Addressing budgetary shortfalls, the high cost of rent and home ownership and public transit were among readers' top concerns ...

The local orchestra, known for championing diverse musicians and composers, announced an abrupt pause last spring, citing ...

Nobody is demanding that Orange County commit nearly $1 billion today, but how about committing some enthusiasm?

Elena Delle Donne and Candace Parker, right, have left their mark on basketball in Chicago. Ned Dishman / Getty Images CHICAGO — In Chicago, basketball is the sport. It’s important. There’s an ...

Chicago Public Media is building a social network for America's third largest city. Forget AI - this is the thing I'm most ...

A retired Chicago detective says the National Guard deployment that cut Memphis homicides by 43.7% could solve Chicago's worsening crime crisis.

A 48-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man were reportedly found each with a gunshot wound to the head in a shooting that the ...

A 48-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man were reportedly found each with a gunshot wound to the head in a shooting that the school’s principal called ‘deeply concerning’ for families ...

As my WBEZ colleague Esther Yoon-Ji Kang reports, the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act allows renters in some districts to band together to try to buy their building if it goes up for sale. While ...

A school building that was supposed to soon be filled with children preparing for a new academic year became the scene of a deadly investigation instead. Days before students were scheduled to ...

The firms tied to former Ald. Isaac “Ike” Carothers and former Blagojevich administration official Bamani Obadele have gotten campaign business from Gov. JB Pritzker and in the hotly contested race ...

A veteran custodian allegedly shot his female colleague before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide at an Illinois elementary school, according to reports and authorities.