We asked readers for their defining memory of going to the Lincolnwood Town Center, which is expected to close. Here’s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: “Buying a new suit at Carsons for an interview.”— Ray Bieniasz “Running …
What’s your defining memory of the Lincolnwood Town Center? Here’s what you told us Read MoreThere were dabke dancers, a juggler and peals of laughter near the school mangled by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood. The Abd Al-Rahman Bin Awf School is no more. Its tattered remnants now serve as a makeshift …
From Chicago to Gaza: Wear The Peace opens school for Palestinian children Read MoreI’ve been driving professionally in Chicago since 2018. Like many rideshare drivers, I invested heavily in this work, buying a car, taking on monthly payments and covering gas, insurance and maintenance. I believed that with hard work, I could succeed. But in …
Unionizing would give needed protections to rideshare drivers Read MoreThis week’s top photo comes from Visual Journalist Zubaer Khan. Follow him on Instagram. What makes this photo important? This photo means so much to me, and is a great example of the importance of local news. Christine let us …
How our story and photos helped a woman find a kidney donor Read MoreDEAR ABBY: I had three close girlfriends in college. We lost touch with one of them more than 35 years ago. She has family in our area but moved to the Midwest and stopped communicating with us, though she regularly …
Dear Abby: Old friend reappears after years of no contact Read MoreFaith Hernandez waited a month for the Chicago Housing Authority to find her an apartment so she could get away from her abuser. Then she waited a year for grab bars to be installed in the new home. Once installed, …
Chicago Housing Authority resident waited years for safe housing. There are hundreds more like her. Read MoreA man faces murder and gun charges in connection with a fatal early-morning Edgewater shooting earlier this week, police announced Saturday. Ammar Houssamo, 53, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, police announced. He was …
Rogers Park man charged in fatal Edgewater shooting Read MoreStudents, parents and teachers at a private school run by the University of Chicago are rallying against a policy they say limits what students are exposed to at school and hurts teachers’ ability to support marginalized students. A new policy …
U. of C. faculty and parents protest Lab School policy they say limits classroom discussion, inclusion Read MoreA pitcher like White Sox reliever Sean Newcomb gives a manager options. The Sox’ Will Venable can call on Newcomb less regularly for longer outings that eat up innings, or more commonly for shorter appearances. Either way, Newcomb brings an important ingredient …
Versatile Sean Newcomb a valuable piece of White Sox bullpen Read MoreCaleb Thielbar made his first rehab appearance Saturday afternoon in Appleton, Wisconsin, pitching for High Class A South Bend against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, who are in the Brewers’ system. If the Cubs were hoping to see how the left-handed …
The Cubs’ Caleb Thielbar pitches scoreless inning in rehab assignment Read More