As the saying goes, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. Unfortunately, that saying does not bode well for the thousands of children who will be displaced when 54 schools shut down this year.

Organizers of the annual Bud Billiken Parade on Chicago's South Side insisted Wednesday that President Barack Obama had been confirmed as the grand ma...

An 11-year-old boy who was playing outside with friends on an unseasonably warm day was shot Tuesday afternoon in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. ...

The South Side Irish parade returned Sunday after a two-year hiatus, and organizers said the revamped parade was a success. The popular parade, wh...

When Brooklyn-based photographer Emily Schiffer first arrived on Chicago's South Side, it wasn't long before the widespread desolation and vacancy ove...

CHICAGO -- The rock band Cheap Trick plans to open a museum and music venue on Chicago's South Side. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Thursday that the ...

A man driving on the South Side early Monday was shot in the head -- but still managed to drive himself to a nearby hospital. The Chicago Tribune ...

CHICAGO — Duct tape covers a large crack in the premier booth at Hard Time Josephine's Cooking, where waitresses call you "sweetie" and customer...

A 23-month-old girl was killed and her grandmother hospitalized Saturday following a traffic collision in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood. Domi...

Protesters who pitched tents in front of the University of Chicago Medical Center over the weekend plan to stick around Monday, hoping they can convin...

Mike Staunton had seen the impact Oak Forest Baseball Association (OFBA) could make on young kids. His two sons--ages 12 and 10--had both been playing...

A 13-year-old boy was fatally shot while playing basketball with friends on the city's South Side Monday night, and police do not believe the child wa...

Chicago's Memorial Day death toll grew Tuesday, after a woman who was shot in the head in the South Side's Hyde Park neighborhood Monday night died fr...

In Steven Casey's Englewood neighborhood, milk and eggs, bread and bologna are easy to find. "In the 'hood, you can get meat all day long," he said. "...

Reasheal Lehmann joined the line of people on East 59th Street in front of the University of Chicago Medical Center. An emergency room nurse at the ho...

On an unseasonably warm Sunday, at least two children were shot, seven others injured and one killed in shootings on Chicago's South Side. About 4...

A shooting on Chicago's South Side reportedly caused a CTA bus to crash Tuesday morning. The Chicago Tribune reports that two men jumped out of a ...

CHICAGO — The award-winning rapper who wants to be a Chicago alderman looked down the block and counted up the boarded houses in this slice of t...

In the eyes of Lisa Thomas, the needs of the 15th Ward are so extensive it is difficult to list them all. Things have been going downhill," said Ms...