Guide to Chicago's beaches and pools

Looking for a place to cool off or work on your summer tan? Look no further than RedEye's guide to Chicago's public...

Q&A: Irvine Welsh

Saturday at the Windy City Story Slam’s fourth All-City Championships, six finalists—who emerged...

Portage Theater decision delayed

A church group still hopes to be able to set up shop in the historic Portage Theater on the Northwest Side despite...

Cops: Gang member slugs puppy because it wouldn't stop barking

A man was so angered at the barking of his puppy he punched it in the eyes at his Edgewater Beach neighborhood home on...

Mexican BYOB restaurant Chilapan opens second location in Ravenswood

Jefferson Park fire leaves 3 homeless

A fire roared through a basement of a Jefferson Park neighborhood building on the Northwest Side this afternoon, leaving...

39 displaced by two-alarm fire on Northwest Side

Thirty-nine residents were displaced early this morning by a fire in a two-story Northwest Side apartment building...

Police warn of series of burglaries on Northwest Side

At least six daytime burglaries in the Jefferson Park area since Dec. 1 have been tied to the same suspect, police...

Places to go sledding in Chicago

If you want to go sledding today, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County has five hills with lighting open from...

Man shot, wounded near Rogers Park Red Line station

A 20-year-old man was shot and seriously wounded near a CTA train station on the city's Far North Side.

Woman charged in North Side slaying

Murder charges have been lodged against a South Side woman police say plunged a knife into her boyfriend’s chest...

Cops: Man found fatally shot in North Side alley

A 32-year-old man was shot dead in an alley in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood on the city's North Side.