Shamus Toomey

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.