In 2003, the city of Chicago predicted more than 140,000 people would live in its central area by 2020, which includes the Loop, Near North, Near West and Near South Sides. But the population count was too low — hitting …
Chicago’s 20-year development plan for Downtown calls for more nightlife, housing and greenery Read MoreIt’s beginning to look a lot like Krampus around Chicago. If you haven’t met the mythical holiday figure yet, consider yourself lucky — or on the perma-nice list. This towering half-goat, half-demon adorned with horns, a long red tongue and …
Here comes Krampus: How the half-goat, half-demon became a cultural phenomenon Read MoreRobert Payne lost his brother at a young age. The 66-year-old said he “tried to use drugs and everything else (so that) I could not feel and remember what had happened.” He said that when the money would run out, …
A Cook County drug court program is helping non-violent offenders overcome substance use Read MoreThe lunch hour at Minna’s Restaurant last week hummed with activity. Families packed into booths, men lining the long counter bolted down tacos while their impatient phones beeped at their sides. Stacks of to-go orders formed little towers on the …
Belmont Cragin restaurant owners say business hasn’t returned pre-immigration enforcement levels Read MoreEnrique Espinoza has an unusual perspective for an immigration lawyer, having moved from Mexico nearly two decades ago and become an American citizen. He’ now guides his Chicago-area clients through an immigration system far different from the one he navigated. …
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, formed to help immigrants, now being turned against them Read MoreDEAR ABBY: My best friend of more than 10 years, “Ian,” ghosted me! We used to talk about everything — wives, children, jobs. We spent hours together and helped each other sort out our problems. He knew more about me …
Dear Abby: Wife carries on communicating with former best friend Read MoreIf you followed the twists and turns of the Jeffrey Epstein saga over the last few weeks, you already know that several prominent names emerged from the tranche of emails that the Epstein estate released. Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard …
Bannon, Epstein friendship inexcusably stays under the radar Read MoreThe warning signs of a mental health or substance use crisis vary. Some people may be agitated, express suicidal thoughts or appear disconnected from reality. Others may withdraw or become unable to care for their basic needs. When a person …
Improving crisis care, 988 hotline awareness in suburban Cook County Read MoreFour people were injured in a three-vehicle chain-reaction crash late Thursday in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side. Just before midnight, a gray car was going north in the 6200 block of South King Drive when it rear-ended …
4 injured in chain-reaction crash in Washington Park Read MoreIt looked like the great collective-bargaining agreement war was ending. Months of terse negotiations had gone quiet. The players’ union and the league extended their bargaining deadline without trading public insults. Then a surprising proposal from the league leaked: They …
Battle to define revenue sharing in the WNBA continues Read MoreMayor Brandon Johnson’s administration on Thursday delivered a pointed rebuttal to sharply higher taxes and fees for garbage collection, off-premise liquor sales and rides on Uber and Lyft proposed by a City Council majority determined to avoid the mayor’s proposed …
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration shoots down Council members’ alternate budget ideas Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The first full-length book by Pope Leo XIV to come out in the U.S. will be published next year. HarperOne announced Wednesday that it had acquired world rights to “Peace Be With You! My Words to …
Pope Leo XIV’s first full-length U.S. book, ‘Peace Be With You,’ to be released in February Read MoreLOS ANGELES — The day Blackhawks forward prospect Roman Kantserov will finally move from Russia to America is approaching. In the meantime, Kantserov continues to elevate his stock. The 21-year-old winger leads the KHL, arguably the second-best league in the world, …
Blackhawks prospect updates: Roman Kantserov showing ‘bulldog mentality’ in Russia as NHL arrival nears Read MoreWatching Kobe Bryant play at the Staples Center in Los Angeles was always a bucket-list item for me. I moved to L.A. in 2013 for school eager for the opportunity. I never got the chance. Kobe missed most of that …
Review: ‘Elf the Musical’ falls short of capturing the magic of the movie Read MoreFederal prosecutors in Chicago are being asked to turn over “White House communications” by attorneys defending six people — including four Democratic politicians — charged with a conspiracy tied to protests outside an immigration holding facility in Broadview. A defense …
Broadview conspiracy defendants want to see if White House played a role in their case Read MoreThousands of lower-income residents in the Chicago area will be eligible for new discounts on their electric bills starting next year as energy costs soar. ComEd will roll out a low-income discount program starting Jan. 1 for households with incomes …
New ComEd discounts set to take effect for lower-income residents as power bills surge Read MoreA Justice Department lawyer warned Thursday that it’s “wrong” to assume the deportation campaign that hit Chicago this fall is over, even though U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and others have left town for other cities. With a judge …
DOJ lawyer warns deportation campaign is not over as judge considers lawsuit’s dismissal Read MoreFormer Cubs director of pitching Ryan Otero is leaving the organization to join the Red Sox as a special assistant to the chief baseball officer, league sources told the Sun-Times. Tyler Zombro, who for the past year served as a …
Cubs pitching director Ryan Otero joins Red Sox; Tyler Zombro steps into larger role Read MoreAs the Bears try to get their passing game off the ground, they have a perennial 1,000-yard wide receiver in DJ Moore ready to explode. Not in a bad way like the Eagles’ A.J. Brown has done amid their struggles, …
Bears WR DJ Moore can boost offense, but when it comes to dip in numbers, ‘my stats are in the win column’ Read MoreAfter 13 years in prison, Maria Garza needed a place to live. But finding housing was not easy for Garza, who left Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln in June 2021. While living in homes of friends and family, as well …
Thousands leaving Illinois prisons face high risk of housing instability, new study finds Read More