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The prize kicks off the annual Printers Row Lit Fest, with past winners including Sandra Cisneros and Studs Terkel. Smith, who was born in Chicago, is best known in the literary world for her award-winning m...
Look, any school can go 100-plus years without a conference championship in baseball. That streak is over in Hyde Park, where the Division III Maroons are gearing up for the NCAA Tournament.
The previously hard-to-find book, rereleased by the owners of the Graveface Museum, is the latest unboxed cultural artifact in the seemingly never-ending fascination with the prolific serial killer.
Golden State is well-coached, on a mission and dangerous at every position.
The hit FX series dropped a special flashback episode last week set largely in Gary that allowed the 'Magic City' to shine once more.
Since 2020, nearly 2,500 homeowners not only lost their properties, but also the surplus equity in those homes after their delinquent property taxes were sold. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled those sales uncons...
When the NFL announced Monday the Giants will host the Cowboys in the first 2026 “Sunday Night Football” game, it eliminated two candidates to face the Seahawks in the second-ever Wednesday night season...
Thieves are smashing car windows, stealing airbags and selling them on the black market. One car owner said the total cost of repairs was $3,300 after his airbag was stolen in March.
The Illinois native honed his songwriting chops here, and a who's who of Americana musicians will lineup to pay tribute at his 80th birthday concert in October at the Chicago Theatre.
After five years, the team's quest for a new dome has been narrowed to two choices in two states, with a lot at stake for Illinois politicians.
With only a 20.3% chance to jump into the top 4 of Sunday's draft lottery, the Bulls did just that, hitting on No. 4. A huge get for new executive Bryson Graham, known for his ability to land top talent. The...
The new Chicago Arts Census surveyed more than 1,200 people across the arts. Organizers say the results give them hard numbers to better advocate for the field.
Vladimir Sklarov will remain locked up at the federal jail in Chicago as he awaits extradition to Manhattan to face charges for allegedly conning Mexican businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego.
Rev. Jose Molina was working as a temporary minister at St. Francis of Assisi Parish since August 2025. Cardinal Blase Cupich has since stripped him of his abilities to minister in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
In many ways, it has been the basis for how I’ve tried to live my life ... with honesty, with integrity, with sincerity.
On Saturday in Uptown, 50 competitors raced to complete a 500-piece puzzle, with the winner finishing in 53 minutes and 15 seconds.
Buckingham Fountain was turned on during the 12th annual Switch on Summer festival, a partnership between the Chicago Park District and ComEd that kicks off a series of summer events across the city.
The gates and license plate readers were installed at 10 city beaches in an effort to enforce paid parking. Some residents think public parking should be free, while others have no objection to paying a smal...
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) criticized systems that create billionaires and shared support for Democratic gerrymandering in a talk Friday night at the University of Chicago.
There's more work planned at the site, with the final cost likely to approach $200 million.
How rare is it for a Cubs team to have not one, but two winning streaks of at least nine games in the same season?
The hot dog stand has until June 30 to leave its primary location at 1250 S. Union Ave. It will open a new location in the fall in Pilsen, the business said.
The ex-Marine described what he saw and experienced right down to the humps boots make in body bags. He grew up in Westchester, graduated from Fenwick High School and Loyola University and reported for the C...