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HYDE PARK — A Hyde Park church recently completed a solar energy project which became a bit of a quagmire after city officials claimed the church was responsible for decades-old fees on University of Chicago properties. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Ave. in Hyde Park, brought its 102-p
Chef Bill Kim’s Asian fusion restaurant will open in May on Fulton Street, offering old favorites like spicy katsu ramen and yuzu margaritas.
Democrat Analilia Mejia and Republican Joe Hathaway Democrats have an advantage, according to early tallies of mail-in votes. [ more › ]
Meet the Flyover Gals: Gertie’s Abby Pucker and Chanelle Lacy, alongside Mariane Ibrahim Gallery’s Emma McKee—three women rooted in Chicago’s art scene, sending back vivid dispatches from their art world journeys across the midwest. In this Chicago Reader series, the trio captures the creativi
The two buildings were part of a preservation compromise tied to the university’s controversial plan to replace century-old homes with a new practice complex.
Inspector Andrew Natiw and other police officials brief press after officers shot a man the NYPD says was brandishing a knife early Monday morning. Police say the man advanced toward officers. He was in critical but stable condition Monday morning. [ more › ]
On Monday's show: We discuss some recent changes in the local media landscape. And we offer listeners a chance to vent about their pet peeves about life in our city.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited a rent-stabilized building on East 103rd St. in Manhattan where a retaining wall collapsed a retaining wall prompted the city to issue a partial vacate order. After failing to influence a previous bankruptcy sale in January, the mayor is trying again to steer troubled re
In the months before his pal Eric Adams became mayor and made him chief of staff, Brooklyn attorney Frank Carone was hustling to build up a company he’d created to provide cash advances to doctors awaiting potentially lucrative insurance payouts in no-fault car accident cases. Carone’s f
Robot cars are no longer being put to the test — for now — on New York City streets. A pair of permits issued last year that allowed Waymo to test its autonomous vehicle technology in parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan expired March 31, a Department of Transportation spokesperson confirmed to THE CITY
HYDE PARK — The telltale sign of spring’s arrival in Chicago has appeared on the South Side as Jackson Park’s cherry blossom trees are beginning to bloom. Cherry blossom trees in Jackson Park’s Columbia Basin began to bloom as of Friday, according to the Chicago Park District. By Sunday,
CHICAGO — A state board charged with investigating alleged wrongdoing by federal immigration agents is looking to speak with top Trump administration officials who oversaw Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. The Illinois Accountability Commission on Friday sent letters to eight federal officials who
CHICAGO LAWN — A bicyclist was killed and two others were wounded when the driver of an SUV plowed through a Chicago Lawn intersection early Sunday, according to police. Around 1:20 a.m. Sunday, a man driving a red SUV was speeding eastbound on 63rd Street when he disregarded a traffic signal at the
This story was published in collaboration with City Bureau. Support City Bureau’s work to reimagine local journalism and sign up for its free weekly Newswire newsletter. CHICAGO — It’s a cold Sunday morning in November, and Juanita Elías is going to church. Attending Sunday mass at St. Joseph Parish
Taylor Brown, at an announcement where Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced she would be the first head of the city's new LGBTQIA+ affairs office. Attorney Taylor Brown is the highest-ranking openly trans person in the history of New York City government. [ more › ]
Matthew Rodriguez, 18, was arrested Friday in Pennsylvania following a police manhunt. [ more › ]
Approximately 40,000 New York City civil servants, retirees and their dependents may lose in-network coverage at NewYork-Presbyterian’s hospital network as early as next week, as the embattled hospital system continues a drawn-out dispute with insurer EmblemHealth over rates. The United Federation o
LITTLE VILLAGE – Hilario Gutierrez stood on West 26th Street by his stand filled with fresh fruit, chicharrones and corn while he watched nearly a thousand neighbors file by for this year’s Via Crucis Procession. He did not join this year’s procession because he could not afford to miss
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters CHICAGO — Interim Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King, who will become the district’s permanent leader in July, has major challenges ahead of her. The district is facing a projected budget de
AVONDALE — The owner of a Rogers Park vintage shop that closed amid controversy over his transphobic social media posts died last week from head injuries sustained from an assault, according to police and the medical examiner. Xander Kazanowski, 25, was found face-down and not breathing around 3 a.m
