More people are biking, using it as a cost-effective way to get around, but thefts are up — 13% so far this year — and approaching prepandemic levels.

While the mayor's campaign refunded several contributions from custodial companies and industry executives, it defended ...

The award-winning fashion stylist will return to Chicago to discuss his new book, “How to Build a Fashion Icon,” Sunday at ...

CPS slides prepared for the mayor’s office obtained by WBEZ and the Sun-Times lay out a menu of cost-saving efforts, ...

After Chicago Public Schools enrollment increased for the first time in more than a decade last year, the total number of students has gone up once again to 324,311, officials said Thursday.

When he was sleeping in a tent outside a police station one year ago, Renny Edward Milano Salgado never could have imagined himself on stage in front of a mostly English-speaking audience.

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At 29, violinist Caitlin Edwards is on the younger end of musicians working in classical music. Retirement nonetheless has been on her mind lately as she watches her unionworker parents fight for ...

Good afternoon! I’m nowhere near ready to think about December, but Christkindlmarket has unveiled this year’s mug design and holiday-season reservations have opened for the Walnut Room.

The Chicago Board of Education does not plan to act on CPS CEO Pedro Martinez’s contract Thursday evening. But a vote is ...

Polish immigrants came to Chicago looking for work. Some found their country’s biggest rockstars at the neighborhood bar.