Michael Puente | WBEZ

Federal and local officials have repeatedly said they are ready for what could be one of the biggest events to hit Chicago in decades. It’s been described by one Chicago police official as bigger than the 2012 NATO Summit and 1996 Democratic National Convention.

Enduring sitcom took on poverty, unemployment and racism, as faced by a strong Black family in Cabrini-Green.

The neck-and-neck Democratic race between O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III was marked by huge margins at the precinct level, data show.

The new Wind Creek Chicago Southland is opening just miles from a casino in Gary, and casino revenue is down in Illinois.

The Council is expected to debate the long-delayed resolution Wednesday after more than 26,000 Palestinians have been killed. It also seeks the release of Israeli hostages taken by the militant group Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack.

Former WVON DJ Joe Cobb, 80, says in a lawsuit filed in Chicago that he should get continued royalties for his introduction of the show, which still can be heard in DVD box sets, syndicated reruns and ringtones.

Virginia Hernandez recruits family and friends to help make tamales. She calls the annual December gathering the “mega tamales making event.”