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La exjefa de personal del 35° distrito y organizadora comunitaria, Jessica Vásquez, fue nombrada el domingo pasado para formar parte de la Junta de Comisionados del Condado de Cook, llenando una vacante creada para el asiento del distrito 8 cuando …

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not run in the Preakness Stakes, officials announced Tuesday, meaning there won’t be a Triple Crown champion for a seventh consecutive year. “We received a call today from trainer Bill Mott that Sovereignty will not …

Four outbound ramps of the Kennedy Expressway will close for repaving later in May as part of a three-year overhaul of the highway. The Illinois Department of Transportation said closures will begin, weather permitting, on: Monday, May 19, from Ogden …

A lo largo de la Calle 26 en el vecindario de La Villita, el lunes se sintió como un día ordinario. Para algunos residentes, ese es el problema. No hay carros alegóricos, no hay fiestas, no hay festejos celebrando el …

Smallmouth bass and salmon/trout on the lakefront as well as the quintessential spring signs (lilacs blooming, Mother’s Day, near the May full moon) lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Yes, I saw and smelled my first blooming lilacs over …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — La administración de Trump anunció que pagará $1,000 a los inmigrantes que se encuentran en Estados Unidos de manera ilegal y que regresen a su país de origen de forma voluntaria, mientras avanza con su agenda de …

Illinois manufacturers, who are often large water and wastewater customers, depend on cost-effective and reliable systems, as do countless small businesses, schools and hospitals. A functioning modern water and wastewater system is essential, not only for public health, but for …

You want dried porcini mushrooms in your pantry. Dried mushrooms keep indefinitely and can easily be reconstituted for use with pasta and risottos or added to soups and sauces. More important, you can simply blitz the heck out of them …

Before a 47-year-old knife-wielding man was fatally shot by police early Monday, he allegedly stabbed a 58-year-old man whose body wasn’t discovered until hours later in the South Shore assisted-living complex where they both lived, neighbors and officials confirmed Tuesday. …

Mayor Brandon Johnson turned up the heat on the City Council Tuesday on the eve of a pivotal vote on his plan to confront Chicago’s affordable housing crisis — amid pushback from his most powerful ally. Johnson’s “green social housing” …

Gov. JB Pritzker has agreed to testify before the Republican-led U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 12 alongside New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over their states’ immigration policies. Pritzker initially received a …

Famed organist Nancy Faust will return to Rate Field as part of the White Sox’ celebration of its 125th season. Faust was part of the ballpark experience for White Sox fans for over four decades. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be …

Michael Miner kept Chicago journalists on their toes. As the longtime media columnist for the Chicago Reader, if he saw something in the local papers or television news that seemed to miss the mark or made him roll his eyes, …

United Airlines has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that American Airlines filed against the City of Chicago over an alleged breach of a lease agreement. Last week, American Airlines filed a suit claiming that Chicago’s Department of …

Alexander Pancoe, an alpinist and philanthropist battling cancer, died doing what he loved, his wife Nina Laski Pancoe said. He had climbed the tallest mountains of all seven continents, cross-country skied the North and South Poles and reached the summit …

As 133 Catholic cardinals —including Chicago’s Blase Cupich — enter the Sistine Chapel Wednesday to begin deliberating and electing a new pope, whoever emerges as pontiff from this conclave takes on a job that has changed dramatically in the last …

The Tommy Bartlett Show, a popular water-ski attraction that ran for nearly 70 years at Wisconsin Dells but was forced to close due to the pandemic has been sold along with its tandem production, Tommy Bartlett Exploratory. The Tommy Bartlett …

Carlson Kressley spruced up puppies with Hawaiian shirts, dresses and sunglasses on Tuesday at the PAWS Chicago Medical Center and Lurie Clinic in Little Village. Kressley, who is a judge of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and was one of the stars …

Michelada Fest organizers announced that the two-day event, originally scheduled for July 19-20 at Oakwood Beach, has been canceled. In a message posted to the fest’s website on Tuesday, organizers cited the “rapidly changing political climate,” as well as concerns …