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.

Voters across the West Side will head to the polls to cast ballots in a general election featuring congressional, statewide and local races.

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

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

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 ...

The 2025 documentary "The Good News" was honored at the 68th annual Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards on Oct. 24, 2026. Credit: Provided to Block Club Chicago/Austin Coming Together Facebook A documentary ...

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 ...

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 ...

Labor activists and former workers at a West Side manufacturer that makes seating for the CTA rallied Wednesday in protest of what they described as low wages, hazardous working conditions and ...

A new executive order signed by Mayor Brandon Johnson on Oct. 22 at Austin Town Hall creates a steering committee to implement Chicago Market City. It’s an effort to increase food access by supporting ...

If you drive south along Austin Boulevard, past the Eisenhower Expressway, you’ll find The Island, a quiet residential pocket tucked into the far southwest corner of Chicago’s West Side. Separated ...