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The new mural under the CTA Red Line viaduct at Cermak Road and South Clark Street is the first of three to encourage residents to walk between the vibrant and unique communities of Bronzeville, Chinatown and Pilsen. The three communities …

On the second night of Ye’s star-studded homecoming concert Sept. 5 at Soldier Field, Yeezy brought an unexpected special guest. In his first concert appearance within city limits in more than a decade, Chief Keef rose atop the gigantic electronic …

A Harvard-trained attorney turned activist and influencer who gained notoriety protesting Operation Midway Blitz and boycotting her federal income taxes is being tapped to lead Mayor Brandon Johnson’s communications office. Here’s what you need to know about Rachel Cohen, 32, …

The Pritzker administration is alerting more than 700,000 people across Illinois that they will lose, or are at risk of losing, their public health insurance due to unprecedented changes from the federal government. Officials estimate about half of these enrollees …

As a tribute to their North Carolinian head coach — and a nod to the Panthers, their Week 1 opponent Sunday — the Bears started every practice this week by blaring songs about the Carolinas on their speaker system. There was …

Breaking down the Bears’ Friday practice at Halas Hall: Odunze playing The Bears listed wide receiver Rome Odunze as questionable because of a strained right calf he suffered last week, but he shot through the smoke and said he’s good …

Detectives found a revolver, a blood trail and video footage from Metra after three assailants gunned down a South Shore boy in a skate park in the South Loop this week. Three people attacked Dorian D. Smith, 16, shooting him …

Principal owner Michael Alter told reporters earlier this month that he isn’t happy that the Sky are missing the playoffs for the third year in a row. That should be a given. If he’s planning to do anything about it, …

The Bears and D’Andre Swift agreed to terms on a three-year, $33.75 million contract Friday, his agency confirmed, saving the running back from having to play this season on the last year of his deal. The extension gives Swift guaranteed …

A Cook County judge had two sheriff’s deputies detained this week for refusing to unshackle a man facing murder charges so he could embrace his family — a move the deputies’ union described as “an outrageous abuse of the court’s …

Dion McGill had been in the Illinois Army National Guard for just 11 months when America was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. The morning after his 22nd birthday, McGill’s sister alerted him to the news. McGill, who lives in Englewood …

A Cook County judge has decided to appoint a receiver to take control of two safety-net hospitals whose fate has been tied up in court hearings for months. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Stanton said at a hearing Friday …

Two years after Blackhawks forward prospect AJ Spellacy opened eyes by surviving nearly to the end of an NHL training camp, he is finally a pro player whose actual NHL debut might not be far away. The 20-year-old Ohio native …

Clay Holmes can feel it in the Cubs’ clubhouse. This team wants to win. “It’s been a very easy transition for me,” the Cubs righty said Wednesday. “Everything’s about winning. You’re in that competitive environment, and you get to focus …

After being swept by the division-dominating Brewers earlier this week, there’s panic across the North Side. And it’s not unwarranted, with the Cubs tumbling from their onetime perch atop the NL wild-card standings to the thick of the race, sparking …

Chicago taxpayers may have to spend another nearly $14 million to compensate two defendants framed for murders by corrupt Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara. The settlements will come before the City Council’s finance committee on Monday, along with a $6 …

The Cook County Crime Stoppers are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the “especially tragic and disturbing” shooting death of an Office of Emergency and Management and Communications dispatcher early Friday in the Back of …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Friday, Sept. 11 BLUE NORTH Steinmetz 20, Chicago Academy 14 RED NORTH Prosser vs. Urban Prep at Rockne, 4:30 RED SHIELD Kenwood at Lane, 7:30 Lincoln Park vs. Young at Rockne, 7:30 RED …

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — From a detached, outsider perspective, the 2026 White Sox have been doing backstrokes in an infinity pool full of house money all year. To have 75 wins at all, let alone with 16 games remaining, is …

Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk was acquitted by a federal jury Friday in a murder-for-hire case held in Los Angeles. The Chicago rapper, whose given name is Durk Banks, was found not guilty of charges that included conspiracy, stalking resulting in …