Maxwell Evans

About 30 acres of the 440-acre former steel mill are polluted beyond modern standards, developers said as they submitted their cleanup plan to state regulators. Plans include capping the entire site with asphalt, concrete or clean soil.

The building averaged more than one emergency call a day over the almost five years before a high-profile federal raid. The raid led to even more calls to police.

With the Obama Presidential Center set to open next year, Maxwell Evans joins the Block Club Chicago podcast to discuss how neighbors feel as it nears completion — and what Chicagoans really think about its look.

The South Shore building failed two more in a long line of flunked city inspections following the September raid, which a judge suggested Friday may have drawn the feds after local police “refused” to intervene

Heavily armed officers bearing no agency or personal identification are "Coast Guard security forces," agency officials said Thursday amid residents' fears immigration agents are setting up at the station.

People were stopped or detained in at least four incidents Tuesday in East Side and South Chicago, neighbors and activists said. In one incident, agents caused a crash that hospitalized at least one man.

The popular venue will close following its New Year's Eve party. The news came just weeks after Sanders BBQ announced it would replace the Promontory's long-shuttered restaurant.

Loved ones remember Sagan as a passionate, humble "renaissance man" who had a seven-decade-long journalism career. He and his wife Bette Cerf Hill were instrumental in bringing the Joffrey Ballet to Chicago and founding the Printers Row Lit Fest.

Alderpeople approved plans for a 26-story hotel down the street from the future Obama Center in Woodlawn Thursday, as well as plans for a six-story hotel and 51 apartments near XS Tennis in Washington Park.

Alderpeople on Thursday approved an ordinance to fund homeownership programs and reserve city-owned land for income-based housing in three South Side neighborhoods near the future Obama Presidential Center.

Ald. Desmon Yancy's overhauled proposal to fund and reserve land for affordable apartments and homes in parts of South Shore, Woodlawn and Greater Grand Crossing passed the council's housing committee Wednesday.

Pauline Sylvain-Lewis and her son, Markell Sylvain, own the Far South Side candle shop, which offers shelf space and amenities to other entrepreneurs in addition to selling aromatherapy products.

The campaign — separate from an effort to secure a community benefits agreement around the project — calls for the funds slated for a 128-acre quantum computing campus to instead be invested in resources around South Chicago.

The popular Beverly spot that fuses regional barbecue styles will open Sanders BBQ Prime below the Promontory in early 2026, owner James Sanders said.

People jumped the counters and assaulted employees in separate attacks caught on camera after Fatburger opened last year. Two local entrepreneurs will pay for customers' meals this weekend to support owner Jackie Jackson.

Residents and activists also want environmental and anti-displacement protections as developers redevelop the old U.S. Steel mill into a cutting-edge quantum research campus.

At Least 20 Car Windows Broken On South Shore Blocks — But Nothing's Been Reported Stolen

Ald. Jeanette Taylor filed reports with several city agencies after hearing about the incident at the Woodlawn cafe. "This is not the first time I’ve received complaints about Robust," Taylor said.

Demolition began Monday on the store at 71st Street and Paxton Avenue after the building suffered a bow truss collapse last week.

The project to fund and promote local Black dance companies returns Saturday with performances at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park.