3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (650+ words) DOWNTOWN — The first apartments created through Chicago’s LaSalle Street Reimagined initiative are officially on the market, marking a major milestone in the city’s effort to transform the historic financial district into a residential corridor. LaSalle Street Reimagined was launched under…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (601+ words) UPTOWN — After a successful year on the North Side, city officials are expanding access to free naloxone to more neighborhoods. Four newspaper boxes were repurposed for the initiative last year, offering free naloxone to the public in busy pedestrian areas....

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (905+ words) BRIDGEPORT — Maria LaGiglio says she will sell her house and move if Amtrak’s proposed 24/7 maintenance facility is built about 100 feet from her home. “I have a 9-year-old daughter. I will not raise her like 100 feet away from that maintenance facility,…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (581+ words) CHICAGO — Chicago faces lower risks from climate change — and is better prepared to handle hostile impacts from changing weather patterns — than any other city, a report assessing the resiliency of the world’s major cities found. AlphaGeo, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (884+ words) CHINATOWN — Residents are fighting against a proposed Amtrak maintenance facility they say could have significant environmental consequences for their communities. More than 100 neighbors packed into Pui Tak Center, 2216 S. Wentworth Ave., for a meeting hosted by the Coalition for a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1046+ words) DOWNTOWN — Local Eclectic founder Alexis Nido-Russo is rarely without a stack of jewelry. Her fingers alone are covered in vintage sapphires, diamonds, pieces from her own collections and rings tied to trips, gifts and memories — an eclectic mix she has…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (543+ words) CHICAGO — One person in Chicago has died from West Nile virus, the Chicago Department of Public Health reported on Tuesday, the city and state’s first death from the mosquito-borne disease in 2026. City health officials reported the death along with the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (430+ words) WICKER PARK — An Italian beef walk-up window will open Wednesday on Division Street. Dubbed “The Beef Stand,” the window from Buona Beef will operate out of the Rainbow Cone location at 1750 W. Division St., which was previously home to Caffe…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (351+ words) CHICAGO — The city has launched a grant program to boost fresh food providers as leaders look to address grocery access issues following the closure of several South and West side stores. The Neighborhood Market Grant Program was announced Friday by…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (820+ words) CHICAGO — A Chicago real estate company has agreed to change how its agents evaluate apartment-seekers with government subsidies after it was sued for alleged discrimination. Five renters brought the lawsuit in 2025, saying they were ignored or turned away after seeking…...