Chicago News

At least 6 people were shot, one of them fatally, on Chicago's West Side Friday night.

A second man has been charged in the death of a cab driver who was shot during a robbery last year, according to police.

John S. Aren, overseer of nine Salvation Army thrift stores, and Lincoln Park store manager Demetrius Mabry smile for the camera.

A slew of fourth-wave emo bands are descending upon Chicago this weekend to perform-some call Chicago home, others are from Missouri or Florida, and most have a connection to a small Michigan town about an hour outside of Detroit called Fenton.

Keara Maive, age 13, and a resident of Glenview has a principal recurring role on the new Chicago based series 'Family Values'.

A Chicago couple filed a lawsuit alleging that 20 cats in their downstairs neighbor's one-bedroom unit in Lakeview and the corresponding odors are reducing property values and violating condo association rules.

Phillip Foss, the chef-owner of Michelin-starred EL Ideas in Chicago , will be the next guest chef at Ardent on Milwaukee's east side, on Oct. 31. The Milwaukee native will prepare a dinner for 20 guests with Justin Carlisle, the chef and owner of Ardent, 1751 N. Farwell Ave. Foss cooked in the kitchens of Lafayette, the Quilted Giraffe and Le ... (more)

Jedlicka Performing Arts Center concludes its 2013-14 season with the new Broadway musical BIG FISH with music and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Andrew Lippa , book by esteemed screenwriter John August , directed by Artistic Director Dante J. Orfei , music direction by John Warren and choreography by Dina DiCostanzo .

Ron Onesti and Jim Peterik of The Ides of March and Survivor on WGN-FM, "Backstage with Ron Onesti" Jul. 25, 2014.

Demarko Johnson-Molette and Devontay Chambers have been charged in connection to the July 14 armed robbery in the 200 block of Clinton Avenue.

Dr. Richard Park, Chief Executive Officer at CityMD, explains the expansion of urgent care clinics and the changing nature of health care in the United States.

Richard Linklater is not only one of this country's most versatile working film directors, he's also an accomplished film exhibitor.

Leaping, twirling and stomping into its 25th anniversary season, River North Dance Chicago, the subject of three Emmy Award-winning WTTW-TV Chicago specials, attracted 120 guests to the Chop Shop & 1st Ward in Chicago on July 10. Snippets of the dancers' energetic repertoires were projected onto the walls of the venue while attendees mingled ... (more)

Jose Abreu slams his 27th homer on July 4 at U.S. Cellular Field against the Mariners.

Join others to say, "Na zdrowie!" this Sunday July 27th, 6pm, in celebration for the book release of Avondale and Chicago's Polish Village at the Podlasie Club, 2918 N. Central Park.

Global warming is not the reason why Chicago's 1800s-era sewer system occasionally floods people's basements, despite Washington Post propaganda to the contrary.

Here's another one from the "don't do the crime if you can't do the time" files and a reminder that posting proof of your stupidity on social media can come back to bite you in the ass.

In a small garden in Chicago's South Side Washington Park neighborhood - blocks from a site proposed for the Obama presidential library - 18-year-old A.J. Jones has found solace tending organic leeks, asparagus and dinosaur kale.

There isn't a city in the U.S. that's been a better laboratory for architectural inventiveness than Chicago.