A scuba instructor, musician, a family of four: first Hawaii victims named Tributes pour in for those who died as majority of the more than 100 people killed in Maui wildfires have yet to be identified The Guardian - US · Aug 19, 2023
Edgewater residents rally against halting community programs and housing migrants at Broadway Armory Park The city plans to turn the facility into a shelter Aug. 1 and move community programming to other sites. A coalition of neighbors says the center should stay open and instead be used as a welcome center for new arrivals. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 28, 2023
PHOTOS: NASCAR descends on Chicago, Day 1 of the race What does it look like when professional stock car racing takes over one of the largest cities in America? See for yourself. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 2, 2023
Special Olympics sports event unites South Side grade school kids ‘without the labels of who’s who’ Each wearing a light blue shirt that read “Superhero,” about 400 grade schoolers practiced their kicks, throws and catches on De La Salle Institute’s field Monday. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 5, 2023
Sky’s the limit for West Side training of solar panel technicians Using space at the former school for St. Agatha Catholic Church, the Sustainability Hub is a venture between a developer and others to address workforce development and economic justice. Chicago Sun-Times · May 2, 2023
Latino-owned brewery coming to Back of the Yards Somos Monos Cervecería began in Back of the Yards as a home-brewing project around 10 years ago. Now, through the Invest South/West program, they’re getting their own space, which they hope will become the local hangout. Chicago Sun-Times · May 1, 2023
Teddy bear clinic connects health care-bound CPS students with grade schoolers Dozens of Chicago Public Schools juniors and seniors performed a full round of check-ups on more than 200 stuffed animals brought in by youngsters at Eli Whitney Elementary. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 27, 2023
Former prosecutor Bill Conway wins aldermanic race in newly drawn Fulton Market, West Loop ward Across the city’s West Side, freshmen and longtime City Council members awaited results an hour and half after polls closed. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 1, 2023
Cardinal Blase Cupich reminds inmates at Cook County Jail that they are not forgotten The cardinal celebrates Christmas Day Mass at the lockup with a message of hope, “We should never allow our lives to be reduced or have anybody reduce our life to the mistakes we make,” he says. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 25, 2022
Breaking down Michael O’Brien’s preseason Super 25 high school football rankings A look at the best teams in the area heading into the upcoming season. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 23, 2022
Anna Valencia, once a rising political star, weighs city clerk re-election after losing badly in secretary of state race Former state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias got 52.7% of the vote to Valencia’s 34.4% to succeed Jesse White as secretary of state. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 5, 2022
PHOTOS: Sun-Times photographers on the scene in Highland Park on the day after Here’s a look at photos taken by Sun-Times photographers following the Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 4, 2022