Chicago’s Tap Water: Where It Comes From, What’s in It, and What Residents in Older Buildings Should Know About Lead September 5, 2026
Three Beluga Whales Dead in Eight Days at Shedd Aquarium as Marineland Rescue Effort Faces Its First Crisis September 4, 2026
Chicago Records First West Nile Virus Death of 2026 as Heavy Rainfall Fuels Mosquito Breeding Across the City September 3, 2026
Chicago Bears Trade Gervon Dexter to Falcons on Cut Day as Rookie Jordan van den Berg Reshapes the Defensive Line September 2, 2026
Chicago International Film Festival Previews 62nd Edition With Bob Odenkirk Documentary and Curtis Duffy World Premiere September 1, 2026
Former West Englewood School Reopens as 50-Unit Affordable Housing Development After 13 Years Vacant August 29, 2026
Chicago History Museum Workers Ratify First Union Contract After Federal Labor Board Found Retaliation by Former Leadership August 28, 2026
Chicago Business Leaders Unveil $2.25 Billion O’Hare Flyer Express Train With 15-Minute Downtown Service August 27, 2026
Federal Safety Directives Force a Reckoning With How Chicago Funds, Polices, and Operates Its Transit System August 26, 2026
Cook County Board of Review Opens Property Tax Appeals for Storm-Damaged Homeowners Ahead of September Deadlines August 25, 2026
Chicago’s Final 2026 Business Resource Expo Brings Soul and Smoke Founders to Malcolm X College on August 29 August 22, 2026
Walgreens Retreats From Chicago’s South Side and Downtown as Pharmacy Access Gaps Widen August 20, 2026
Chicago House Music Festival and Conference Returns August 27 Through 30 With Four Stages at Millennium Park August 19, 2026
Chicago Air and Water Show Draws Thousands to the Lakefront for Its 67th Year Despite Weather Delays August 18, 2026
Shedd Aquarium Receives Four More Beluga Whales from Shuttered Marineland Canada in Largest Cetacean Rescue in U.S. History August 15, 2026
Bears Sit Caleb Williams for Saturday’s Preseason Opener as Ben Johnson Shifts Evaluation to Roster Battles and Defensive Depth August 14, 2026
Cook County Heat Deaths Reach 10 in 2026, the Highest Single-Year Total in Over a Decade August 13, 2026
Chicago Launches Free Grocery Rides for Seniors Through Lyft and United Way Partnership After Seven Save A Lot Stores Close on the South and West Sides August 12, 2026
NITA Act Sales Tax Takes Effect Across Six-County Chicago Region, Unlocking $200 Million in Transit Funding After Years of Crisis-Level Budget Shortfalls August 11, 2026
Governor Pritzker Announces Second Round of Regional Site Readiness Awards to Drive Illinois Job Creation August 7, 2026
Ariana Grande Tells Chicago Crowd Her Career Break Was Planned Long Before Public Scrutiny Intensified August 6, 2026
Chicago Expands Divvy Bike-Share Network Along the Lakefront as City Pushes Toward 200 New Stations in 2026 August 5, 2026
The 97th Bud Billiken Parade Steps Off August 8 in Bronzeville With LisaRaye McCoy as Grand Marshal August 4, 2026
Lollapalooza 2026 Opens at Grant Park With All Female Top Billing for the First Time in Festival History August 1, 2026
Urban Agriculture Takes Root in Chicago as City Sells Vacant Lots for $1 to Local Growers July 24, 2026
CPS Proposes 760 Teacher Layoffs and Five Furlough Days to Close $732 Million Budget Deficit July 21, 2026
How Illinois Income Tax Works: What Chicago Residents Need to Know About State and City Taxes July 17, 2026