Mina Bloom

As of Wednesday, public health officials had identified 55 confirmed infections stemming from the outbreak, up from 20 last week.

The popular brewery is on its way to getting a property tax incentive that will allow for an expansion and building upgrades.

Donovan Taylor, 28, and his neighbor were killed inside their apartment building. An online fundraiser for the family of Taylor, a fixture of Chicago's queer nightlife scene, has raised more than $50,000.

Dozens of parents protested outside of the embattled school Monday, saying school staff did nothing to help a seventh grader who was left bruised, swollen and in emotional distress.

The Humboldt Park beach was closed this summer for the second year in a row due to the Chicago Park District's lifeguard shortage, leaving neighbors "incredibly disappointed."

The report gives an overview of Avondale's existing conditions and recommends strategies to keep the community vibrant. A meeting to celebrate its release is Monday evening at Metropolitan Brewing.

Husband-and-wife owners Lynne and Ty McDaniel are closing the store to focus on their estate sale business, Estate Sale Goddess. The liquidation sale starts next week.

A dramatic uptick in armed robberies on the Northwest Side has community leaders, local police and neighbors on edge and scrambling for solutions.

The event is set for 6 p.m. Monday at Kelvyn Park High School. FEMA officials will be on-site to help residents set up appointments and fill out and appeal applications.

The chain's departure leaves a large hole on bustling Milwaukee Avenue near the California Blue Line station, an area that has seen a lot of development in recent years.

The restaurant, slated to open Sept. 13, will serve classic and frozen margaritas and tacos served on house-made tortillas.

Details of the agreement were not immediately available, but the union posted late Tuesday on social media that there was a "major breakthrough at the bargaining table."

Saturday's fest will feature vendors of different cultural backgrounds serving their versions of dumplings, from Chinese bao to Haitian doumbrey.

The walkout at the arts-focused school looms after more than a year of negotiations. The school board said they've bargained in good faith and are committed to meeting teachers' demands, including a 16 percent wage increase.

Rite Liquors in nearby Wicker Park was robbed at gunpoint 30 minutes earlier, also by a pair of men, but police haven't confirmed the two crimes are linked.

New York has a Rat Czar. Other cities are trying new trapping methods. But the “rattiest city in America” can’t keep up with skyrocketing rodent complaints, data shows.

SMART Boxes shock rats with electricity, collect their corpses, then share data wirelessly with local officials.

It's the second Avondale restaurant for husband-and-wife duo Peter Shen and Sarinporn Intongkam, who own Sipping Turtle Cafe on the same street.

Neighbors and Humboldt Park Ald. Jessie Fuentes are concerned pickleball courts are being prioritized over more urgent repairs, like reopening public bathrooms and resurfacing basketball courts.

The market organizer had canceled Sunday's edition, but vendors were told Thursday night their booths will be "open for you to come Sunday."