Runners hit Chicago lakefront for Life Time Spring Half Marathon & 5K
Runners took off in downtown Chicago Sunday morning for the Life Time Spring Half Marathon & 5K.
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Runners took off in downtown Chicago Sunday morning for the Life Time Spring Half Marathon & 5K.
Jackie Kostek spent the morning at the starting line for the race.
The Lollapalooza 2026 daily schedule for artists at the Grant Park music festival has been released.
Chicago's Buckingham Fountain is turning on for the summer season on Saturday.
Thousands gathered for the No Kings protest in Chicago's Grant Park on Saturday.
Thousands are gathered in Grant Park for Chicago's No Kings protest on Saturday.
There is a No Kings protest in Chicago Saturday in Grant Park that is expected to cause rolling street closures, city officials are warning.
Canadian distance runner and four-time Olympian Mohammed Ahmed came in first in Chicago's Shamrock Shuffle on Sunday.
Thousands of runners hit the pavement in Grant Park to participate in an 8K run or 2-mile walk.
Thousands of runners will hit the pavement starting in Grant Park and through the Loop in an 8K run or 2-mile walk, all while continuing the St. Patrick's Day celebrations.
Lollapalooza tickets are on sale but quickly selling out for the 2026 music festival in Grant Park. Organizers released the daily lineup as well.
J Balvin and Kali Uchis are among the names taking the stage at this year's festival.
After being bumped to September for three straight years because of the NSCAR Street Race, the Taste of Chicago is reclaiming its longstanding dates in July, the city announced.
In what is known as America's Sweetest Race, runners took to Chicago's streets Sunday for the Skechers Hot Chocolate Run.
Thousands of people traveled downtown Saturday for the Chicago "No Kings" protest in Grant Park.
Chicago police have issued a new warning about a roving group of robbers targeting people wearing gold chains in downtown, particularly in the area around Grant Park.
The push targets undocumented people with criminal records in Illinois, specifically Chicago, because it is a sanctuary city.
El Grito Chicago has been postponed due to fears about immigration enforcement activity, officials announced Thursday.
In each incident, the robbers targeted lone victims on park property, and ripped away the gold chains or necklaces, police said.
Polic say a group of young people walks up to people wearing jewelry around Grant Park, yanks chains straight from the victims, and then takes off.
A festival spokesperson said attendance numbers for Lollapalooza for 2025 were about the same as those for 2024.
Marissa Perlman has your 202 Lollapalooza recap as crews work to clear Grant Park.
To keep people safe, Chicago police set up camp outside, and EMTs were on hand at six medical tents at the music festival.
Doctors at Rush University Medical Center previously said they anticipate seeing 10 to 20 extra patients a day in the emergency during the event—some come in for a drug overdose.
Hundreds of thousands of music fans of all genres packed Grant Park for the first day of Lollapalooza 2025. But Chicago air quality is unhealthy Thursday due to smoke from Canadian wildfires.
