After years of outcry and organizing efforts by the tenants of a troubled Kenwood apartment building, federal officials are moving to foreclose on the Ellis Lakeview Apartments and appoint a receiver to handle much-needed repairs.
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Golf season is in full swing at the Jackson Park and South Shore golf courses with a bevy of tournaments, invitationals and free rounds for players 17 and under.
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Alfred Olson, a former sergeant of the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD), is on the Cook County State’s Attorney's “Do Not Call” list. This public-facing list names police officers whom Kim Foxx’s office will not call to testify in criminal court because of past histories of cri…
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After winning their first-ever NCAA championship last season, The University of Chicago men’s soccer team is getting a new head coach. The change comes as last season’s coach, Julianne Sitch, departs Chicago for a coaching gig at the University of Denver.
Last week’s NASCAR Cup Series Street Race brought dozens of race car drivers, tens of thousands of fans and torrential rain to Chicago’s South Loop. It also brought a former University of Chicago student turned street racer back to his old stomping grounds.
During his senior year in college, Andre Lewis took an intro to basketball class on a whim. Twenty seven years later, the history major-turned star Kenwood Academy girls basketball coach was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Even if you have little interest in gospel music and never heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight, you won't soon forget them after seeing George Brant's “Marie and Rosetta” at Northl…
One of the most pleasant ways to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon in Hyde Park is to relax on the green lawn of Rockefeller Chapel on the University of Chicago campus and listen to a recital of m…
At a day-long celebration of Chicago’s social dance history, more than 100 people gathered at the South Shore Cultural Center last weekend for a series of talks, performances and an end-of-nig…
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Have you put off making a will? If so, you’re not alone. According to a 2020 survey conducted by Caring.com, only 33% of American adults have estate planning documents, like wills and living t…
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Xinyi Xie, an assistant professor at the University of North Dakota, and Zhaosong Ruan, an Assistant Instructional Professor at the University of Chicago, are marrying at 5454 S. Shore Drive o…
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