With 89 days until the convention kicks off, organizers and state and local officials meet with the media and woo influencers who could connect with hard-to-reach voters.
He died after slipping and falling in the shower while house-sitting for a friend in Brussels, Belgium, TMZ.com reported Wednesday.
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Loose pedal swans at Humboldt Park were among the topics brought up Thursday at the Chicago fishing advisory committee meeting.
According to a recent study by the Chicago Department of Transportation, cycling has been growing faster in Chicago than in any other major city in America. Here’s what some Sun-Times readers had to say about their own biking habits.
The man, 21, was driving a motorcycle when he ran a red light and ran into a Jeep SUV, police said.
His wife doesn’t mind his marijuana use but wishes he’d stop lying about it.
Roughly 60% percent of the state’s 102 counties do not have a full-time public defender. That needs to change for Illinois to meet its legal obligation to provide criminal defendants with legal counsel.
Thinking ahead to your next few meals? Here are some main dishes and sides to try.
Expanded weekend services, including road tests and written tests, will be offered June 1 through Aug. 31, historically the busiest season for teenagers looking to get behind the wheel.
Crochet hasn’t allowed a run in his last two starts.
The right-hander allowed four home runs against the Yankees on Saturday.
The Champions thought they had won the city title after a groundout to first, but they had to do it all over again after an umpire revealed his call.
The pitchers “have been helping us out a lot, so there’s going to be a time where we can help them sometime, and that’s what we’re going to do,” outfielder Seiya Suzuki said.
Since 2021, college athletes have been allowed to make money off their name, image and likeness and to enter the transfer portal. In essence, college athletes can get rich and relocate yearly — just like the coaches always could.
The U.S. State Department issued a “worldwide caution” alert, saying it had learned of an “increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence against LGBTQI+ persons and events.”
The WNBA standings after the first week have the Sky sitting pretty at sixth. While this might inspire hope for some, the application of a little critical thinking leads to a different conclusion.
Some scattered storms are expected to pass through the area Tuesday morning, but conditions may worsen in the evening with the possibility of severe thunderstorms and gusty winds, the National Weather Service said.
Many students carried — and tore onstage — flyers with images of a crown, bullets and bombs, symbolizing the Crown family, benefactors to the Art Institute who students say invest in weapons manufacturers.
The 33-story building is the first top-of-the-line apartment tower to open in the area in over a decade.
Matthew Tennent, 19, was found in a home in the 7700 block of South Throop Street about 1:45 p.m. Monday, Chicago police said.
Jeremiah Doyle was found with a gunshot wound to the head just before 3 p.m. in a home in the 7100 block of South Winchester Avenue.
The city’s decision to temporarily return Maxwell Street merchants to their historic home beginning Sunday is a nice bow to a place that served as a stepping-stone to wave after wave of immigrants.
The JoJo’s Shakebar restaurants are set to open Friday in the new locations.
Messi was officially named to Argentina’s 29-man roster Monday for two friendlies before Copa America.
Witnesses said they saw the baker pull a gun during a brawl at the River North restaurant on Friday and thought they heard gunshots. The baker has a valid Firearm Owner Identification card but is not a concealed-carry license holder.
Agnieszka Rydzewski es acusada de solicitar el asesinato de Arturo Cantú, quien presuntamente fue asesinado a tiros a principios de esta semana por Anthony Calderón en un triángulo amoroso en los suburbios del suroeste.
A City Council vote on $70 million in migrant funding highlighted the situation faced by communities like South Shore: Migrants have been resettled in Black communities where people have been fighting for decades for development and resources.
Al dictar la sentencia, la jueza Virginia Kendall le dijo a Janice Weston: “Es muy preocupante. Tuviste unos momentos en los que sabías que era ilegal y pudiste irte”.
José Torres, de 34 años, falleció en el Centro Médico de la Universidad de Chicago el sábado por la tarde, según informó la policía.
Targeting Israel for its military approach in Gaza, without targeting other countries that also engage in objectionable actions, fails any reasonable logical standard.
The market had been operating on South Desplaines Street since 2008. This area has become the city’s landing zone for migrants arriving by bus.
At the behest of Planned Parenthood, Ald. Bill Conway (34th) was trying for the second time in six months to establish a “quiet zone” around the abortion clinic operated by Family Planning Associates at 659 W. Washington Blvd., where women have been bullied and intimidated there on their way inside.
Fair regulation in Illinois of delta-8 THC and similar products will protect consumers without fueling the War on Drugs 2.0.
Nearly 31,000 children aged 12 to 17 and more than 162,000 people aged 18 to 25 used the medications in 2023 alone.
The central issue with cannabis is the conflict between harsh federal policies vs. the growing number of states to legalize or decriminalize recreational use of pot. President Joe Biden’s approach is a big part of the problem.
The NFL has turned the draft into a traveling road show in the last nine years.
Smoky pork is braised for hours in a bath of citrusy beer and spicy chipotles until meltingly tender.
The train was approaching the 47th Street station when the man was shot in the leg, police said.
He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition after the 3:15 a.m. rescue.
Americans have long cherished biscuits as a comfort food staple. The warm, flaky texture combined with a buttery flavor creates a sense of nostalgia and coziness.
The new Peterson-Ridge station, plus the one under construction on the South Side, are positive steps for city transit — and, perhaps, another sign for leaders to find some solution to the ‘fiscal cliff’ the region’s transit agencies face in 2026.