Chicago Marathon

Heidi Stevens: 5 final lessons from the Chicago Marathon, now that it’s in the rearview mirror

By Heidi Stevens

October 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

When Heidi Stevens committed to running the Chicago Marathon this year, she also committed to...

Runners cross the LaSalle Street Bridge as spectators cheer on Oct. 11, 2026, during the Chicago Marathon. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago Marathon spectators cheer for charity, culture and support for the running community

By Finnegan Belleau

October 11, 2026 at 7:11 p.m.

The sidelines of this year’s Chicago Marathon featured cutouts of Pope Leo XIV and tributes...

Runners fill North Lasalle Street on Oct. 11, 2026, during the Chicago Marathon. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Photos: 2026 Chicago Marathon

By Arthur Maiorella

October 11, 2026 at 2:55 p.m.

Photos from the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 11, 2026.

2019 guide to Chicago race season

By Samantha Nelson

May 9, 2019 at 8:37 a.m.

When the Chicago weather starts to turn tolerable, you can expect almost every weekend to...

Steve Jaimes, left, lights a candle as friends and family of Northside College Prep student Emanuel Gallegos, 17, hold a vigil on Feb. 28, 2019, near where Gallegos was killed in the 4400 block of West Addison Street in Chicago.

2 Chicago teens lived across a park from each other. Now one is dead, and the other is facing murder charges

By Elvia Malagon

May 23, 2019 at 1:48 a.m.

Emanuel Gallegos and Luis Castejon lived an easy walk from each other, on either side...

Naperville Running Company to open downtown Annex to sell previous season’s shoes, offer events

By Erin Hegarty

May 16, 2019 at 6:59 a.m.

Naperville Running Company spans to open a second downtown Naperville shop to sell the previous...

Mourners wait outside Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn, where people gathered for the visitation for Chicago police Officer Conrad Gary on Dec. 20, 2018.

Chicago police Officer Eduardo Marmolejo, struck and killed by train, remembered as father of 3 who served others

By Elvia Malagon

May 23, 2019 at 1:36 a.m.

Before Eduardo Marmolejo joined the Chicago Police Department, he was helping people in a different...

Shout Out: Bahir Mansur of Clarendon Hills, still running marathons at age 69

By Chuck Fieldman

May 9, 2019 at 6:58 a.m.

Longtime Clarendon Hills resident Bahir Mansur ran his first marathon in 1985 and has missed...

Sister Stephanie Baliga, of the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels, stands in a roomful of Christmas presents Dec. 7, 2018, awaiting volunteers to load them into a truck for a Christmas party for the needy.

A band of nuns, one ‘crazy’ Christmas party and the rebuilding of a West Side neighborhood

By Mary Schmich

May 23, 2019 at 12:03 p.m.

“You gotta see these shoes,” Sister Stephanie Baliga said. In the frigid afternoon on Friday,...

Illinois attorney general sues California woman for allegedly promoting fake taco, bacon and crab fests in Chicago

By Robert Channick

December 11, 2018 at 4:58 p.m.

A California woman who allegedly duped consumers online with a string of fake food festivals...

Alex Armijo, left, and Rachel Coffey look over maps of organizations' booths on Oct. 10, 2018 at the Find Your Cause networking event for young professionals and community-based organizations. The event was at the Chicago Cultural Center.

Nonprofits’ speed-dating pitch to millennials: ‘It’s not your grandmother’s volunteering’

By Corilyn Shropshire

December 21, 2018 at 10:26 a.m.

On a recent Wednesday night, Makeda Queen headed to a speed-dating event, hoping to meet...

Fall sports notes: Grant’s Aly Negovetich makes an impact in cross country after giving soccer a try

By Bob Narang

December 12, 2018 at 10:47 a.m.

Aly Negovetich’s first foray into a fall sport included plenty of running on a different...

OEMC Executive Director Alicia Tate-Nadeau says a "counter-drone" capability is needed to protect such crowded events as music festivals and the Chicago Marathon.

Chicago’s anti-terrorism chief calls for ‘counter-drone program’ to protect against flying threats

By John Byrne

May 15, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s emergency management commissioner wants the city to start a “counter-drone program” to...