The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

A few years back, I decided to hike Red Gate Woods out in Chicago’s southwest suburbs...Cut into the trail-facing side of the marker were words stating that the radioactive remains of CP-1 — Chicago Pile-1, the reactor that had been built beneath Stagg Field at the University of Chicago and…

The number of crashes involving bicycles is on the rise in Chicago.

Chicago’s sordid history has taken away our boys’ and girls’ abilities to be kids. It has robbed our city of its potential.

In a recording posted last week, Chicago State Board of Trustees Chair Andrea Zopp can be heard justifying the $50,000 bonus to Zaldwaynaka Scott in part to the CSU president’s handling of the faculty strike earlier this year.

Hotheaded hustler on the Starz series is back to facing off against the Flynns, CBI — and his mom.

The Lake Shore Hotel, where some migrants were housed this year, would begin taking up to 300 asylum-seekers.

Rodriguez, who was the first Latino police superintendent, was forced to resign in 1997 after coming under scrutiny for his friendship with a convicted felon.

The staff at the Humboldt Park high school announced a Sept. 6 strike deadline at a Wednesday rally.

The 84% jump in hate crimes in Chicago last year compared to the previous year was higher than the rest of the 10 largest U.S. cities by population, according to a report that analyzed hate crime trends in major U.S. cities.

Brandi Carlile at Ravinia, the Chicago Jazz Festival in Millennium Park and North Coast Music Fest are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

Unions “built the middle class,” the first lady said outside McCormick Place. “And that’s why Joe is fighting for unions, so that workers can fight for what they need: better pay, safer working conditions, flexibility and health care.”