The appearance is timed with the “Star Trek” actor’s forthcoming album on Cleopatra Records that is reported to include ...

Hazardous wildfire smoke from Canada prompted an air quality alert for most of the Chicago area More than 800 Canadian ...

In our monthly public forum, WBEZ listeners get to ask their questions to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. According to a ...

With attorney Victor Henderson loaning $500,000 to his own campaign, the race to lead the city’s first fully elected school ...

Chicago Public Schools officials announced Wednesday that the cash-strapped district would furlough staff for five days that students are not supposed to be in attendance, such as during teacher ...

In Lionsgate Studio’s latest biopic, Michael, Midwestern ties reveal a central part of Michael Jackson’s rise to super stardom and how the Jackson 5’s music shaped Chicago’s music scene in the late ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson was flanked by political allies and organizers who cheered as he inked an executive order earlier this year directing Chicago police to investigate federal immigration agents and ...

This story was published in partnership with Chalkbeat Chicago. The Chicago Teachers Union announced Monday it will endorse only 15 candidates in the upcoming school board race in which all 21 seats ...

Illinois has confirmed 240 cases of the diarrhea-causing illness cyclosporiasis, the state’s public health department confirmed Wednesday. Cyclosporiasis is not considered a deadly disease and is more ...

Christopher Nolan has spent nearly two decades pushing IMAX technology to new heights. The journey began with the legendary opening bank-heist sequence in “The Dark Knight” and culminates with “The ...

The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners has removed five candidates in the upcoming race for Chicago’s first fully elected school board, including two sitting board members. On Tuesday the board ...

Illinois residents have lost nearly $8 billion gambling last year, according to a new report from the Illinois Answers Project. The fairly new gambling industry seems to have become a double-edged ...