Feds make $2B commitment to CTA Red Line extension After 50 years of baby steps, the promise Mayor Richard J. Daley made when he opened the 95th Street station in 1969 is nearing the finish line. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 8, 2023
Migrant families allegedly forced to leave South Side shelter Four men say they weren’t allowed to enter the shelter because they had found jobs. The staff refused to let them join their wives and kids, prompting them to leave the shelter for O’Hare Airport. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 8, 2023
Celebrating 20 years, Chicago’s Harris Theater for Music and Dance remains a world-class cultural arts hub The Millennium Park venue will mark the anniversary with an all-day event featuring many of Harris’ resident companies. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 7, 2023
African Festival of the Arts celebrates culture: ‘It’s like Africa in Chicago’ The annual African Festival of the Arts ran Labor Day weekend at Washington Park with vendors from around the country and world. The festival brings the African diaspora to Chicago with food, music and celebration. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 5, 2023
Father of 3 shot dead on his anniversary; another victim had hoped to bring his family from Mexico An argument with neighbors in the south suburb turned deadly early Sunday morning, say relatives of the two men who were killed. At least 15 people are in custody. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 4, 2023
Can a tree be historic? Residents in the Palmer Square neighborhood want a city ordinance to protect American elm trees dating to the 19th century that are among the handful that survived Dutch elm disease. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 4, 2023
Teen sets out to save jazz musician’s soul in Chicago man’s debut graphic novel ‘Every step of the way I was almost like, “This isn’t actually going to happen,” ’ Austin Paramore said of his journey to get his graphic novel published. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 4, 2023
Chicago Football Classic returns, bringing scholarships and HBCU history with it After several years of COVID cancellations, the annual game between historically Black colleges and universities returned to Soldier Field along with its scholarships and other programming. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 2, 2023
Picture Chicago: 21 of the best Sun-Times photos from this week in news Two women were struck by bullets inside Guaranteed Rate Field during a White Sox game, first lady Jill Biden visited Chicago in an event aimed to highlight the Biden administration’s support of organized labor, and athletes competed in the 2023 Chicago Triathlon. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 1, 2023
What to expect on the road and in the sky while traveling this Labor Day weekend Get to the airport early. TSA expects to screen about 14 million passengers from Friday to Wednesday. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 1, 2023
At O’Hare Airport, hundreds of migrants are stuck at a shelter that’s overcrowded, unsanitary A curtained-off portion of the airport has been used for months as a migrant shelter, and advocates worry about the conditions. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 1, 2023
What would you do if trucks kept backing into your house? Past tenant moved out but current North Side homeowner is hoping to stay Truckers pass close by Robert Christie’s house at North Cicero Avenue and West Ainslie Street, see the low-clearance bridge ahead and start backing up. Often not so well. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 1, 2023
Chicago Labor Day weekend forecast: ‘Unseasonably hot and sunny’ — but not so sticky National Weather Service predicts “much more modest humidity than a week ago,” when a heat wave broke temperature records before a cooldown this week. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023
Chicago Democrats are pushing Biden hard to speed up work permits for migrants. Will they succeed? Top Illinois Democrats are pushing the Biden White House to speed up work permits for noncitizen migrants in Chicago, but the effort is complicated and nuanced. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 30, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2023 Malcolm X College’s Far West Side satellite campus to get $9.5 million expansion A 3,000-square feet addition to the satellite campus will be called the Community Center for Teaching and Learning. Besides boosting student capacity by 50% to 2,000, the community center will also serve as an events space.
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2023 Despite barriers to Black women breastfeeding, supporters extol benefits: ‘It’s a superpower, basically’ Black Breastfeeding Week — which runs through Thursday — provides education and uplifts families who may face social, health care roadblocks over breastfeeding. Black people have the lowest rate of breastfeeding of any other demographic.
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 28, 2023 Amazon prepares its rapid response with new center in West Humboldt Park Monday, the company will post job openings for the facility at 1260 N. Kostner Ave., which is expected to open in September, focusing on items “that people want and need in a hurry.”
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 26, 2023 Art as the beginning of healing: A Q&A with Tanya Gill “So many people have disabilities and trauma that aren’t visible. So if I make that visible, it gives us a starting place for that conversation.”
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 25, 2023 Picture Chicago: This week’s 19 can’t miss Sun-Times photos The city baked under record-breaking high temperatures, summer break ended for Chicago Public Schools students and Chance the Rapper celebrated the 10th anniversary of “Acid Rap” at the United Center.
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 24, 2023 The last days of ‘Pompeii’? Not until January after MSI extends exhibition The move lets more visitors see the show, now expanded with additional pieces buried more than 2,000 years ago in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 22, 2023 White Sox moving from Bridgeport would be ‘devastating,’ some businesses say “Bridgeport and the White Sox just go together, they always did,” Carrie Stegniller, a manager at Turtle’s Bar and Grill said. “The White Sox are our family and we’re their family.” But not everyone in the South Side neighborhood was as concerned about the potential move.
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 21, 2023 CPS kids are sad about short summer but ready to be back in school Chicago Public School students head back Monday after one of the shortest summer breaks in memory, with the school system once again moving its fall return earlier into August.
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 20, 2023 CPS juggles funding, bilingual staff to welcome thousands of new migrant students Thousands of new English-learning students joined CPS last year. Thousands more are expected this year. CPS is trying to find a way to reach them all.
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2023 Chicago Air and Water Show takes flight The city’s latest rite of late-summer aerial passage took flight Saturday morning near North Avenue Beach, as thousands gathered for the Chicago Air and Water Show’s second full-scale spectacle in as many years.
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 18, 2023 New Boys and Girls Club opens on West Side ‘not only for our young people but by our young people’ The $15 million, 27,000-square-foot Rusu-McCartin Boys & Girls Club is the first new club from the organization in two decades.