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1 killed, 8 wounded in 2 separate South Side shootings, police say

August 4, 2024 at 5:49 p.m.

The shootings occurred two hours apart in the Chinatown and Washington Park neighborhoods. No one was in custody and police are investigating both.

Police: 3 stabbed in Sunday morning Wrightwood restaurant robbery

August 4, 2024 at 5:57 p.m.

The individual walked into an establishment demanding food before pulling out a hatchet-like object. No one was in custody yet.

Congregants and Downers Grove community members take a moment to pray during a service in the parking lot of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Aug. 4, 2024, after a fire on Monday caused severe damage to the church. (Troy Stolt/for the baiduhai)

Downers Grove church holds outdoor service less than a week after being ravaged by fire

August 4, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.

Downers Grove's Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church is still determining where it will hold future services and prekindergarten through eighth grade classes. The fire damage was severe and it will...

Police: 2 teens killed in Back of the Yards drive-by shooting

August 4, 2024 at 3:43 p.m.

Two teenage boys were killed in a shooting Saturday evening in the city's Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago police. The boys, 15 and...

Wes Leavins of Chicago band Brigitte Calls me Baby performs at the Toyota Music Den at Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park on Aug. 3, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Lollapalooza Day 3: Skrillex surprise, a boyband debut and dancing with the heat index in Grant Park

August 5, 2024 at 9:33 a.m.

The California-based DJ Skrillex added a second early set Saturday, and some Chicago bands had their Lollapalooza debuts.

Chicago native Adan Diaz performs at the Toyota Music Den at Lollapalooza for the first time in Chicago’s Grant Park on Aug. 1, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Chicagoan Adan Diaz attended Lollapalooza for the first time last year. This year, he performed twice.

August 2, 2024 at 9:24 a.m.

The 20-year-old Chicago-based artist hopes his Lollapalooza performances elevate the city's music scene.

Chappell Roan performs on the T-Mobile stage during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Aug. 1, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Lollapalooza opens on Day 1 with gray skies and pink for Chappell Roan

August 2, 2024 at 11:24 a.m.

Chicago's largest annual music festival opened in Grant Park on Thursday with one name seemingly eclipsing even the night's headliners.

Alson Time, a postdoctoral research associate, checks soil moisture and a temperature sensor in a soybean plot on July 23, 2024, between solar panels in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s agrivoltaics farm where researchers are exploring how crops can coexist with solar panels. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Instead of competing for land, some farmers and solar developers want to work side by side

March 26, 2026 at 1:46 p.m.

Innovative farmers and solar developers are exploring how to grow crops and acquire clean energy on the same land, a new practice called agrivoltaics.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is seen after a fire destroyed part of the building in Downers Grove on July 29, 2024. Firefighters responded to the fire at about 6:15 a.m. Monday, according to a statement from the fire department. (Troy Stolt/for the baiduhai)

Downers Grove church, school damaged in fire

August 2, 2024 at 9:11 a.m.

No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

A teenager uses a decorative umbrella to shield himself from the sun at Fiesta del Sol on West Cermak Road, July 27, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Cooling centers open as heat, humidity and storms loom; city monitoring forecast ahead of Lollapalooza

July 29, 2024 at 11:41 a.m.

The city has opened 256 cooling centers to provide residents with relief from this week's heat.

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