The North River Commission is skipping poison for pellets, recruiting volunteers to bait a Lawrence Avenue stretch starting in late October.

Rain and thunderstorms are expected through Thursday, with possible flooding in poor-drainage areas before a sunny, cooler weekend.

A century-old Grand Avenue vaudeville house-turned-church is becoming a 55-to-60-seat theater named for the Spanish word for queen.

The Sheffield Avenue dive traces back to a man freed from a WWII internment camp — and its Malört candy-cane infusions are just the beginning.

Roseland's Kroc Center hosts a free 3K walk October 3 backing Sisters Network Chicago, with radio hosts from WGCI to V103 leading the charge.

Shana Carroll dreamed up the acrobatic memoir inside a CT scanner during cancer treatment. Now it's kicking off the Goodman's second century in the Loop.

Garfield Park native Barbara Bates celebrates four decades of design at the Obama Presidential Center, with proceeds aiding a Sinai Chicago imaging center bearing her name.

Naper Settlement's Oct. 2-3 Oktoberfest features a stein-holding contest and a band tracing back to 1945.

The Taiwanese bubble tea shop near the Blue Line is back with new bingsu flavors after a months-long closure.

Eva Bratcher already served jail time for hiding her mother's corpse. Now she's accused of stealing over $20,000 in federal benefits.

Fifteen speakers, five performers and a Humboldt Park alderwoman take the Harris Theater stage for TEDxChicago's ‘We The People’ event.

Nisi Greek Grill is planned for the former Saltwater Coastal Grill space at Parkway Bank Park.

The $51,000 design contract covers deck patching and curb work on the span linking First Street Plaza to the riverside trail.