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The city is also increasing its program enabling mental health professionals to respond to emergency calls, Mayor Brandon Johnson said.

The Individual Artists Program grants support recipients' creative projects with grants up to $6,000.

Transit officials said last month they were “confident” they'd strike the deal to extend the Red Line south to 130th Street before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

The nonprofit Promontory Point Conservancy shared several options for preserving the Point's limestone steps this week as federal and city agencies plan to reinforce the beloved lakefront park.

The rum-based cocktails, first served during informal kickball games at a Kenwood park, are now sold in dozens of Chicago-area liquor stores. "If you can win in Chicago, you can win anywhere," said founder Nate Duhon.

Play Toys and Books will take over Nancy Stanek’s flagship — and last remaining — location of Toys et Cetera as the longtime toy seller retires.

Friday's grand opening introduced neighbors and friends to a menu celebrating the African disapora with dishes like salmon calas, a lamb burger, a suya mushroom satay and stuffed plantains.

WOODLAWN — A construction worker was “conscious and alert” after a fall at the Obama Presidential Center site Wednesday, fire officials confirmed.

Plans to expand a lakefront dump for polluted sediment would amount to “open dumping,” given a landfill ban in Cook County, state environmental officials told a judge as activists sue to stop the expansion.

HYDE PARK — A popular Pilsen outpost for chef Alfonso Sotelo's spin on Mexican cuisine is set to expand to Hyde Park next month.