Martinez Duncan and Jeremiah Bush were locked in a Cook County Jail cell on Tier 5A when the fire started in their cell. People jailed on the tier called for help. At 7:15pm, an officer responded to ...

Vista de las instalaciones del Centro Presidencial Obama desde la sala Sky Room, ubicada en el octavo piso del museo, el 3 de junio de 2026. Credit: James Hoeck Después de una alegre inauguración ...

Almost 140 workers at the University of Chicago Press are eligible to join the union, part of the Chicago News Guild. Credit: Courtesy of the University of Chicago Press Workers Guild On July 8, ...

The apartment building at 6107 S. Saint Lawrence Ave., where Latisha Bolden currently resides, is shown on April 8, 2026. Bolden and other tenants in the building received official notices in March ...

For Rev. Julian DeShazier, issues around public health and accessible care on the South Side of Chicago are deeply personal. A Washington Park native and senior pastor at University Church in Hyde ...

Son Rompe Pera, a five-piece band from Naucalpan, right outside of Mexico City, is on a mission to declare cumbia as a sound that is here to stay. Leading the creation of a new sound, they remind us ...

The thing about the 2026 White Sox? They sure don’t quit. At a rain-soaked matinee matchup between the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday, June 24, the Sox ultimately ended the ...

View of the Obama Presidential Center's campus from the Sky Room located on the eighth floor of the museum on June 3, 2026. Credit: James Hoeck After a joyous opening over Juneteenth weekend, the ...

The Ayodele Drum & Dance group performs on the plaza of the Obama Center during its opening day on Juneteenth, June 19, 2026. Holding residency on the South Side of Chicago, Ayodele Drum & Dance ...

efinition Theatre’s keerah, an ambitious debut from playwright and actor Netta Walker, chronicles the turbulent romance, and subsequent fallout, between the young Black poet Ciara (played by Walker) ...