The educator said he’s dropping out because he was unable to gather the 12,500 signatures needed to get on the ballot despite work by volunteers.
By Fran Spielman
Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged Tuesday that subsidies are at least a part of the reason why Chicago lost the Amazon sweepstakes.
There are seven different CPS school participating in Wednesday's Cooking Up Change competition at the Bridgeport Art Center.
By Emily McTavish
By Mike Stobbe | AP
The nation's leading e-cigarette maker says it has halted store sales of its flavored products to deter use by kids.
By Miriam Di Nunzio
The famed Oriental marquee has shone brightly at 24 W. Randolph since 1926.
By Ji Suk Yi
Avondale has a strong Polish past and new Latino vibe. Find things to do, places to eat in this new episode of "The Grid" by Ji Suk Yi.
Avondale has deep industrial roots and is historically known for its smoke stacks and steeples. It’s not a fancy neighborhood, staying true to its blue collar roots - down-to-earth, hard-scrabble and home to people from different ethnic backgrounds.
By Mitch Dudek
The city sent letters to 32 retailers and manufacturers it believes may be engaging in unlawful and deceptive marketing that targets minors.
The city's Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection sent letters to 32 retailers and manufacturers it believes may be engaging in unlawful and deceptive marketing that targets minors. The city asked for documents related to marketing practices, product design and online sales policies.
By Mark Potash
In the first three weeks of the season, he was 25th in the NFL in passer rating (77.8). In the last seven weeks, he’s fifth (114.8). Is that progress?
By Joe Cowley
Lopez went from reserve to DNP Coach's Decision and now back to reserve, but do the Bulls need him or are they simply showcasing Lopez for a trade?
By Daryl Van Schouwen
Winning Silver Slugger Award brought Jose Abreu to tears. "I started crying, I couldn’t believe it," he said. 'It was a very difficult season for me."
By Satchel Price
Forsling, now healthy, rejoins the Blackhawks after a five-game stint in the AHL.
The semifinals are set in all eight brackets. Catch up on what happened in the quarterfinals here.
By Sun-Times Wire
On Friday night, Rose Breckenridge and her boyfriend were arguing inside a home in the 6700 block of South Winchester when she opened fire.
By Matthew Hendrickson
Brian Monge Sagastume, 20, struck four people on a Logan Square sidewalk while driving off from a rear-end crash while drunk, prosecutors said.
Reginald McClendon was denied bail Monday on charges that he shot a 27-year-old man in the leg Sunday afternoon during an argument over parking.
A teenage boy was wounded in a shooting Monday afternoon in the Homan Square neighborhood on the West Side.
A man was shot to death Sunday afternoon in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
By USA TODAY Network
The state's two Democratic senators and 53 congressmen and women seized the opportunity to challenge the president.
One might think President Donald Trump's latest slap at California – threatening to withhold federal funds because of alleged forest mismanagement – would have generated an avalanche of retorts from emboldened Democrats whose constituents are reeling from historic fires.
By Associated Press
Rep. Jason Lewis said the vote also unleashed a wave of Democratic attack ads against Republicans across the country on health care issues.
A recently defeated Republican congressman is blaming the Democratic House takeover on the late Republican Sen. John McCain's vote against repealing the Affordable Care Act.
By Carlos Ballesteros
"The Obama Center coming to the South Side of Chicago ... is something that we want, but we want to make sure South Side residents aren't displaced."
"The Obama Center coming to the South Side of Chicago...is something that we want, that we think is a beautiful thing, but we want to make sure South Side residents aren't displacement from the South Side of Chicago," Parrish Brown, an organizer with BYP 100, said.
By Lynn Sweet
The school visit — the second in a week — is part of a media blitz organized for the kick off of her much-anticipated book.
William Calloway declared his candidacy for 5th Ward alderman against five-term incumbent Leslie Hairston.
By Maureen O'Donnell
Bartender Frank Rotondo was “part therapist, part bartender, part friend,” says Rich Melman, founder of Lettuce Entertain You restaurants.
Fit and ever-stylish, Isabell Smith worked into her mid-50s as a hosiery fit model, providing dependable measurements to create petite-size nylons.
A friend told George Wilkins Jr.'s son: “I grew up without a father, but I learned how to be a father while watching your father.”
By Mary Mitchell
To say that Phillip Jackson could be passionate when it came to saving black youth is an understatement.
Longtime reporter Mike Parker, who retired from WBBM-TV in 2016, died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He was 75 and had congestive heart failure.
The book gives a unique peek at what eight years in the White House were like for Malia, now 20, and Sasha, now 17.
Donations range from $100 for a cocktail party up to $5,000 for an “intimate dinner, photo and after-party” with the rapper and his candidate.
By Richard Roeper
Led by the artistry of Steve McQueen and the purity of star Viola Davis, gifted cast flourishes in a Chicago that's romanticized but still feels real.
By Alice Bazerghi
Sue the T. Rex will be back at the Field Museum in time for Christmas, the museum said.
Body found at Highland Park beach identified as missing swimmer
Semi jackknifes, hits police car on I-80/94 in NW Indiana
Security guard for South Side pastor shot to death in Dolton
Burglars strike multiple homes in Bridgeport
