An increased deployment of Cook County Sheriff's deputies over the July 4th weekend will maintain a permanent presence in ...

May 19, 2025 – The Chicago Police Department (CPD) has announced command staff promotions aimed at enhancing public safety across the city. Bielfeldt (left) has been with CPD for 26 years, previously ...

Chicago's history is written in ash and smoke. Decades after historic fires forced the city to build strict safety codes, a ...

Any hopes of a summer break for home buyers have officially evaporated. With the Federal Reserve signaling its first ...

May 18, 2025 – Bally’s has decided to drop racial limitations from its planned $250 million initial public offering (IPO) for its $1.7 billion Chicago casino project. Following lawsuits by the Liberty ...

September 18, 2025 – Reforms implemented by Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi could have saved middle and lower-income homeowners $1.9 billion in property taxes that they would have paid under the ...

October 2, 2024 – The downward slide toward the 5 percent interest rate bracket continues, sparking renewed interest by Chicago home buyers who hope to lock in an affordable mortgage this autumn and ...

August 22, 2022 – The Blues Brothers probably is the most famous movie ever made on the streets of Chicago. The 1980 car chase and crash scenes with actors John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd behind the ...

Mayor Johnson is preparing a sweeping “Protecting Renters Ordinance” for Chicago. But while City Hall frames it as a vital tenant defense, local landlords warn new fees and a mandatory registry will ...

September 17, 2025 – A Chicago nonprofit working to transform the 156-mile Chicago-Calumet River system has been awarded the prestigious Thiess International River Prize by the International River ...

The journalist claimed he was kicked out of his condo unit over stories published by a downtown news website. This website, to be precise. October 13, 2023 – Months after a state appeals court said an ...

April 26, 2022 – Among the prettiest little towns in East Tennessee, Jonesborough was once the end of civilization. That messy business with the British was settled, and the nation’s westward ...