We can look around us today to see people who are leaving a lasting legacy in our state," Frerichs said at a ceremony honoring eight Black community leaders.

A northwest shift in Wednesday's winter storm and warmer than expected temperatures left around 2 inches of snow in Chicago.

Matt B, a Chicago artist, won his first Grammy for best global album, Alkebulan II, which explores his roots from Nigeria, and celebrated with a screening and performance at the DuSable Museum.

We all know Ida B. Wells Drive downtown, named for the Chicago journalist, activist, and researcher in the late 19th and ...

Ice building, including enough for good whitefish action on Green Bay, leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, but there's also people gearing up for coho on the lakefront anticipating ...

A driver was able to get back to shore Saturday night after they veered off of DuSable Lake Shore Drive and plunged into Lake Michigan. According to Chicago police, a 26-year-old woman was driving ...

A Chicago-based organization is tackling the problem of the falling number of Black men attending college by mentoring young ...

For how long will selective-enrollment schools prosper under Mayor Johnson?

At Barack Obama School of Leadership in STEM​ in Chicago Heights, students dress the part to celebrate Black heroes in science, the arts, and media — both past and present.

Johnson is naming CPS parent Cydney Wallace to represent parts of five neighborhoods on the partly elected, partly appointed ...