Brandon Ison

The Chicago Department of Public Health (CPDH) announced at least five cases of pertussis were diagnosed among students at Lane Tech since September. CDPH is now monitoring the situation and communicating with the school community.

Strat Matsas knows his customers by first name. He’s the grill on the final weekend of his namesake, Strats Drive-Thru in Villa Park. The parking lot was filled Friday, and there has been what he describes as an overwhelming outpouring of support.

In the last week of 2024 Cook County held a lottery to see who would receive the first marriage license in the new year. With over 200 submissions, 26-year-old Aisha Buford-Morrison and 28-year-old Terrell Johnson of South Chicago won the lottery.

In the wake of the deadly attack on a crowded New Orleans street New Year’s Day, Chicago’s leaders are examining the city’s strengths and weaknesses when it comes to public safety.

About 40 vendors exited the Discount Mall on 26th Street in March of 2023. Within a month, it was announced that a verbal agreement had been made for them to occupy the old Kmart Building at 51st Street and Kedzie Avenue in Gage Park.

Live entertainment is still scheduled at Weegee’s Lounge until at least Jan. 23 as confirmed by the vintage neighborhood bar on Instagram. Owner Alex Huebner has not yet personally responded to WBBM Newsradio to confirm an impending closure.

Karmen Sibly, owner of Grounded Apothecary is fulfilling a lifelong passion to provide homemade sea moss, small-batch plant medicine and natural remedies that harness the abundance of Mother Nature to heal the body, soul, and mind.

Chicago’s heat ordinance requires residential landlords and building owners to maintain indoor heat at 68 degrees during the day and 66 degrees at night during the colder months, or face a fine of $500 to $1,000 per day per violation.

The 12th floor courtroom and two overflow rooms were filled as federal prosecutors began their cross-examination of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in his ongoing federal racketeering conspiracy trial.

As the threat of mass deportation looms under the soon-to-be Donald Trump White House, immigrant rights advocates in Chicago are in a massive push to educate undocumented immigrants about their rights.