Perched on a bluff along Lake Michigan’s shoreline in Winnetka is a brick-and-stone mansion that has six bedrooms, six bathrooms and a swimming pool. It’s owned by Jill Fitzgerald, an 84-year-old widow whose family made a fortune distributing produce to …
Fritz Kaegi OK’d tax breaks for ‘low-income’ seniors, now demands proof they qualify Read MoreIn a brick house in Pullman, visitors can step back in time by more than 120 years. The kitchen has an icebox from circa 1900 that once stored ice from Lake Calumet. The parlor features gas lamps, intricate gilt wallpaper …
Historic Pullman aims to boost tourism for Chicago’s first National Park site Read MoreThere’s been a lot of talk about the future of U.S. manufacturing, but one thing is certain: its success is irrevocably tied to the country’s success. In a world challenged by a changing climate and surging demand for energy, our …
Parents, let your kids go into manufacturing. It’s vital to our nation’s future. Read MoreThree people were badly injured in an apartment fire late Thursday night in Austin on the West Side. Around 11:30 p.m., officers responded to the fire in the 4700 block of West Ohio Street as firefighters were extinguishing the blaze, …
3 badly injured in Austin apartment fire Read MoreDEAR ABBY: My daughter, “Virginia,” age 27, lives with her boyfriend, “Ray,” on the East Coast and teaches kindergarten. Last month, she confided that she had caught him cheating. She saw texts on his phone. When she confronted him, Ray …
Dear Abby: Daughter doesn’t get that she should leave the man who cheated Read MoreChicago’s stages are gifting the area with holiday treats for all ages this winter. Offerings include annual favorites (from Charles Dickens, Frank Capra and Beatrix Potter), a holiday treat with actress Jane Lynch, holiday-themed improv (The Second City) and plenty …
What holiday shows are playing in Chicago area? Read MoreAmtrak has a cult following of passenger rail enthusiasts and its own set of rules and eccentricities. Riding Amtrak from Chicago to San Francisco is not like flying the same route. For one, it takes almost 10 times as long. …
Riding Amtrak for the first time? Here’s what you should know Read MoreA Chicago police officer was acquitted this week of writing a bogus report and providing false testimony about a gun arrest, but he still faces dismissal for allegedly stealing cash and drugs and lying about other firearm seizures. Cook County …
Chicago police officer found not guilty of lying about gun arrest — but still faces firing Read MoreThe COVID-19 virus may have the surprising ability to shrink some tumors, paving the way for new cancer treatments, a new study has found. The research, conducted at the Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute and set to be the cover …
COVID’s silver lining? Northwestern researchers find the virus has ability to fight cancer Read MoreOne of the most visible murals from the CTA’s Red Line is an Uptown painting by Darius Dennis of a 1966 photo by Danny Lyon, a Civil Rights Movement photographer with strong Chicago ties. Dennis, who grew up in Uptown, …
Chicago murals: Civil Rights sit-in photo is subject of Darius Dennis’ Red Line art Read MoreKnown for a wicked sense of humor as well as a penchant for violence, the late Chicago Outfit boss Joseph Lombardo was known as “Joey the Clown.” But newly released FBI files on the hoodlum, who died in 2019, showed …
Joey ‘The Clown’ Lombardo’s FBI files show Chicago Outfit mob boss complaining about city inspectors Read MoreI knew him in the mid-1950s, a “knowing” that wasn’t real, because Frank London Brown was a grown man with a wife and family — and I was a 3-year-old child. Yet of all the people from my childhood, he …
Meeting Black author of ‘Trumbull Park’ sets a South Side child on a writing career Read MoreThis is the third of six stories previewing some of the best conferences in the area. Mid-Suburban League East Favorite: Rolling Meadows Coach Kevin Katovich returns all five starters, including 6-7 all-stater Ian Miletic and seasoned veteran Jack Duffer, from …
Previewing the Mid-Suburban League Read MoreRavinia, the Highland Park destination known for its outdoor summer concerts, will be getting into the festive spirit this year with holiday activities and a trio of seasonal shows including “WASSAIL! An Irish American Christmas” (featuring Apollo’s Fire) on Dec. …
Rodney Marsalis brings Christmas music, New Orleans spirit to Ravinia’s winter season Read MoreThe Bears’ depleted offensive line is getting both its tackles back. Left tackle Braxton Jones and right tackle Darnell Wright both practiced again Friday and do not have injury designations for Sunday’s game against the rival Packers. “It’s huge,” coach …
‘It’s huge’: Bears getting both starting tackles back from injury for Packers game Read MoreThe committee hosting the 2024 Democratic National Convention spent money in 54 of Chicago’s 67 ZIP codes, according to a Chicago Sun-Times analysis of its recent report to the Federal Election Commission. Topping the list in Chicago at $15 million …
Chicago’s higher-income ZIP codes received the biggest Democratic convention host committee spending Read MoreTeresa Weatherspoon’s return to coaching will come with the new Unrivaled 3-on-3 league this January. Friday morning, Weatherspoon, former Lakers assistant Phil Handy, WNBA assistants Nola Henry and Andrew Wade, NBA/WNBA skills coach DJ Sackmann and former Nets assistant Adam …
Teresa Weatherspoon, Phil Handy headline Unrivaled’s inaugural list of coaches Read MoreAmid concerns about the next presidential administration’s lack of support for abortion rights, Democratic Cook County Commissioner Bridget Degnen wants the county to infuse more money into access to reproductive health services. County commissioners are set to vote on a …
Amid concerns about federal rollback, Cook County commissioner pitches more money for reproductive health Read MoreEl alcalde Brandon Johnson recibió el mensaje el primer día de las audiencias presupuestarias de que el aumento de impuestos a la propiedad de $300 millones que propuso no sería aprobado. Pero por si no había quedado del todo claro, …
El Concejo Municipal rechaza la propuesta de aumentar el impuesto a la propiedad en Chicago Read MoreEntre un grupo de aproximadamente 40 estudiantes de las escuelas secundarias Curie y Gage Park, los hermanos gemelos John y James Kountz, de 17 años, observaban atentamente cómo los maquinistas e ingenieros trabajaban en la planta de la empresa emergente …
Los empleos de manufactura en Chicago reciben atención a través de un programa para estudiantes de secundaria Read More