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Landing on some sort of city-specific ranking usually fills us with pride, but we’re unsure how to feel about this one: data company Numbeo just released its annual Cost of Living Index by ...

A volunteer group has kept busy by pulling Divvy bikes from Lake Michigan, because of the danger they can pose in the water.Recently, a tower of such bikes was spotted along the lakefront.Chicago resi...

Winless for almost a month, the Chicago White Sox are making the worst kind of history."Each one has been uniquely painful." The White Sox officially made it to 20 straight losses today. pic.twitter.c...

The Chicago White Sox have now lost 14 games in a row after falling to the Seattle Mariners on Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field, and the team has yet again made history in a way they'd have preferred n...

Lollapalooza is here, and Metra and the CTA will launch additional service to help get concertgoers to Grant Park for the big event.Existing train routes will add both service and capacity for both ag...

On Tuesday, HBO released the first trailer for “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Chicago Bears,” which is set to premiere on Aug. 6 at 8 p.m.The minute-long preview begins with head coa...

Naperville's Ribfest is calling it quits after 35 years.The Exchange Club of Naperville, the festival's organizer, made the announcement Tuesday on Facebook. The post said, in part, that the cost of t...

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal is expanding his restaurant empire by bringing another of his Big Chicken locations to the suburbs.The new fast-food restaurant is set to open this fall in Arlington ...

A new dispensary in suburban Chicago made waves in the cannabis industry with its grand opening Tuesday.Smokehouse, the state’s first dispensary located directly on the water, opened at 44 US 12...

Lollapalooza Festival 2024 officially kicks off Thursday in Chicago.The four-day music festival will include a variety of artists from rap to electro pop and indie to pop-punk.But before you head off ...