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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Of that total, 18 people have been hospitalized statewide, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Most in ...

The museum was renamed in 2024 to highlight megadonor Ken Griffin. Its original founder did not want to put his own name on ...