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The 1890 cornerstone of the old Pilgrim Baptist Church is shown on April 17, 2019. The building completed in 1891 was originally a Jewish synagogue; later it became Pilgrim Baptist Church.

Leaders at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Bronzeville get $2.1 million toward rebuilding the worship space and creating a gospel museum

June 23, 2022 at 1:14 p.m.

The National Museum of Gospel Music is one step closer to becoming a reality. And it will be in Bronzeville. State Sen. Mattie Hunter helped secure $2.1 million in funding...

A partially collapsed wall in the 1500 block of North Fremont Street after a storm passed through the area June 13, 2022 in Chicago. During the event a tornado warning was issued for the Chicago area by the National Weather Service.

Tree damage reported after high winds and heavy rains sweep Chicago area

June 13, 2022 at 9:26 p.m.

Damage reports were being tallied Monday evening after heavy rains and high winds hit the Chicago area, forecasters said. "A lot of the damage has been tree damage but certainly...

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin.

City health department advises people to take precautions at gatherings as 7 monkeypox cases confirmed in Chicago

June 13, 2022 at 8:04 p.m.

With summertime rapidly approaching, the Chicago Department of Public Health is asking Chicagoans to take extra safety precautions while the department continues to investigate the monkeypox virus. The potentially serious...

Zahara Bassett, CEO and founder at Life Is Work, speaks during the Reclaim Pride March and gathering on June 12, 2022, at AIDS Garden Chicago.

‘We will not be controlled, and we will not accept your violence.’ Dozens gather for Chicago Reclaim Pride March.

June 13, 2022 at 6:52 a.m.

A crowd of nearly 75 people gathered Sunday afternoon in Lakeview to march from the Belmont Red Line station to the AIDS Garden Chicago in support of abortion rights, gun...

Kim Do holds her son, Max, at home on June 4, 2022.

‘I’ve never seen anyone walk out the NICU before’: After being born with a rare condition, an 11-month old leaves the NICU for the first time

June 8, 2022 at 12:23 p.m.

It was a day Dan Do thought he might never get the chance to see. On Monday, Do's son Max donned a spiffy white and navy blue outfit, with a...

A man falls off top of CTA Blue Line train during Tuesday morning commute

May 31, 2022 at 6:12 p.m.

A man was injured after falling off the top of a moving CTA Blue Line train in the East Garfield neighborhood. At about 9:15 a.m. a 27-year-old man was on...

People meet at North Avenue Beach after responding to an internet meet-up flyer titled "North Ave Beach Takeover," on May 30, 2022.

Swimming conditions improve at Chicago’s public beaches on Memorial Day

May 30, 2022 at 7:36 p.m.

Chicago's beaches are open for swimming on Memorial Day — if swimmers are brave enough to face Lake Michigan's chilly waters. Those visiting the city's public beaches on Monday, the...

Maj. Robert Lawrence Jr., the first Black astronaut in the U.S. space program, is introduced at a news conference in El Segundo, California, on June 30, 1967. Lawrence was part of a classified military space program in the 1960s called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, meant to spy on the Soviet Union. He died before flying in space when his fighter jet crashed Dec. 8, 1967.

Nearly 54 years after his untimely death, the legacy of 1st African American astronaut lives on

May 29, 2022 at 8:18 a.m.

Maj. Robert Lawrence Jr. was an Englewood native whose contributions to the U.S. Air Force and NASA helped young scholars achieve their dreams in science. Though his untimely death prevented...

Joy Dobbs, center, the mother of shooting victim Dakotah Earley, is embraced by David Hussar, the Lincoln Park resident who called 911 and provided aid to Dakotah, during a news conference at City Hall on May 23, 2022.

‘I never thought my son would be a hashtag’: Mother of culinary student wounded in shooting thanks man who came to his aid

May 23, 2022 at 5:58 p.m.

David Husser was asleep in his Lincoln Park home earlier this month when he awoke to the sound of gunshots. "It sounded like they were right outside my house," Husser...

St. Charles firefighters retrieve a hose line on May 22, 2022, as they work to douse smoldering debris at what was one the main entrance to the former Pheasant Run Resort in Saint Charles. Extensive damage to the buildings could be seen from East Main Street as police shooed onlookers away.

Fire extinguished at former Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles

May 22, 2022 at 6:54 p.m.

A blaze at a vacant former resort in St. Charles was extinguished Sunday evening after firefighters worked for hours to contain the widespread fire. The St. Charles Fire Department responded...

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