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US Rep. Robin Kelly, area mayors stress sustainability in renewed push for south suburban airport
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoFollowing the passage of a bill in the Illinois General Assembly paving the way for public and...
Railfan Road: Chicago’s Cicero Avenue - Trains
Trains.com· 18 hours agoRoosevelt Road used to be THE Chicago railfan road. On less than a mile of viaducts just south of downtown, fans could catch passenger trains to and from...
Chicago alderman sleeping in tent outside to bring attention to neighborhood's violence
NBC Chicago· 11 hours agoAn alderman from Chicago’s South Side plans to sleep outside in a tent until the crime problem in...
2 arrested in shooting of an ice cream vendor, ending SWAT standoff on Chicago's Southeast Side
CBS News· 5 days agoThe two gunmen fled into a home, which prompted a SWAT response to the scene.
Visit Chicago Southland names Mary Patchin as head of tourism bureau
Chicago Sun-Times· 6 days agoVisit Chicago Southland on Tuesday announced Mary Patchin as the tourism agency’s president and CEO....
Q&A: The role of 'the Southland' in Chicago's global future
Crain s Chicago Business· 5 days agoTwo sites — one in southwest suburban Lockport and one on the old U.S. Steel South Works on Chicago's Far
Chicago mayor announces reparations ‘task force’
Courthouse News Service· 8 hours agoJohnson’s office said the task force will study the ways Black Chicagoans continue to be impacted by the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws. Working...
Chicago residents fight to bring basketball courts back to Beverly
CBS News· 4 days agoKids and adults in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood are fighting to return basketball courts to their...
Dementia support group helps caretakers care for themselves
Chicago Tribune· 7 days agoKeane helps caregivers from Chicago’s South Side and surrounding suburbs explore these and other...
Ballot measures to rev up voters
Politico· 4 days agoTGIF, Illinois. On this day in 1977, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community held its first large political demonstration to protest anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant’s ...