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Hundreds of South Side residents gathered Saturday to voice concerns about a planned $9 billion quantum computing campus and demand community control over the $500 million in state funding dedicated to the project.
Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Tuesday prohibiting federal immigration agents from using any city-owned property for enforcement operations, according to a city announcement.
Chicago area residents will have numerous opportunities to celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year, with festivities spanning more than a week and featuring the iconic river dyeing, multiple parades, and community festivals across the city and suburbs.
Francisco Gonzalez-Jasso stood on a street in Torreón, Mexico, calling out his brother's name after 33 years of separation. The 55-year-old Little Village resident had been deported from Chicago in October, labeled by federal authorities as a Latin Kings gang member despite having no criminal record.
A longtime Chicago Reader subscriber has praised the alternative weekly's recent return to detailed reporting while expressing concerns about lakefront development on the South Side, according to a letter published in the newspaper.
Amazon will begin drone delivery service in Chicago's south suburbs later this year, bringing two-hour package delivery to residents within eight miles of the company's Matteson and Markham warehouses, according to company officials.
Chicago organizations are expanding employment initiatives designed to help LGBTQ+ residents not only find jobs, but stay in them long enough to build careers, according to local advocacy groups.
Chicago area residents face disappointing weather conditions that could obscure the year's only total lunar eclipse early Tuesday morning, according to meteorologists.
Chicago residents should prepare for a dramatic weather shift as temperatures plummet from Friday's unseasonable 65-degree warmth to potential snow conditions by Saturday evening, according to NBC 5 Storm Team forecasts.
A Cook County judge has ruled that Chicago systematically overcharged drivers for parking tickets and city sticker violations over more than a decade, potentially forcing the city to pay tens of millions of dollars in refunds.
East Garfield Park welcomed its first freestanding coffee shop when Semaphore Café opened at 3458 W Lake St. at the start of 2026, according to the business owner.
More than 500,000 Chicago adults live with a disability, representing one in four residents citywide, with South and West side neighborhoods showing significantly higher rates than the North Side, according to a new city report released this week.
While many Chicago residents prepare for Fat Tuesday paczki celebrations, the city's Polish community already observed their traditional tłusty czwartek, or Fat Thursday, on February 12.