mid-70s this weekend. But while the calendar has turned to May, April-like showers are not gone...

In neighborhoods where it fights violence, GoodKids MadCity is raising money for those struggling during the pandemic. ‘We have to take care of each other’

May 1, 2020 at 6:32 a.m.

At 19, Alycia Kamil is a leader of GoodKids MadCity, a group of young people dedicated to fighting violence where they live in Chicago. It's only natural, she said, that...

2 people having their car towed on I-57 killed when they were struck by a passing vehicle, state police say

April 26, 2020 at 11:03 a.m.

Two pedestrians were struck and killed by a car while standing near a tow truck on Interstate 57 early Sunday morning. Authorities were called about 4:30 a.m. to I-57 northbound...

Jerome Sutton died from COVID-19, but family wants him remembered for how he lived. ‘To know him was to love him. He could make anybody laugh.’

April 28, 2020 at 4:47 p.m.

There's still a lot Precious Hoskins-Sutton wants to know about how her husband died of COVID-19, but for now she wants everyone to remember how he kept people laughing and...

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