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

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

The vessel started sinking around 20 yards from the shoreline in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood ...

Two custodians were found dead from gunshot wounds inside Mark Twain Elementary School in Chicago when no students were present in the building.

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

A co-founder of online news site Vox.com, Bell took the reins at Chicago Public Media in September 2024. Six months later, ...

Over 50 decomposing bodies found inside Chicago funeral home - Officials said the conditions at the funeral home were so deplorable that there were maggots on the bodies ...

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. A ...

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 ...

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 ...