Demolition crews razed the historic Smith House on Prospect Avenue in early August, months after a council rule change doomed a preservation bid.

Robert Libman drives in from Champaign to fix graves dating to the 1870s at Oak Woods Cemetery, where nearly 200 plots were desecrated in 1947.

Renovations at the 72-year-old motel have preservationists scrambling to save its neon rainbow before it disappears for good.

Bril Barrett and Tré Dumas share a stage again at the Chicago Tap Summit, once distant for five years after a falling-out.

The Northwest Neighborhood Alliance hand-built two blue and yellow benches at bare CTA stops — and now they're waiting to see if Chicago tears them out.

District U-46 says the shortfall isn't a crisis — it's savings being spent on new middle schools and a $350 million building overhaul.

Robert Wald, 61, remains in Cook County Jail after a Kik tip led investigators to his account. He's due in court September 25.

The Friday night shooting outside Euclid Liquors marks the second fatal shooting at the same East Chicago store since 2023.

Deputies say Tremell Richardson tossed backpacks with a loaded gun, five drugs and his own ID during a West Ridge eviction.

The Nov. 3 ballot measure comes as Clerk Lynn Dragisic says she won't seek re-election in 2027.

The Nederlander Theatre hosts the swashbuckling premiere next July, capping a 20-year path to the stage.

Pacifica Square's sixth annual Moon Festival hits Aurora Sept. 19 with 40-plus vendors and a ramen-eating showdown.

Friday's Metro Chicago Heart Walk will support efforts to save lives from cardiac arrest.