The Gary power debacle is a warning of what can go wrong with the electric system as extreme weather fueled by climate change ...

Thismia americana was discovered in Chicago. It hasn’t been seen in over a century, but there’s a reason scientists remain ...

Ye still represents Chicago — the good, bad, and ugly — a humanistic reflection of himself. Black Chicago hasn’t removed his ...

As a Chicago kid, Kanye once touched the sky in my view. His fall has been hard to watch – and harder to forgive.

A heat wave advisory is in effect until 9 p.m. Tuesday night. It’s been nearly one year since hundreds of federal immigration ...

The Beats on the River program asked DJs to use a sound from the Chicago-Calumet River in a track. The request is part of an ...

Chicago had 122 murders in June, July and August, the lowest summer total since 1965, according to city and police data. But ...

Before Ye’s return to Chicago, writer Arionne Nettles examines her relationship with the artist’s music and cultural ...

Gunfire erupted late Saturday as former residents of the Robert Taylor Homes gathered for a reunion. Rontonio Guterz was ...

The nonprofit said it would put money from the sale of its former charter school built with $27 million in state grants into ...

For years, city building inspectors weren't able to get inside the funeral home property where 56 bodies were mishandled last ...

He explores his ambivalence toward so-called hate speech on university campuses in his new play, “The Humanities,” which ...