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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

October 28, 2025 – An ambitious Chicago pastry chef returns to her Door County hometown for Christmas, rekindles an old romance, and must decide between her big-city career dreams and saving her ...

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 ...

September 9, 2024 – Real estate brokers in Chicago and across the nation are scrambling to decipher a new playbook for earning brokerage commissions, following a multi-million-dollar settlement.