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Chicago Pride Parade to scale down due to city's 'safety and logistics concerns'

The 53rd annual parade, set for June 30, will limit its entries and start an hour earlier.

By Erica Thompson

Crime

Woman shot while walking dog in Uptown

The woman was taken to Presence St. Francis Hospital in Evanston in fair condition, police said.

By Mary Norkol

Murals and Mosaics

Art at CTA Red Line stations in Edgewater, Uptown unveiled as part of reconstruction

The artwork will be featured in the Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr stations, set to reopen next year after years of construction.

By Mary Norkol

POTHOLEART-031324-18.JPG Artist Jim Bachor

Art

Chicago’s ‘Pothole Picasso’ opens a studio/gallery in Uptown

Jim Bachor has turned potholes into mosaic works of art across the city.

By Bob Chiarito | For the Sun-Times

News

As former Uptown Catholic school redevelopment begins, Uptown parishioners worry about church's future

Renovations are underway on the former Our Lady Of Lourdes school building. Parishioners were upset by the sale and worry about the fate of the church across the street.

By Audrey Hettleman

Entertainment and Culture

Bayless Family Foundation issues more than $500,000 in latest round of grants to Chicago theaters

Definition Theatre and Timeline Theatre Company were each awarded $180,000; Chicago Children’s Theatre received $100,000 and Remy Bumppo Theatre Company $50,000.

By Kade Heather

Rodney Duran painted this mural earlier in January 2024 month at 4700 N. Racine Ave.

In his North Side murals, Rodney Duran first went big with cats, now has turned to ducks

By Sun-Times staff

A vacant storefront along the Magnificent Mile shopping district on October 21, 2021.

Money

15 community organizations awarded $2.7 million to revamp vacant storefronts

Groups receiving the funds will use them to revitalize commercial corridors across Chicago, including Michigan Avenue downtown and business districts in Garfield Park, Pilsen, Humboldt Park, Uptown, West Loop, Lake View and Chatham.

By Kaitlin Washburn

News

Hundreds of toys handed out to children across Chicago

Nearly 300 children each received a toy during the fifth annual giveaway organized by Communities Partnering for Peace.

By Cindy Hernandez

Obituaries

Patrick Butler, Chicago journalist and author, dies at 83

Mr. Butler said he “was baptized” into the news business after he came under fire while reporting on the riots after the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

By Mitch Dudek

Chicago

3 injured in high-rise fire in Uptown

Firefighters were called to a fire on the fourth floor of a building in the 4600 block of North Sheridan Road. Three people were sent to hospitals. The cause is unknown.

By Sun-Times Wire

Elvis, a 3-year-old American Pit Bull Terrier mix, poses for a photo at the shelter with his new family Loren Agron, left, and Drew Wilhelm. Agron, a manager at Ed Debevic’s diner, once worked as a server nicknamed “Elvis Parsley.”

Uptown

Former Elvis Presley impersonating waiter adopts a dog named Elvis — and, no, he ain’t nothin’ like a hound dog

Elvis, a 3-year-old American Pit Bull Terrier mix, was the only pet left after 61 other animals were adopted at a Nov, 11 adoption event. But it’s no heartbreak hotel tale.

By Violet Miller

Krysten Kelly, who was bitten by a dog in the Uptown neighborhood in August, still has scars from that attack on her arm.

Chicago

What to do if you’ve been bitten by a dog

For those who get bitten by a dog, the most important thing to do is to get medical treatment to prevent infection, says a personal injury lawyer.

By Phyllis Cha

Crime

3 teens wounded in Uptown shooting

A boy, 16, and two men, 18, were in a parked car when someone pulled alongside them and opened fire.

By Sun-Times Wire

Bean paste and lotus paste baby mooncakes from Chiu Quon Bakery in the Uptown neighborhood are seen in this photo, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.

Things To Do

‘It’s really a symbol for unity’: Chicago’s Chinatown gears up to celebrate Moon Festival Saturday

There will be an open talent show starting at 5 p.m., a showing of ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ at 7 and a full moon viewing at 9.

By Phyllis Cha

Uptown

Leaving the station? Asia on Argyle sign and pagoda come down with Red Line renovations

The 10-year-old sign, with its lowercase letters in sans serif font, has drawn mixed reviews in the Uptown neighborhood. “This looks like a ransom note that was cut and pasted from a magazine,” one social media commenter wrote.

By Kaitlin Washburn

An inflatable unicorn brought by on participant at the Friday Morning Swim Club on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 at Montrose Harbor.

Columnists

Hey Chicago, don’t smother the Friday Morning Swim Club in regulations

The “club” started with a couple of young professionals jumping into the lake at Montrose Harbor to start off their busy weekends. Hundreds, then thousands, of young folks started joining them. Then the Park District weighed in.

By Neil Steinberg

Piping plover Imani is shown in April, near the area sectioned off for the endangered species on Montrose Beach.

Chicago

Piping plover quartet has left Montrose Beach, gone south for winter

Local birders now must wait to see if Imani, Searocket, Prickly Pear or Wild Indigo return next year. They’re especially concerned about Searocket, who left before they could remove some fishing line caught on the bird’s leg.

By Jacquelyne Germain

Crime

CTA rider’s Snapchat of ‘uniquely dressed’ suspect in Uptown stabbing leads to murder charge

The homeless victim, 65, died of multiple sharp force injuries after the July 14 attack in the 4400 block of North Marine Drive.

By Rosemary Sobol and Mary Norkol

Jillian Schappa was found in this alley near the 4900 block of North Kenmore Avenue in Uptown on Saturday. Schappa lived in an apartment on the block and told authorities that she’d been pushed out of a window. She died Monday afternoon.

Crime

Family seeks public’s help after woman plunges to her death from Uptown apartment window

Jillian Schappa, 31, died Monday afternoon. She was found Saturday in an alley in Uptown, police said. She told first responders that she had been pushed out of a window.

By Sophie Sherry and Mohammad Samra