Two years after Mayor Brandon Johnson canceled the city’s ShotSpotter contract, his administration is planning to launch a pilot program that will include testing other gunshot detection technologies ...

Two years after Mayor Brandon Johnson canceled the city’s ShotSpotter contract, his administration is planning to launch a ...

A documentary about Austin and grassroots efforts to empower the West Side neighborhood took home a win at the 68th annual ...

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On Ogden Avenue in North Lawndale, a 50-foot pillar wrapped in a mural is a beacon for the free mural park to come alongside ...

There’s a new initiative to strengthen food access on the West and South Sides of Chicago — where, respectively, 45% and 51% of homes are food insecure, according to a 2026 report by the Greater ...

Paula Santos of Open Books and Taykhoom Biviji of the University of Illinois Chicago are partnering to help high school students strengthen their writing skills. Credit: Hector Cervantes High school ...

Ex-Loretto Hospital executive Anosh Ahmed and his contractor pal Sameer Suhail reportedly celebrated New Year’s Eve last year ...

Labor activists and former workers at a West Side manufacturer that makes seating for the CTA rallied Wednesday in protest of what they described as low wages, hazardous working conditions and ...

The Oak Park Regional Housing Center and Pivotal Housing Partners out of Cincinnati – are restoring the Laramie State Bank building.