Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday that Chicago will spend $7 million on increasing salaries for 3,000 early childhood ...

On the first Tuesday of each month, a small group of Hyde Park veterans gather at Valois Restaurant to share coffee, eggs and a heaping side of conversation.

There's a breathtaking scene in the middle of Joshua Harmon's “Prayer for the French Republic” — which is enjoying a ...

Fiber Friends Studios, which has for years hosted meet-ups for local knitters, crocheters and other fiber arts crafters ...

The election of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to the papacy this month has been a cause for celebration for Catholic ...

I found myself in Rosehill Cemetery. It was founded in 1859 and is 350 acres — the largest cemetery in the City of Chicago.

Joy Rosner, one of the principal organizers of the spring Hyde Park Garden Fair, tended to the steady stream of curious and ...

For acclaimed author and University of Chicago professor Eve Ewing, it’s the “I Yam What I Yam” sandwich, a ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 19 other Democratic attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Tuesday against Trump administration policies designed to block federal funding to states that ...

The buildings have sat empty for 12 years. Several are architecturally significant with striking details and character taking up multiple city blocks. But many are in rough shape, with copper stripped ...

Deja Hood, a boisterous South Shore native and interdisciplinary artist known as Dej, is hosting her first photography exhibition at Connect Gallery at the end of this month. Opening at 1451 E. 53rd ...

Local State Sen. Robert Peters (D-13th) announced Tuesday morning that he’s running for Congress in the Second District in the 2026 midterm elections. In a 52-second campaign video posted to X, Peters ...