Gov. JB Pritzker traveled to Austin just east of Oak Park, to the Columbus Park Refectory to make a major statement.

For much of Chicago’s West Side, La Shawn Ford will be the first new congressman in nearly 30 years, taking over for Danny Davis.

The evening of Nov. 3, a blue wave swept across the country. Districts across the United States voted strongly for Democrats, ...

CTA awarded contractor for next leg of improvements to track, signal and drainage infrastructure on the Blue Line Forest Park ...

Voters punch in their picks at a polling place at Lafollette Park, 1333 N. Laramie Avenue. Credit: La Risa Lynch Voters across the West Side will head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 3, to cast ballots in ...

Oak Park Village Trustee Brian Straw was one of six Chicago area political activists arrested and charged a year ago.

The Jerome Burke Foundation is marking its sixth year of expanding educational and career pipelines for young Black men across Austin.

On Ogden Avenue in North Lawndale, a 50-foot pillar wrapped in a mural is a beacon for the free mural park to come alongside ...

Two years after Mayor Brandon Johnson canceled the city’s ShotSpotter contract, his administration is planning to launch a ...

Two years after Mayor Brandon Johnson canceled the city’s ShotSpotter contract, his administration is planning to launch a pilot program that will include testing other gunshot detection technologies ...