Each year, a team from the Chicago Plumbers Union uses a secret, eco-friendly vegetable dye to color the river. Around 45 pounds of dye are needed to cover the entire river, which stretches over five ...

Heavy with Italian tradition, Chicago is home to some of the country’s best red sauce restaurants. From timeless classics, such as spaghetti and meatballs and chicken Vesuvio, to contemporary ...

Sullivan had just won the Heisman Trophy the week prior (different times, indeed). Johnny Musso ran for 167 yards for Alabama, translating to 41 minutes of possession time. Joyless murderball from ...

The Johnny Mercer Award is the most prestigious honor bestowed by the Songwriters Hall of Fame, is exclusively reserved for a songwriter or songwriting team who has already been inducted in a ...

Sunnier skies are ahead: Chicago's 2025 spring and summer festival lineup has officially been released. The lineup, released Thursday from Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Department of ...

Chicago deep dish pizza, after all, has become a food type in its own right. While it's still part of the pizza family, it almost tastes entirely different from other versions. When ranking the ...

Controversial streamer Johnny Somali finally made his long-awaited court appearance after terrorizing South Korea and pled guilty to the charges he knew about. On March 7, 2025, Johnny Somali ...

Get the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. ST. LOUIS (AP) — Johnny Kinziger had 13 points in Illinois State’s 70-54 ...

Second place earned 32,898 votes, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Thursday. Drum roll please…🥁 After receiving 385,000 votes, we have a DECISIVE winner in the state ...

A Chicago Heights crematory has been shut down after the Illinois comptroller’s office received a complaint last month of the facility mishandling human remains, according to the state agency.

CHICAGO – An Illinois judge ordered a pair of landlords to pay $80,000 to former tenants after threatening to report them to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after a dispute in 2020.

We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know ... according to researchers. According to Illinois government data, the state exports more than $1 billion in agricultural products ...