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Chicago’s popular Riot Fest has a new pitch — and a promise — for the future of the viral “rat hole,” which was removed from its spot in a Roscoe Village sidewalk and preserved while city officials determine what to do with it.

Luis Huesca, 30, was found gunned down in the early morning hours of April 21, in the 3100 block of West 56th Street in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood.

CAVA, a fan-favorite Mediterranean fast casual restuarant opens in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood Friday.

Warmer temperatures and the chance for showers and storms were headed to the Chicago area for the weekend, the NBC 5 Storm Team reported.

Chicago, you officially have a new franchise quarterback.

While temperatures approaching 80 degrees for the weekend sounds like incredibly welcome news for Chicago-area residents after a chilly end to the week, it also comes alongside a risk of severe weather.

The movement to recall Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson picked up a major endorsement from the Fraternal Order of Police.

In a grandiose press conference on Wednesday that featured the Chicago Bears revealing plans for a new lakefront stadium with a fixed roof, state lawmakers were conspicuously absent despite the team’s request for public funding.

A new public art installation in the western suburbs is drawing a lot of attention from people all over the Midwest. The umbrella installation has gone viral in other countries and now returns to Elmhurst for its second year.

Authorities on late Thursday released the name of the man who was shot and killed by police during an officer-involved shooting near a park in Valparaiso, Indiana. The individual was identified as Caden Mura, 20, of Valparaiso, according to the Porter County Coroner’s Office. Indiana State Police said that the Valparaiso Police Department and...

Dexter Reed was shot at least 13 times when he was killed in a gun battle with Chicago police during a traffic stop last month in Humboldt Park, according to a newly released autopsy report.

Rolling Stones fans who are planning to attend the iconic rock band’s summer concerts in Chicago got another piece of news Thursday.

In a new ranking of the country’s best high schools for 2024, one institution in the Midwest received incredibly high honors, as did multiple Chicago-area schools.