Jackalope, Lifeline Theatres Grateful For Grants From Rick Bayless' Foundation
Two north lakefront theatre companies expressed gratitude upon being named the recipients of major grants from Chef Rick Bayless' foundation.
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Two north lakefront theatre companies expressed gratitude upon being named the recipients of major grants from Chef Rick Bayless' foundation.
Ken Nordine was known internationally as a jazz poet, and now, preservationists are rushing to save his Edgewater mansion from the wrecking ball.
A man has been located three days after vanishing from the Edgewater neighborhood.
A driver knocked down a tree in the Edgewater neighborhood early Friday, when the low-hanging branches of the tree punctured the roof of a box truck.
The fire started around 4:30 p.m. on the second floor of an apartment building near Kenmore and Thorndale.
What was once a tree-lined street in the Edgewater community looks a whole lot different now, and neighbors are not happy about it.
"There's children playing on this property. There's children that walk up and down the street and the alleys behind here."
The American flag flying high above an Edgewater high-rise was intended to be an honorable gesture, but extensive wear and tear had it looking much less than its best.
Chicago police have issued a community alert following several car battery thefts in the Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods.
A Chicago police officer is under investigation, after a bar fight in the Edgewater neighborhood.
Four of them face charges of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm.
Police said a 47-year-old woman was parking her car shortly after midnight near Winthrop and Ardmore, just down the street from a playground and an elementary school, when five to seven men demanded her Lexus at gunpoint.
Two people were seriously injured, and several people were evacuated from their apartments in Edgewater, after a car plowed into a building Tuesday morning.
Newly released video shows an off-duty Chicago police officer who fired shots at an armed robber at a North Side pharmacy in April.
If you couldn't make it to Texas, there are many watch parties in Chicago to attend.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Normal service was resuming on the CTA Red and Purple lines Friday morning after a person jumped in front of a train in the North Side Edgewater neighborhood, according to police.
The day's latest shooting happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side.
An elderly woman found wandering early Tuesday in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side has been identified and reunited with her family.
Back 2 School Illinois was distributing nearly 14,000 of its signature school supply kits Wednesday morning at Broadway Armory Park.
At first, an employee of Chan's Auto Repair didn't know what to think when he heard the noise in the middle of the night.
Pamela Lucero left her family's home Tuesday in the 6100 block of North Hermitage and hasn't returned, according to a Chicago police alert.
For about 8 years, life-sized fiberglass sculptures of a cow and calf have greeted neighbors in Steve Satek and Dean Hervochon's front yard.
Police are warning residents about two recent robberies in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side.
A new Edgewater path that will run in the opposite direction of traffic is leaving neighbors and bikers concerned about safety.
President Donald Trump's former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.
A new vision for passenger rail is on track in southeastern Wisconsin. The MARK Passenger Rail Commission held its inaugural meeting on December 5, 2025, at Racine City Hall.
Scientists have long believed that the Moon was formed by a massive object crashing into the Earth. But what was that thing that hit the Earth 4.5 billion years ago?
Families in the Little Village neighborhood bundled up Tuesday morning for the community's annual Our Lady of Guadalupe procession on the West Side of Chicago.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a slate of legislation Tuesday morning to protect immigrants from "unjust" federal immigration enforcement actions.
President Donald Trump's former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.
An Indiana State Senate committee advanced a proposed new congressional map after hearings Monday, after months of contentious debate and pressure from the Trump administration.
The Justice Department can release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge ruled.
The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.
The mercury isn't the only thing registering as chilly this December. Relations between Mayor Bandon Johnson and a majority of the City Council are frigid as the two sides remain deadlocked on the budget.
A condo owner in Country Club Hills says he's forced to sell his home after his condo association failed to reimburse him for repairs to his leaking roof. Edward Hadnott's condo has sat empty since a major roof leak in 2022.
The U.S. stopped minting pennies this week, and some groups have issued a warning about the headaches that can create for some businesses and consumers.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning about additional cookware brands that could be leaching lead into your food.
Walgreens said it will close its office space in Chicago's Old Post Office building.
The newest measles vaccination numbers released by Chicago Public Schools shows immunizations are finally moving in the right direction.
Two pregnant Black women recently faced alarming neglect at hospitals in Indiana and Texas, highlighting racial disparities in maternal care.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill aimed at protecting vaccine access in Illinois.
Roseland Community Hospital on Monday celebrated the opening of a new sickle cell treatment clinic.
Consumers with the imported pans should throw them away due to the severe health risks posed by lead, the agency warns.
A new vision for passenger rail is on track in southeastern Wisconsin. The MARK Passenger Rail Commission held its inaugural meeting on December 5, 2025, at Racine City Hall.
U.S. Steel says it'll resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois amid strengthening demand.
Traffic at O'Hare International Airport is growing faster than expected, and this has Chicago city leaders wanting to make big changes to future construction plans at the airport.
Small Business Saturday was disrupted by the winter storm for many business owners in Chicago, but in the Rogers Park neighborhood, a group of business owners came together to draw customers.
Three different times over the past year, popular and longstanding Chicago stage theater spaces have made headlines for their demise. But it's not all bad news by any stretch.
Paramount Skydance's $30 per share offer comes just days after Netflix agreed to buy parts of Warner Bros. in a deal valued at nearly $83 billion.
The nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes have been announced. Here are the nominees.
Landon Wallace, better known as Power 92 radio and Chicago Bulls mixer DJ Commando, died last week.
Thirty-five years after throngs headed to a theater near them to see "Home Alone," you can have a lovely cheese pizza, just for you, like Macaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister character did.
Frank Gehry was known for designing the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
The new law puts several preventative measures in place, including banning immigration arrests at courthouses.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has your 11 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.
Flight deck audio and police video are providing a new look into the night when off-duty airline pilot Joseph Emerson tried to turn off the engines of an Alaska Airlines regional jet while allegedly feeling the effects of so-called "magic mushrooms" he'd eaten two days earlier.
In December of last year, Michael Virgil, 35, was on a cruise to Mexico with his fiancée and 7-year-old son. A lawsuit says while waiting for the family’s room to be ready, Virgil was served 33 drinks within hours, got lost, and ended up being tackled and sedated by security. He died hours later.
President Trump is suggesting he’s open to expanding U.S. military operations beyond Venezuela to Mexico and Colombia, as fallout grows over the administration’s operation targeting alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela.
Gov. Pritzker signed a slate of legislation Tuesday morning to protect immigrants from "unjust" federal immigration enforcement actions.
The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.
An 84-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital from a fire in a condo building in the north Chicago suburb of Skokie.
Viktoriya Petriv and her mom, Roxanne Kovalchuk, cannot get out of their heads the events of that day.
President Donald Trump's former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.
A Chicago woman battling ALS said she's been struggling just to get a disabled parking space in front of her Bridgeport home.
Days after new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring program, Sheriff Tom Dart said this crisis isn't new, and that he's been warning lawmakers of problems for years.
Charles Beach was sworn in on Monday as Cook County's first new chief judge in 24 years, and takes over amid a political firestorm over what appears to be systemic issues with how accused criminals are being monitored before trial.
Some Chicagoans found out the hard way on Monday that the overnight winter parking ban is in effect.
The electronic monitoring system in Cook County has come under increased scrutiny, after a woman was set on fire in a horrific arson attack on the Blue Line, with critics demanding answers as to why the suspect wasn't already behind bars.
Despite Sunday's loss and losing the top spot in the NFC North, fans said they're confident the Bears will bounce back.
Leo Carlsson scored two goals and rookie Beckett Sennecke had a goal and an assist in the Anaheim Ducks' 7-1 victory over the road-weary Chicago Blackhawks.
The Bulls have lost seven in a row, their most since an eight-game skid in the 2019-20 season.
Chicago faced third-and-1 from the 14 when Kingsley Enagbare stuffed Kyle Monangai for no gain. That set up the game-sealing interception.
The ninth-ranked Fighting Irish responded to getting dropped in the CFP rankings for the second consecutive week by turning down an invitation to play in the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
A man stood charged with attempted murder Tuesday in a shooting involving a Chicago police officer in the Morgan Park neighborhood this past weekend.
A man died after being with multiple gunshot wounds in an alley in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.
A man has been charged with setting a fire in the apartment building where he lived to cover up the shooting death of his roommate last month in Cicero, Illinois.
A man was charged with impersonating a police officer and other counts after a chain of events that led to gunfire from real police officers in Aurora, Illinois.
