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Sun-Times staff

Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) had 50.1% of the vote after the latest batch of mail-in ballots were tallied, putting him just 12 votes over the minimum needed to avoid a runoff against challenger Sam Royko.
First responders honor a fallen police officer, Election Day reaction and more in our photographers’ best pictures.
It’s “an exploration of the duality of life” and how “life is connected to water,” says the artist, who splits his time between Chicago and the Dominican Republic.
The Bears general manager talks draft, Justin Fields and more.
Campaign efforts, protests and more highlight our photographers’ best photos from the last week.
We chose 19 students from Chicago and beyond who sent in artwork on the theme “Bringing Chicago’s Voices Together” as part of a Chicago Sun-Times/WBEZ/Vocalo student art contest.
Buffalo Grove sixth-grader Lucy Holloway, 11, created the work for a Chicago Sun-Times/WBEZ/Vocalo contest.
Talk with our journalists, including our new executive editor, at our upcoming community listening session on March 21 in Rogers Park.
Monday was the first day of in-person early voting in Chicago for the Feb. 28 election, the country’s first major auto show of the year kicked off at McCormick Place, and more from Sun-Times photographers’ best recent photos.