Painters will race the clock at Pottawatomie Park and set up easels inside the Fabyan Japanese Garden during the Aug. 17-23 competition.

Armando Viveros Cortes, 35, was heading home from work when at least 27 shots rang out. His co-workers drove to police for help.

City permits clear the way for a six-story, 73-unit building on N. Western Ave, with construction expected to start next month.

An 1888 home at 858 North Marshfield Avenue is set to fall for a new three-unit building with a rooftop deck and three-car garage.

Lexington Homes' Northbrook Row broke through final village approval, with site work and pre-sales set to launch this fall.

A blown tire forced buses onto the O'Hare tarmac as United Flight 455 aborted its climb to Phoenix, snarling flights airport-wide.

Police found the wounded man shot in the chest near 600 North Spaulding Avenue Thursday afternoon. No one is in custody.

DNA and a modified Glock finally tied Alexander Hoegner to Joseph Kalamaris's death — more than a year after his body turned up in a parked SUV.

A collapsed state bid left Yorkville paying 27% more per ton, so crews are leaning on brine and calcium additives to stretch supplies.

Tilton Park could get new turf, dugouts, and a splash of drainage relief for Kyte Creek if a second state grant bid lands this time.

Jurors took just 25 minutes to convict Gregory Hamilton in the deadly 2025 robbery setup near 43rd and Good Hope.

Ghee will first play Abraham Lincoln on tour before switching to Mary Todd Lincoln when the show lands in the Loop this January.

A 21-year-old faces a mandatory 21-year minimum if convicted, while his teen co-defendant stays shielded in juvenile court.