Dyeing of Chicago River, St. Patrick's Day Parade have everyone bedecked in green
When Chicago gets the proverbial green light to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, the city unites in green.
Department store calling it quits after 75 years on Chicago's West Side
Brothers opened K's Department Store three quarters of a century ago – and now, one of them has to close it for good.
Closing of Morgan Park gym inspires members to take action
Gym members hope the heavy lifting of advocacy will save their gym from being the latest business closure on Chicago's South Side.
Aurora converts shuttered school buildings into affordable housing
Aurora's Todd Elementary School closed in 2019, but it reopened on Wednesday as the new Fox Valley Apartments to house working families.
Suburban Chicago SEED program helps people grow with job training for new careers
"This is the first time I actually completed something."
Chicago Holocaust survivors meet regularly to share common history
The group of survivors meets four times a year, but Friday's meeting just happened to fall on International Women's Day.
2 Chicago doctors to be guests for State of the Union address
The doctors, who work in reproductive health and Black maternal health, said they hope President Biden's words will inspire action.
Weird weather forces McLean Co. maple syrup producers to adjust
Dramatic changes in temperatures affect the flow of sap used to make syrup for the Funks family, who've run their business for generations.
Street renamed to honor fallen Chicago Police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso
Officer Vásquez Lasso responded to a domestic call and chased after a young man with a gun. Police say that 18-year-old shot and killed Vásquez Lasso.
IDOT Minuteman saves driver, passenger from fiery wreck on Kennedy Expressway
"There was flames coming out both sides of the hood and smoke, you know, was pouring into the car."
Suburban Chicago residents clean up together after devastating storm
"Don't sweat the small stuff."
Fmr.-Bear Robbie Gould becomes Rolling Meadows H.S. football coach
Gould said he spent part of last season helping out the football team at Fremd High School in Palatine. The job at Rolling Meadows is his first full-time gig.
Robbie Gould (yes, the Bears' kicker) new Rolling Meadows high school coach
Gould made the move to the coaching ranks just more than two months after retiring from the National Football League after 18 years.
First U.S. moon landing since 1972 "a big deal," Chicago expert says
The lunar lander rocketing into space is called Odysseus, built by a Houston-based company called Intuitive Machines.
Suburban Chicago students with disabilities march on despite drumming equipment theft
"There is no doubt that the program is so important to our participants that we're not going to let that stop us."