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Cheyenne Dumas looks over an armoire at Chicago Furniture Bank, 4801 S. Whipple St. in Chicago, on Oct. 31, 2022. Chicago Furniture Bank was started by college friends who had a vision for helping Chicagoland residents transitioning out of housing insecurity.

Chicago Furniture Bank wants to be a household name so it can help more people with housing insecurity

November 28, 2022 at 12:23 p.m.

Cheyenne Dumas is starting a new chapter with her family in Bronzeville. She, her husband and four children (ages 13, 10, 4, 2) left their South Shore three-bedroom apartment after...

Shekinah Smith, center, of the National Youth Advocate Program, participates in a "trunk or treat" Halloween event in Robbins on Oct. 31, 2022. Smith also distributed flyers about NYAP's mobile crisis response effort.

Mobile crisis response comes to south suburban Matteson to aid those in distress who don’t want to call police

November 28, 2022 at 12:24 p.m.

With a degree in criminal justice and a minor in psychology, Camry Moore, 23, wanted a job experience that she saw as different but still within her wheelhouse. She applied...

Patricio Collera, pictured on Nov. 23, 2022, a retired nurse who worked at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for several years, is the recipient of the health system's first successful combined lung-liver transplant.

‘Am I alive or am I dreaming?’ A former Northwestern Medicine nurse got a new lease on life from former employer with new liver and lung transplant, the health system’s first. ‘It was a tear-jerker.’

November 27, 2022 at 8:36 a.m.

Patricio Collera considers Aug. 25, 2022, his new birthday. That's the day the Vernon Hills resident received a new lease on life with a liver and lung transplant thanks to...

People pass a mural at the corner of East 71st Street and South Jeffery Boulevard in South Shore on Oct. 27, 2021.

South Shore organizations are looking to move the needle on the community’s future development

November 14, 2022 at 2:17 p.m.

Joliet native Claude Thomas III wanted to own a multifamily rental property. The 30-year-old said he was considering buying property in Hyde Park, Beverly or South Shore and found one...

Derek Drake uses an app to turn on and off a dripping water at his hydroponic farm in Mokena.

South suburban hydroponic farm owner seeks to democratize the food system and change the narrative in the Ford Heights neighborhood

November 11, 2022 at 1:04 p.m.

If it hadn't been for the pandemic, Derek Drake would have never discovered his purpose. Furloughed from his job at Northwestern University in 2020, he asked himself: "What's the right...

Gregory McKay receives an "I Voted" sticker from election judge Jennifer Thusing at Su Nueva Lavanderia in the 4300 block of West Marquette Road on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022, in Chicago.

Chicago voters adjust to new polling places as turnout uneven throughout city

November 8, 2022 at 10:12 p.m.

While some Chicago voters in Tuesday's midterm elections showed up at the wrong place, elections officials appeared to avoid widespread confusion stemming from recent changes to the city's polling places....

Kenwood Academy quarterback Trayce Brim-Harris tries to break free from the Willowbrook High School defense during a semifinal game at Halas Hall in Lake Forest on Oct. 29, 2022.

The Chicago Bears hosted the 1st girls flag football championship in Illinois. Officials want to make the game an IHSA-sanctioned sport by 2024.

November 4, 2022 at 12:43 p.m.

Kenwood Academy High School senior Kennedy Scott started tossing around the football with her twin brother in 2021 when he was getting ready to play tackle football for Urban Prep...

Dr. Babak Jahromi studies an MRI scan of Amy Tomasulo at his office.

1 in 10 people in the U.S. have a rare disease. These 3 Chicagoland residents are on their own journey with a rare condition.

November 2, 2022 at 12:50 p.m.

Amy Tomasulo's pain is so debilitating she can't work a full-time job. "The unpredictability of the pain and the fact that I have the pain every day, whereas some patients...

Poet, playwright and novelist Angela Jackson, seated, takes a photo with people attending the Poetry Foundation's Pegasus Awards on Oct. 27, 2022.

Poetry Foundation’s Lilly Prizes make for a memorable night: ‘You hear about it, you dream about it, but you never expect that you will get’

October 28, 2022 at 2:10 p.m.

For Haki Madhubuti, winning a Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation was a total surprise. A great award, but not necessarily a cherry on the sundae of his...

Students head for their classes at Kenwood Academy High School in Chicago on Oct. 26, 2022. Kenwood had the highest graduation rate in 2022 among neighborhood high schools with 93.5%.

2022 Illinois Report Card: Wins for graduation rates and students’ academic growth — but chronic absenteeism continues

October 28, 2022 at 5:41 p.m.

This year marks the first complete Illinois Report Card since 2019. The Illinois State Board of Education released the latest report card for the state Thursday morning. While the pandemic's...

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