Mayor Lightfoot announce 2022 Climate Action Plan in celebration of Earth Day
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is focusing on what Chicago needs to do to take better care of the planet on this Earth Day.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot is focusing on what Chicago needs to do to take better care of the planet on this Earth Day.
It comes as the CTA announced it is working on deploying 300 unarmed security guards to the entire transit system every day, up from the current 200.
The Chicago Park District is teaming up with "Friends of the Parks" Saturday in hosting clean-up events at various parks throughout the city.
The deadline to apply for the scholarship is May 6.
On Saturday, April 23, volunteers can help the cause. Here's how you can get involved.
A Chicago sailor's exciting vacation plans to hit the open sea hit a snag when his flight was canceled. Finger-pointing only furthered his frustration.
"The next thing I see is him literally being dragged on the driver side through the car."
"I grew up without a mother and I didn't have a strong maternal support system, and I was one of the first of my friends to have kids and I didn't know what I needed."
Robberies, stabbings, and shootings are among the violent attacks that have been reported in the CTA system within just the last month.
If you have bird feeders or bird baths, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is asking that you take then down through the end of May.
Rain chances ramp up through the morning commute.
Clouds increase overnight with temperatures falling to the upper 40s. Rain chances increase in the early morning hours of Friday and remain high throughout the day.
Just one day after some new piping plovers were spotted at Chicago area beaches, the famed Monty was captured again strutting along Montrose Beach.
Ted Nims is well on his way to achieving his goal of visiting every country. But his most recent journey was not as a tourist, but to help.
In the latest case, DCFS has kept a 15-year-old boy at a psychiatric facility even after it was determined to no longer be medically necessary as of Jan. 31, 2022.