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Amid a wave of recent cycling and scootering deaths , many Chicagoans are looking to infrastructure for answers. But some of that infrastructure could be hiding in plain sight, in 85.2 miles of quiet greenways that wind their way through the city. What are greenways? Quieter residential streets designated for cyclists

"Without a change in tactics, it will be nearly impossible to make lasting progress."

On this day, August 8, back in 2004, Dave Matthews Band found themselves in the middle of a true s–tstorm.  It was 22 years ago that a tour bus for the group dumped 800 pounds of human waste from its septic tank into the Chicago River as it crossed the Kinzie Street Bridge. The band members ...

Chicago woman charged after investigators link her to “00K Lululemon shoplifting crew – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: nvmwebsites-budwg5g9avh3epea.z03.azurefd.net) Chicago – Authorities have charged a 42-year-old woman with theft after linking her to an organized retail crime operation that alleg

Two teens have been charged in connection with a carjacking on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Eniah Diggs, 19, a resident of the 7900 block of South Ingleside Avenue in Chicago, and a 16-year-old girl have both been charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm. The girl was also charged...

Editor’s note: This story has been edited to reflect the correct date and location of the deadly shooting. CHICAGO — Felony charges have been filed against a Bellwood man accused of fatally shooting another man on the West Side back in July. Chicago police say 32-year-old Lavonne Glenn, a Bellwood resident, has been ch

One man died and two others were injured after an argument led to a shooting on Chicago's South Side on Friday night.

A minor incident between a pedestrian and a driver that most people might have shrugged off as part of life in the big city instead turned into murder near a downtown nightclub, prosecutors said this week as a judge detained the accused gunman, saying he had “demonstrated an utter lack of value for human life.”

What does it take to bowl a perfect game? Tenacity, skill, and experience. Nine-year-old Landen Henderson, of Maywood, has all three.

Latasha Johnson had given the eulogy and ended her mother’s funeral service at the South Chicago Chapel, 2939 E. 95th St., Thursday afternoon when she and her family noticed their vehicles were blocked in by Chicago police. Not long after, officers found dozens of decomposing bodies inside the funeral...