The family launched a fundraiser, and a reward of $10,000 is being offered for information about the fire that killed Lisa Brown, Reginald Wilson, 8-year-old Royalty Rattler and 15-year-old Ja'Quan Rattler.

Over $500,000 in improvements are in the works for Tuley, Cole, Brown Memorial and Dawes Parks and the Hamilton Park Cultural Center.

A Cook County judge is giving Paul Cawley 30 days to respond to a city foreclosure complaint about eight abandoned lots on the South and West sides.

The city is looking to force the sale of eight properties owned Paul A. Cawley and his now-dissolved company, Achadboy Properties, and recoup over $1 million in fines.

From repurposed vacant lots near forthcoming nature trails to a 6,000-square-foot farm in a church's backyard, South Side farmers markets are in full swing.

There are also arts and crafts and garden fairs, farmers markets, art exhibits, a pizza battle and free community portraits and mini-golf.

The Saturday event will provide volunteer and exemption opportunities to neighbors who could lose access to federal food assistance benefits this month.

The South Side troop made headlines after selling 34,000 cookie boxes to keep their group active, snagging an invitation to Saturday’s screening of director Alysa Nahmias’ film, part of the Doc10 Film Fest.

The Greek Independence Day Parade, animal adoption events, a Children's Museum fundraiser, a footwork class and a cat lady party are also on deck.

City leaders introduced a five-point agenda for creating a reparations plan at a Thursday town hall as a part of the "Repair Chicago" community engagement series.

Educators have spent more than a week on the picket line. They remain in a stalemate with the district as neither side budges over one policy.

You can also shop a kids vendor market, go to an art opening or volunteer at a community cleanup ahead of Earth Day later this month.

Chicago is celebrating Easter with egg hunts, art classes, a matcha tasting and more.

Monday’s break-in at the Block Academy came on the heels of recent shootings in the neighborhood, said Mothers Against Senseless Killings founder Tamar Manasseh. “We can’t quit,” she said.

The mostly Black girls team is making a name for itself in a sport lacking diversity. The girls hope to clinch another national title in Wisconsin Saturday.

A breakdancing workshop, a children's choir performance and a moms' dance party are also on deck.

It's a crowded race to replace longtime Rep. Danny Davis, who announced his retirement last year after serving 15 consecutive terms in Congress.

Researchers at Northwestern University hope to recruit 116 households in Greater Englewood, a community "overburdened with pollution," to test their drinking water.

There are also dance performances, two neighborhood restaurant weeks, a Purim Carnival and a new music and arts festival in Avondale.

Soon after Block Club reported on the troop's mission to sell 2,100 boxes so they could remain active, support from readers across the nation poured in. Now, they want to sell a box to someone in every state.

Police released a photo of the SUV suspected in the hit-and-run, which critically injured a 6-year-old girl and left a 15-year-old girl with serious abrasion injuries.

The only student radio station in the City Colleges of Chicago brought house music to the masses and launched the careers of DJs and artists in Chicago and beyond.

For more than a century, cocktail lounges — distinct from dive bars and nightclubs — have served as essential gathering places for Black Chicagoans.

Sixty percent of students at Kennedy-King College identify as food insecure, according to a 2024 study. The expanded market will provide free, fresh food to students and their families.