Police are searching for whoever struck a 74-year-old man with a paintball in East Lakeview. Chicago's 2020 paintball attacks left several victims with serious eye injuries.

Chicago City Council approved a five-story, 36-unit building near the Metra stop, replacing a car storage lot.

Students flagged the concern first, Yorkville police say, and a resource officer found the loaded gun in minutes.

A new dance studio is among the features of Coolidge’s Fine Arts Center.

The bronze monument to labor icon Mother Jones honors an Irish-born Chicagoan who fought child labor and led the 1903 March of the Mill Children.

Amaliia Gilmutdinova is fighting eviction in Rogers Park while her husband refuses food in a Texas detention cell. A GoFundMe has raised just under half its goal.

CTA board greenlights elevators and wider platforms for the 1895 California station, with work starting late next year.

Israeli bondholders could vote Thursday to seize seven malls and the 65-story Loop tower after Mike Kohan's ouster.

Hollywood Casino and Hotel Aurora is betting big on live entertainment, booking Umphrey’s McGee, David Spade and an illusionist for winter 2027.

A predawn shooting near State and Lake streets left two people shot and the Loop taped off for hours.

Jo’maury Champ, 9, testified he was struck about 20 times in a Tilton Elementary bathroom after his teacher allegedly arranged it.

Devion Allen, 27, stabbed a sleeping Lincoln Park man in 2024 before the victim wrestled the knife away.

New restrooms, a kayak launch and a relocated entrance are coming to the 1,388-acre preserve by 2027.