Jake Wittich

Precious Brady Davis, commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Photo by Jake Wittich

The seventh annual Be a Part of the Light initiative from My Block, My Hood, My City recruited hundreds of volunteers to decorate 500 homes along South Martin Luther King Drive on the South Side.

Several hundred Syrian Americans rallied downtown to celebrate the country's freedom from the Assad government and share hope for its future.

Several hundred Syrian Americans rallied downtown to celebrate the country's freedom from the Assad government and share hope for its future.

“Anything can happen,” says frontman of the group, which fired up audiences at local festivals in the ‘90s.

Samba Bamba saltó a la fama en los años 90 tras presentarse en Vinyl, un club que existía en 1615 N. Clybourn Ave.

A high-ranking Chicago police official could be suspended for making inappropriate comments about LGBTQ+ people after a protest during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) over the war in Gaza.

When Cedric Sturdevant, of Mississippi, was diagnosed with HIV in 2005, he tried to ignore his status.

Fog is expected to move into the area Monday. The unseasonably balmy temperatures are expected to continue through New Year's Eve before cooler weather returns to kick off 2025, the National Weather Service says.

The city is convening an advisory group to address transfemicide—fatal violence against transgender women—in Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Dec. 24 calling the Chicago Commission on Human Relations and the Chicago Police Department to create the Transfemicide Working Group by Feb. 28. The group will include representatives from both departments, the mayor’s office, the […]