Endangered African penguin chick hatches at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo
An endangered African penguin chick recently hatched at the Lincoln Park Zoo just in time for the holiday season.
Illinois House Speaker Welch touts success of transit funding bill
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch (D-Westchester) was at Chicago's Union Station Thursday morning to tout a successful legislative session that ended with a transit funding bill.
Illini marching band plays Metallica classics in competition
The Fighting Illini marching band recently took up the challenge of performing the music of Metallica.
Car ripped into three pieces in crash in Aurora
Police in Aurora, Illinois, west of Chicago were investigating a crash that split a car into three different pieces early Thursday morning.
Voting open until Friday for new name for Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
A coalition of nonprofits, government bodies, elected officials, businesses, and residents has decided it's time for a name change for the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Rollover crash leaves man dead in Highland, Indiana
A man was killed in a rollover crash on Highland, Indiana this week.
Woman, 74, dies after being struck by 2 vehicles in Buffalo Grove
A woman was struck and killed by two different vehicles in the northwest Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove late Wednesday.
Chicago brewery, Billy Corgan's teahouse team up for beer honoring "Mellon Collie"
Hop Butcher For The World and Madame ZuZu's Emporium have developed a celebratory beer, "Twilight To Starlight," for the anniversary of the seminal Smashing Pumpkins album.
COPA issues bodycam videos of police shooting that killed burglary suspect
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Wednesday issued bodycam video from a shooting that killed a burglary suspect on Chicago's West Side in September.
With funding passed, RTA drops mandate for CTA, Metra, Pace to raise fares
The Regional Transportation Authority will no longer demand the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace raise fares by 10% next year, thanks to a transit funding package passed in Springfield.
Chicago school board votes to take over ChiArts charter school
The Chicago Board of Education voted unanimously this week to take over the Chicago High School for the Arts charter school.
SHFT is Chicago's first mental health urgent care clinic for young people
SHFT Behavioral Health is the first urgent care clinic in Chicago for young people in mental health crises — specializing in children as young as 10 and adults up to the age of 30.
UChicago scientists map galaxy clusters for answers about laws of universe
Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known objects in the universe.
Gale Street Inn restaurant in Jefferson Park to reopen
A new owner said Tuesday that he plans to reopen the venerable Gale Street Inn restaurant in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood.
Dear Margaret in Lakeview closes permanently after fire
The popular Chicago restaurant Dear Margaret is closing its Lakeview location permanently after their landlord sold the building after a fire.