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Architecture and Design

7 months ago

As the Obama Center nears completion, a long-neglected Jackson Park pavilion finally getting its due

4 hours ago

How a mild-mannered suburban Chicago delivery driver transforms into Bearman

20 hours ago

Record-breaking rainfall leaves hundreds of streets and basements flooded

6 hours ago

Alden Loury | WBEZ

5 months ago

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from freezing child care funding in Illinois, 4 other states

19 minutes ago

Bears QB Caleb Williams' bid to 'create history' starts now, and the 1985 Super Bowl team is rooting for him

2 hours ago

Expect Bears blankets and Malört hot chocolate at Soldier Field for game day

3 hours ago

Chicago Education Alliance seeks to bring clarity to CPS' toughest issues

1 hour ago

Sarah Karp | WBEZ

1 year ago

Larry Hart, who contributed to city's Off-Loop theater movement, dies at 81

1 hour ago

Judge sides with IDOT in legal fight with road construction company run by Palumbo family members

1 hour ago

James O'Grady, former CPD Supt. and Cook County Sheriff, dies at 96

2 hours ago

Dear Abby: Boyfriend is in no hurry to make a commitment

12 hours ago

The Chicago Mini Crossword

1 month ago

Bears players are 'born to dislike the Packers,' whether they grow up with the rivalry or not

1 day ago

Oldest living Chicago Bear, 92, hopes team has Super Bowl in its future: 'It would be my greatest goodbye'

2 days ago

Quiz: Are you a true Chicago Bears fan?

2 hours ago

Murals and Mosaics

7 months ago

Andersonville utility box art plays the week like a game

7 hours ago

Can state officials prosecute the feds?

10 hours ago

Residents voice frustrations with Chicago police interactions during immigration raids: 'Who protects us?'

20 hours ago

Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say

23 hours ago

Vera Jeanne Materre, former jazz singer, teacher and mother of WGN anchorwoman, dies at 95

7 hours ago

Nicor seeks another massive rate hike that could add $6 to suburban gas bills

2 hours ago

Judge cites Minneapolis ICE shooting as she pauses dismissal of Chicago-area use-of-force lawsuit

1 day ago

Barnes & Noble to open largest Chicago store, after other 'successful' openings

1 day ago

Early birds can begin filing their taxes on Jan. 26 this year

1 day ago

Union Padel Club opens in Near West Side with five courts

1 day ago

FBI offers $10,000 reward for information on shooting of Brinks guard in Brighton Park

1 hour ago

1-year-old boy critically hurt in fall from Edgewater window

3 hours ago

Teen girl stabbed, critically wounded by classmate at Zion-Benton Township High School

6 hours ago

Apparent AI-generated bomb threat shuts down St. Ignatius College Prep on Near West Side

3 hours ago

The future of Walgreens, an iconic Chicago drugstore, looks grim

4 days ago

I went to college and lived within my means, but that's not enough in this economy

4 days ago

'Northwest Passage' connecting Ogilvie and Clinton CTA station deserves another go

6 days ago

Entertainment and Culture

7 months ago

Hear prominent Chicagoans read Carl Sandburg's iconic 1914 poem 'Chicago'

1 day ago

Theater and Stages

7 months ago

The audience is howling and drooling over Filament Theatre's latest show, literally

1 day ago

Things To Do

3 years ago

Things to do in Chicago Jan. 8-14: The Mix

2 days ago

Hear how Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino became the face of Trump's deportation campaign

17 days ago

Dan Mihalopoulos | WBEZ

1 month ago

These two crooks can still convert millions from their campaign funds into personal use if they want

18 days ago

Why does City Hall keep doing business with Obama's old boss even though he's cost Chicago millions?

21 days ago

Chicago's head tax was long called a job killer, but is there evidence to back that up?

28 days ago

Mariah Woelfel | WBEZ

6 months ago

Amy Qin | WBEZ

1 month ago

Bears QB Caleb Williams is 'built for these moments'

4 hours ago

Three reasons why Blackhawks ended up benefitting from Connor Bedard's absence

35 minutes ago

Taking some early swings on the 2026 season, starting with the low-expectation Nationals

7 hours ago

White Sox to have "open competition" for last two rotation spots

9 hours ago

Heat-Bulls postponed because of condensation on the court

15 hours ago

Casinos and Gambling

1 month ago

NFL picks: Expect Jaguars to sink their teeth into Bills

10 hours ago

Bears CB Tyrique Stevenson focused on being good teammate after getting benched

15 hours ago

To attack Packers' weakness and cover up their own, Bears need to rely on rushing attack Saturday

1 day ago

How Fox 32 Chicago acquired local rights to Packers-Bears wild-card game

1 day ago

Bears injury report: WR Rome Odunze officially set to play vs. Packers, CB Kyler Gordon questionable

1 day ago

Bulls' Matas Buzelis is making an impact defensively by being a step ahead mentally

19 hours ago

Bulls unable to match Pistons' physicality in loss

1 day ago

Bulls' Coby White out Wednesday, could return Thursday against Heat

2 days ago

Through their lens: What's it like to live with pollution?

11 days ago

Horoscope for Friday, January 09, 2026

18 hours ago

Dear Abby: Relative isn't picking up on the message being sent

1 day ago

Horoscope for Thursday, January 08, 2026

1 day ago

Fast-moving winter weather systems arriving in Chicago on Tuesday, Wednesday

10 days ago

Rain, snow and 50+mph winds forecast for Chicago area

11 days ago

'Abolish ICE' gains Mayor Brandon Johnson's support as Chicago snowplow-naming contest returns

14 days ago

Housing and Development

7 months ago

Hundreds of apartments proposed at West Loop industrial site

1 day ago

Retailer T.J. Maxx planning to open Near North Side store

1 day ago

City awards $33 million to dozens of businesses and organizations

2 days ago

Bars where you can watch the Packers-Bears playoff game Saturday with your tribe: Map

1 day ago

Chicago coquito competition brings out creativity, tradition and cultural fusion

2 days ago

Pilsen bakery churns out Three Kings Day bread to a community counting its blessings

2 days ago

High School Basketball Scores

1 month ago

Friday's high school basketball scores

8 hours ago

High School Basketball

3 years ago

Previewing and predicting this weekend's top high school basketball games

8 hours ago

Marquis Clark shrugs off a possible broken nose and leads Young to a hard-fought victory at Lincoln Park

21 hours ago

No. 12 Michigan State rallies to beat Northwestern 76-66

22 hours ago

Notre Dame's Micah Shrewsberry apologizes for charging at referee after loss to Cal

6 days ago

High School Football

3 years ago

Nazareth's Jake Cestone heads to Nashville to watch ISU, his future school, play in FCS title game

6 days ago

It's all in a name, Bulls forward Matas Buzelis is finding out

3 days ago

Coby White confident he and his Bulls teammates will turn it around

3 days ago

Bulls' Coby White returns from injury under watchful eyes

3 days ago

Blackhawks send Laurent Brossoit, Nolan Allan to Sharks in complicated trade

1 day ago

Blackhawks shell Jordan Binnington's Blues to extend winning streak

1 day ago

Glenn Hall, Stanley Cup-winning Blackhawks goalie and trailblazer, dies at 94

1 day ago

Feds agree to halt proposed national youth gender care ban while court weighs motion

5 hours ago

As ACA tax credit debate continues in Congress, Illinois sees slight decrease in enrollment

1 hour ago

Illinois files lawsuit challenging child care funding freeze as Chicago-area parents grapple with anxiety

19 hours ago

Ben Johnson look-alike contest in Chicago suburbs comes with $1,000 prize

15 hours ago

High School Sports

4 months ago

Hersey High School wrestling coach faces disciplinary notice

1 day ago

Vehicle crashes through concrete sound barrier wall, leaving 1 dead in I-55 wreck near Romeoville

1 day ago

Chicago-area man leaps from Aruba hotel after allegedly killing wife in apparent murder-suicide, police say

1 day ago

High schoolers train to be election judges in March primary

21 hours ago

Former CPS principal and network chief defrauded district of nearly $89K, watchdog finds

2 days ago

CPS Board is investigating two leaks of internal board information

3 days ago

'Law enforcement' rationale for invading Venezuela is an open-ended license for war

1 day ago

Trump's 'America First' is now just imperialism

1 day ago

In today's English classes, kids often read just snippets of novels — and that's a shame

3 days ago

A way for Black and Latino communities to unite

2 days ago

Police chief is a top job, but not all Illinois' top cops meet highest standards

6 days ago

America must keep its promise to Ukrainian refugees

9 days ago

Letters to the Editor

6 years ago

Seeing eye-to-eye with Marjorie Taylor Greene on Venezuela

1 day ago

Will Venezuelans be exploited again?

3 days ago

Incarcerated woman whose drawing was given to Pope Leo: 'He saw a woman walking toward God'

4 days ago

Caitlin Tracey's husband to be extradited to Chicago to face murder charges

11 hours ago

Man killed, 2 seriously hurt in Gage Park shooting outside KFC

12 hours ago

ICE shooting in Minneapolis echoes what feds did in Chicago

22 hours ago

Bearing down for Saturday night

4 hours ago

WBEZ's Weekly News Recap, Jan. 9, 2026: Federal child care funding frozen, Bears take on Packers in playoffs, and more

7 hours ago

Singing our way into the new year

1 day ago

USDA has turned the food pyramid upside down

1 day ago

Chicago's young playwrights see their work hit the stage

1 day ago