Chicagos cultural chief says one of her priorities is to deliver arts to Chicagoans where they live.Acting cultural commissioner Kenya Merritt said Monday she plans to steer more city grant funding to the departments Neighborhood Access Program to bolster cultural programming across Chicago. She spoke to WBEZ before leading her first meeting of the Cultural ...

Chicago isnt ready to let go of its feel good story of the year.The Leo High School choir, which captured hearts while placing fourth on Americas Got Talent in September, is booking gigs around town at an unparalleled clip with no end in sight.A recent sampling includes a carnival-themed holiday party for employees of Leo Burnett, one of the citys largest ...

The Oak Park village board has granted landmark status to a 96-year-old commercial building that was the first built-from-the-ground-up Marshall Field's store outside of Chicago.The five-story structure, 1144 Lake St., in the village's downtown was cited for its connection to the historic, but now defunct, upscale retailer and for its architecture a ...

Coby White was telling his bosses what they are.Sure, the guard dressed it up with a cute little nickname of Cardiac Bulls, referring to an all too familiar pattern of falling behind early and having to come back to try and win close games, but White wasnt talking out of turn on the current roster construction.I dont think weve gone into games acting like ...

The Cubs are set to bring back a key component to their bullpen success last year.They are in agreement with left-handed reliever Caleb Thielbar on a one-year deal, a source confirmed Tuesday. The terms of the contract, which is pending a physical, were not immediately clear. Source confirms the Cubs and left-handed reliever ...

An emboldened City Council majority was poised to make a clean break with Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday, advancing its own plan to balance the 2026 city budget without a corporate head tax, but with a revenue mix that includes a surprise 50% increase in Chicagos 10-cent tax on shopping bags.A renegade group of moderate and conservative alderpersons ...

The Bears can clinch a playoff berth this weekend.If they beat the Packers on Saturday night, they'd need the Lions to lose or tie against the Steelers at 3:25 p.m. Sunday in order to clinch a postseason spot. If the Bears tie, they'd get in with a Lions loss.The Packers can say the same.The NFL released their official playoff scenario rundown on Tuesday."I ...

Schaumburg police officials say a woman is dead and a man is in custody following an early morning domestic disturbance call on the 100 block of Roselle Road.Police officials said officers responded to the area just before 5:30 a.m. and found the woman deceased. They said a man was detained and is being questioned in connection with her death.The woman and ...

Illinois is running out of power.Thats the word from state analysts trying to figure out whether there are enough sources of electricity to keep the lights on in the coming years.The outlook is bleak, according to a just-released report from Gov. JB Pritzkers administration, as demand is sky high and older sources of power, such as coal plants, are shutting ...

La Universidad DePaul anunci el lunes que despidi a 114 empleados para atender un dficit presupuestario causado por el aumento de costos y una significativa cada en la inscripcin de estudiantes internacionales de posgrado.En una carta al personal, la direccin de la escuela inform que elimin el 7% de sus empleados de tiempo completo y medio tiempo el ...

According to multiple sources, the Illinois High School Association state football playoffs will expand by 128 teams next season.IHSA schools voted in favor of adding 16 teams to each of the eight playoff classes. There were previously 32 teams in the playoffs in each of the eight classes. That will expand to 48 next season. The new schedule moves the start ...

A pediatrician was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old with an intellectual disability at an Elgin hotel last month. Trevor J. Roston, of Chicago, was charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, unlawful restraint, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of a child, the Kane County state's attorney's ...

Joe Henricksen and Michael OBriens weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball.This weeks episode begins with Two Takes and then Mike and Joe each pick three surprising things from the first month of the season. From unexpected Super 25 happenings to strange team schedules and much more.The podcast is on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, so please ...

A community-led campaign to build 2,000 new homes on the South and West sides was awarded a $10 million grant on Tuesday from the Pritzker Traubert Foundation. As the winner of the foundation's 2025 Chicago Prize. the Reclaiming Chicago initiative will be able to expand into Chicago Lawn as part of its effort to turn vacant land into sites with affordable ...

El representante de Estados Unidos, Jess "Chuy" Garca, ha pasado toda su vida pblica luchando por familias inmigrantes como la ma, familias que este pas suele pasar por alto. Su legado no es terico. Es concreto y medible, y ha transformado el futuro de personas como nosotros. Mucho antes de que se pusiera de moda llamarse "progresista", l ya estaba haciendo ...

A woman suffered smoke inhalation and was in good condition after a extra-alarm fire at an apartment complex in Uptown on the North Side early Tuesday. Around 1:10 a.m., police and fire officials responded to the blaze in the 4900 block of North Glenwood Avenue, Chicago police said. A woman was taken to the Illinois Masonic Medical Center for smoke ...

A teenage boy was killed and a man was critically injured in a Riverdale neighborhood shooting Monday night, police said.Officers responded to a call of shots fired about 8:15 p.m. and found the 17-year-old boy lying in the street in the 13000 block of South Champlain Avenue. The man, 20, was nearby with a gunshot wound to the lower back, according to ...

A 15-year-old boy and a 19-year-old woman were stabbed while walking in the Loop Monday night. It happened in the first block of North Wabash Avenue about when two people wearing dark clothing approached and attacked them, Chicago police said. The two, both who suffered puncture wounds to the abdomen, went to a nearby Orange Line CTA platform where ...

In Morrow County, Oregon, families are living through a crisis. According to a Rolling Stone investigation, mothers have suffered miscarriages. Neighbors are battling rare cancers.Local officials have raised concerns about dangerously elevated nitrate levels in the communitys drinking water following the siting of a nearby Amazon data center. The ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are retired and happy. Each of us was married before. We're not rich, but we get by without help from anyone. We have been blessed with a big family. Between us, we have six children, 15 grandchildren and a great grandchild. This does not include the in-laws, because quite a few of these offspring are now married.I am bothered by ...

An artist and a college professor, Elena Ailes has lived in Chicago for more than a decade, moving here from New York City in 2013 largely for economic reasons.But she still cares about her old haunts, where friends and family still reside, and decided to make a modest campaign contribution $25 to New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani leading up to ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single fan in possession of a passion for the novelist Jane Austen, must be in want of a way to celebrate her 250th birthday.And so I went. The Chicago region is home to many events honoring the beloved British author this week from trivia at bookstores to film screenings at libraries. But it was a church ...

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With December boys basketball comes the IHSAs release of sectional assignments across the state.All eyes were on where DePaul Prep would land after winning a Class 2A title in 2023 and back-to-back Class 3A titles in 2024 and 2025. The answer, while not a real surprise, is north, where coach Tom Kleinschmidts top-ranked Rams will join Evanston, New Trier, ...

The owner of Beat Kitchen said the city of Chicago forced him to lose the restaurant's Chicago Riverwalk space because of race-based discrimination during a lease renewal process, in a lawsuit filed in federal court. Robert Gomez, who also operates other restaurants such as Bar Sol at Navy Pier, said after his five-year lease expired in late 2023, the city ...