Downtown Naperville's four-day bash brings back clear-bag rules and adds a one-on-one breakdancing battle with cash prizes on the Riverwalk.

Liz Tierney's free cookies vanish in minutes from a converted Little Free Library on a Bucktown catalpa tree.

Chicago's first Panda Fest brought squid, soup dumplings and a panda bouncy house to Butler Field this weekend.

Nearly 300 people, including dozens of Chicago science teachers, filled the sold-out Jackson Park forum on comedy and civics.

Save Our City, Save Our Future needs $550,000 a year just to keep training Chicago-area teens in construction and culinary arts.

Retired Major General N.K. Dhir led the 2026 procession as grand marshal, a first for the parade's history.

A 2015 Chicago coat drive sparked a Detroit manufacturing operation that just hit a six-figure milestone.

A Gage Park mother of three says she thought she was losing her mind after scratching a winning ticket at a 55th Street corner store.

Mike Lang marked the spot with a floating bottle a mile off North Avenue Beach. A local diver found the ring almost 24 hours later.

A nonprofit that trades volunteer hours for plane tickets reunited Petty Officer Rachel Christy with her family at O'Hare.

Hundreds packed the CTU's Near West Side headquarters for backpacks, dental cleanings and vaccines before the August 24 bell.

Free backpacks, haircuts, and a gospel hour hit MLK Park before East Aurora students head back to class.

The former North Hotel apartments will house homeless youth ages 18-24, with a resident already calling her private room life-changing.