Melody Mercado

The map also includes the first majority-Asian American ward. A last-minute compromise to redraw the city's 50 wards came days before a deadline that would have sent the issue to voters.

After a driver killed a cyclist there, some neighbors want to know why the plan to make Madison Street safer doesn't include bike lanes.

Residents said Thursday's town hall read like the riverfront Bally's casino is a "done deal." “We are connected to you — or we will be connected to you if we are successful,” Bally's Chairman Soo Kim said.

A body found May 2 in Lake Michigan was identified as 22-year-old Natally Brookson. Her boyfriend, Daniel Sotelo, who disappeared around the same time, is missing. His family is hosting a search party Sunday.

The Chicago Loop Alliance uses ambassadors and private security to keep the area safe — but more police officers are also needed, a leader said.

One of the companies behind the dispensary recently tapped former Ald. Terry Peterson, who is Black, as its CEO. But Ex-Cons for Community and Social Change leaders said that's not enough, and asked the dispensary to commit to a community benefits agreement.

Ald. Brendan Reilly wants City Council to pump the brakes. "The last time we were given less than two weeks to vet and approve a deal, it blew up on our faces and it was called the parking meter deal."

Lightfoot's pick is the Tribune Publishing site on the Chicago River — and aldermen are accusing her of sidestepping the city's casino committee. "Tired of these false, zero-sum choices that Chicago mayors have been setting up for decades," one tweeted.

Neighboring alderpeople and resident groups have fought the casino, but Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced it as the winning pick Thursday. She still needs City Council and a state agency to sign off on the plan.

The mayor is widely expected to choose the Bally’s River West proposal over the loud objections of neighbors and some aldermen.

Green City Market in the West Loop will feature 14 local farmers and food producers every Saturday through Nov. 19.

The university sent out a shelter in place order around 2 p.m., and cancelled it around 20 minutes later.

Restaurants that relied on the Downtown lunch crowd struggled to get by when the pandemic sent hundreds of thousands of workers home. Federal agencies began bringing workers back to offices last month.

The three-pronged development on Green Street will including a hotel, residential, office and retail space.

Following months of backlash related to a vaccine column he wrote, co-owner Leonard Goodman agreed to step aside, allowing the Chicago Reader to become a nonprofit.

None of the three casino finalists have signed a labor agreement with the city's powerful unions, leaders said. City officials also revealed they're trying to get more up-front cash from a casino to help with the 2023 budget.

The Spring Night Market will take place May 13-14 at House of Vans and will include 45 local vendors.

Staff and supporters protested in front of co-owner Leonard C. Goodman's home, calling on him to transfer the Reader to a nonprofit. The impasse began when Goodman wrote a column about having reservations about vaccinating his child against COVID-19.

Bicyclist Paresh Dinesh Chhatrala had been hospitalized after the crash. The driver tried to take off but was stopped by witnesses, police said.

Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. is the latest to say he doesn't want a gambling mecca in his ward. Bally’s is lobbying to build a casino at the prime Tribune Publishing site in River West.