Lincoln University and Mississippi Valley State faced off at Soldier Field as the Classic returned after a 2025 pause.

Erik Pedersen, 10, who receives weekly chemotherapy, became the Cubs' honorary bat kid at Wrigley Field.

Climbers scaled 50 flights at 150 North Riverside Plaza, blowing past the event's $30,000 goal by Saturday morning.

Tim Duffy rode his motorcycle toward the World Trade Center after the South Tower collapsed. It is now on display at the Harley-Davidson Museum.

A viral clip of Braulio pushing his paleta cart through Pilsen has strangers worldwide chipping in for his retirement.

The 24-year-old building will get new layouts, tech upgrades and accessibility fixes without a tax rate hike, the library says.

A once-empty patch beside the Kankakee Public Library now blooms with a native-plant mural, a grass archway and a lighted sign.

Bridget Josey, 61, carries bubble guns shaped like Nemo and a mermaid to spread joy on buses, at Navy Pier and even Lollapalooza.

Hundreds gathered in Skokie as Hersh Goldberg-Polin's parents watched a mural and 24-hour kosher fridge dedicated in his name.

The $4 million facility on Canal Street adds private family rooms and doubles down on dignity for the Illinois Valley’s unhoused.

The 33-foot Winnebago replaces a rusted 2008 diesel unit and adds 27 year-round stops across Arlington Heights.

Jacob Kiefor, a lifelong White Sox fan, called it the best day of his life after a front-row thumbs-up turned into a signed bat.

Nearly 300 attendees crowned a new Tall Queen and King at the Warwick Allerton, some at their first party where they weren't the tallest in the room.