Wicker Park
In each of the two thefts, someone broke into the vehicle and stole a legally-owned handgun and ammunition.
Police were warning Wicker Park residents about two thefts from parked vehicles that occurred during nightfall.
Holy Trinity High School program offers Latino youth four years of tuition plus mentoring to help them reach their peak potential in school and life.
Actor Ricki Lake teamed up with a Northwestern grad to make a film about cancer-stricken children being treated with medical marijuana.
In a few cases, the building was under construction and the burglars had struck while building workers weren’t present.
Police are looking for a man who robbed two businesses in two days earlier this month in the same Wicker Park neighborhood block.
Lester Johnson, 53, is charged with home invasion in a case that parallels his 1999 conviction for the rape of a woman in downstate Illinois.
In honor of this spooky weekend, we put together a special guide that’s full of Halloween fun.
Registered murals will need a three-dimensional city-issued marker; the marker must be in an obvious spot, so graffiti-removal crews can’t miss it.
Bianca Sedano has worked as a dog groomer for eight years, and wants owners to take the maintenance needs of their dogs more seriously.
The men, ages 19 and 27, were walking in the 1300 block of North Damen Avenue when someone in a passing black Jeep Grand Cherokee opened fire.
“It is pretty sad how they’re laughing at him and everyone perceives him as such a happy being, but deep down inside he’s not happy,” a visitor said.
Jackie Van started working in her parents’ nail salon as a teenager, now she owns her own shop in Wicker Park where she’s known for detailed designs.
Angel Guzman-Martinez was last seen Thursday in the area near Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center at 1400 N. Claremont Ave., Chicago police said.
Two Chicago-area priests were arrested in Florida Monday afternoon after police allegedly caught one performing oral sex on the other in public.
Looking for cheap things to do this weekend? The Renegade Craft Fair and the 79th Street Renaissance Festival are both viable options.
“In many cases, commissioned street art looks to the untrained eye a lot like graffiti,” said Ald. Brian Hopkins, who supports a public art registry.
With his stories, Eddie Kramer “had a way of making you fall in love with Chicago, all over again,” said Steve Bynum, producer of WBEZ’s Worldview.
An intoxicated man who was wounded in a shooting Saturday morning was treated for his injury at a medical center in the Wicker Park neighborhood.
The 37-year-old was shot as he left a business about 2:15 a.m. in the 1500 block of North Milwaukee Avenue.
In each incident, the burglar or burglars entered a building overnight and stole tools and other equipment, according to an alert from Chicago Police.
This is the largest public art commission in the history of the Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods.
Gamaliel Ramirez’s formal education ended in grade school, but he taught himself to paint and left his mark on Chicago with his murals and paintings.
The yearly “bare-as-you-dare” event highlights body positivity and freedom from oil as its focal points.
Market organizers are offering more than just produce, trying to create community hubs that will appeal to a broad swath of neighbors.
A hit in New York, the Amazonian aliens improvise with the audience in a kitschy musical comedy that has no seats and no stage.
The 48-year-old woman was standing on the platform at 4:07 p.m. Sunday when she confronted a man who was publicly urinating on the tracks.
The home invasion happened about 12:45 a.m. on Memorial Day in the 1300 block of North Bell Avenue.
Police are looking for a man who inappropriately touched and kissed a girl on a CTA Blue Line train Wednesday morning near the Division station in Wic