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For several years, students at the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences depended on Felice, their only horse, to foster their equestrian and therapeutic riding program.…
Ridership on Chicago’s Divvy bike-share system surged during the pandemic, but riders this spring and summer likely encountered a new trend: Divvy at times had fewer…
The stars arrived early. There was an eastern bluebird bright as the summer sky, a palm warbler with a jaunty chestnut-brown cap, and a snow-white great…
Election year fears about voter anger haven’t stopped most members of Chicago’s City Council from giving themselves historically huge 2023 pay raises.With inflation running rampant and…
The price tag for restoring Chicago’s Grant Park after this year’s four-day Lollapalooza festival totaled more than $400,000, a $120,000 hike from the year before.The $409,695…
A Navy veteran who has spent almost three decades in prison for the murder of his ex-wife was ordered to be released Tuesday after a Lake…
Chicago leaders are urging the 1.8 million city residents now eligible for new, updated COVID-19 boosters to grab them to help prevent another surge of the…
The Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in downtown Chicago will reopen Wednesday after “system failures” prompted a one-day closure of the 60-year-old building, delaying the high-profile trial of…
For the first time, the Chicago Bears confirmed Tuesday that the stadium the team is considering building in Arlington Heights would be domed — but the…
Attorneys for longtime music critic Jim DeRogatis filed a motion Tuesday seeking to quash a defense subpoena to testify at disgraced singer R. Kelly’s federal criminal…