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The completed bleachers in left field before the Cubs-Mets game on May 11.

Residents excited about Wrigley Field renovations, concerned about public safety

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

Lakeview residents were buzzing about the newest renovations to Wrigley Field and the surrounding neighborhood at a community meeting Thursday evening. Cubs officials confirmed that the opening date for the...

Chicago police investigate the scene of an police shooting pNov. 29, 2017, in the 6100 block of South King Drive. p

City of Chicago sued over fatal police shooting of 24-year-old man in November

May 31, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

The mother of a 24-year-old man shot and killed by a Chicago police officer during a foot chase last year is suing the officer and the city, according to court...

Truck carrying ammunition catches fire after Tinley Park crash

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

A truck carrying ammunition burst into flames when a car crashed into it near a Tinley Park gun shop Tuesday night, according to fire officials and a witness. Tinley Park...

Authorities search for northwest suburban teen and her toddler son

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

Cook County Sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s help in the search for a missing teenage girl from the northwest suburbs and her toddler son. Katherine Lujano, 17, of...

Son of ex-Chicago schools chief Paul Vallas dies in California

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

Mark Vallas, son of former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, died Saturday in the Los Angeles area, according to family members and authorities. Mark Vallas, 24, the youngest of...

Chicago historian and educator Timuel Black, 99, delivers a lecture Feb. 25, 2018, at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago.

Historian Timuel Black celebrates DuSable High School at black history event

December 14, 2018 at 10:23 p.m.

Since DuSable High School opened its doors in 1935, the inconspicuous, three-story building in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood has cultivated the beginnings of many prominent names in Chicago and beyond. The...

Police ask for help in solving 2018’s first homicide

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Chicago police are trying to retrace the last known whereabouts of a 51-year-old man who was fatally shot on the Northwest Side only hours into the new year. Police say...

Wife of slain police commander writes letter thanking Chicago for ‘outpouring of love and support’

May 23, 2019 at 12:32 a.m.

The wife of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer on Tuesday released a letter thanking Chicagoans for their “outpouring of love and support.” Bauer was shot and killed Feb. 13 outside...

Chicago police respond to where a 16-year-old boy and a 19-year-old woman were injured in a shooting Feb. 19, 2018, in the 7600 block of South Champlain Avenue.

Slain boy, 15, among victims of two double shootings blocks apart on South Side

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

A 15-year-old boy was killed and a 19-year-old woman with him was seriously wounded as they walked through the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side Monday, according to Chicago police....

A tent in forest against stars on night sky in Maine's Acadia National Park.

Politics, funding impede Pullman restoration as monument approaches 3rd anniversary

May 23, 2019 at 12:28 a.m.

Three years ago, then-President Barack Obama returned to Chicago amid much fanfare to designate part of the city’s historic Pullman neighborhood as the state’s first national monument. The proclamation was...

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