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The home was built as a wedding gift for the daughter of Gustavus Swift, the founder of the Swift & Company meatpacking company.

The home was built as a wedding gift for the daughter of Gustavus Swift, the founder of the Swift & Company meatpacking company.

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Chicago says it has made significant progress disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline. Suspensions have plummeted from nearly 50,000 in 2013-14 to less than 10,000 in 2021-22.

When the owner of DNAinfo shut our newsroom down in 2017, things looked bleak. But you convinced us you still needed neighborhood news — and that you’d support it.

CHICAGO — Block Club Chicago hit a milestone earlier this month that meant a lot to us. Our nonprofit newsroom has now been open longer than the one we

It was one of a series of suits filed by the city against e-cigarette makers for targeting people younger than 18 years old.

This story ran in DNAinfo in 2016. We’re republishing it as Guns N’ Roses announces their return to Chicago with a Wrigley Field show in August.

This story ran in DNAinfo in 2016. We’re republishing it as Guns N’ Roses announces their return to Chicago with a Wrigley Field show in August.

Residents have waited years for the now-demolished Sears at North and Harlem avenues to be replaced with a development.

The grocery stores are all on the South or West sides, which have seen five grocery stores close in the past two years.

Police said they were searching the area for a man who pulled a gun on a neighbor. A gun and bullet casings were found at the scene, police said.

VIDEO: A rideshare driver and passenger teamed up to stop the latest attack, the victim said. Police are investigating whether the two attempted kidnappings are connected.

Bears officials said their “transit-oriented, mixed-use entertainment district” would be “one of the largest development projects in Illinois state history.”

King first took office in 2016 when she was tapped by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fill the seat left empty by William Burns’ abrupt exit from City Hall.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city is still trying to keep the Bears in Soldier Field. “Our door in City Hall remains open.”

As word spread of the $20 concert, a line formed down Clark Street as fans tried to score tickets.

The stay home order and the reduced capacity rules brought on by COVID-19 are just part of the struggles owners like Quang Minh Lê and Loan Thị Thu Nguyễn of Uptown’s Phở Loan restaurant are facing.

Developer David Chase and his wife, Kimberly Rachal, converted the former church and adjacent property into a $15 million venue to host live music, art exhibits, weddings, galas and private events.

CHICAGO — In the latest dramatic and unprecedented move to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus impacting life all over the globe, Gov. JB Pritzker