CTA awarded contractor for next leg of improvements to track, signal and drainage infrastructure on the Blue Line Forest Park ...

For much of Chicago’s West Side, La Shawn Ford will be the first new congressman in nearly 30 years, taking over for Danny Davis.

Voters across the West Side will head to the polls to cast ballots in a general election featuring congressional, statewide and local races.

The Jerome Burke Foundation is marking its sixth year of expanding educational and career pipelines for young Black men across Austin.

Oak Park Village Trustee Brian Straw was one of six Chicago area political activists arrested and charged a year ago.

Two years after Mayor Brandon Johnson canceled the city’s ShotSpotter contract, his administration is planning to launch a pilot program that will include testing other gunshot detection technologies ...

Anosh Ahmed (top right) was indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts of wire fraud, four counts of embezzlement and three counts of money laundering, federal prosecutors announced Friday. He ...

There’s a new initiative to strengthen food access on the West and South Sides of Chicago — where, respectively, 45% and 51% of homes are food insecure, according to a 2026 report by the Greater ...

Paula Santos of Open Books and Taykhoom Biviji of the University of Illinois Chicago are partnering to help high school students strengthen their writing skills. Credit: Hector Cervantes High school ...

On Ogden Avenue in North Lawndale, a 50-foot pillar wrapped in a mural is a beacon for the free mural park to come alongside ...

The 2025 documentary "The Good News" was honored at the 68th annual Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards on Oct. 24, 2026. Credit: Provided to Block Club Chicago/Austin Coming Together Facebook A documentary ...