Hegewisch

South By SouthEast Fest in Hegewisch will have food, a vendor fair and a musical lineup featuring acts who have appeared on the podcast.

The cost of food, staff shortages and other issues are forcing restaurants to make tough choices, owners said. "It's a constant battle."

Saturday's bike ride from Hegewisch to Calumet Park is part of a bike network study aimed at improving Far South Side bicycling infrastructure.

Lifeguards at the 27 indoor pools will be redirected toward the city's beaches and outdoor pools as young staffers head back to school for the fall.

Fundraising efforts to improve the Major Taylor Trail and others in the south suburbs are underway as officials envision "a complete [bike] network" on the South Side.

Chico will replace Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza, the retiring incumbent who was the first woman elected as 10th Ward alderperson.

Chico won 40.5 percent of the vote in the Feb. 28 election, while Guajardo received 26.5 percent. The candidates aim to replace retiring Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza.

Police officer Peter Chico and labor organizer Ana Guajardo came out on top in the five-way race to succeed Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza, who is retiring.

Five candidates are running to replace retiring Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza (10th) on the Southeast Side.

Meet the five candidates for the council representing the South Chicago, Avalon Park, East Side, South Deering and Hegewisch police district.

Óscar Sanchez, Ana Guajardo, Peter Chico, Jessica A. Venegas and Yessenia Carreón are in the running for the 10th Ward race.

There are trunk-or-treat events for kids throughout the city, Halloween parades, haunted houses and more this Halloween weekend.

A local group is launching a campaign this fall that asks Wolf Lake fishers that catch mudpuppies, a threatened population of aquatic salamanders, to immediately release them.

Celebrate the first weekend of August at a South Side jazz fest or playing shuffleboard in Bucktown.

A $3.6 billion plan would extend the Red Line nearly 6 miles from 95th Street to 130th Street. As the CTA pushes forward, Far South Siders hope the extension will bring the jobs and development they were promised.

Saturday's festival will include food from local businesses, activities and live music from bands popular on the Southeast Side.

On Feb. 28, Gerardo Marciales, 41, was riding his bike across DuSable Lake Shore Drive from the Lakefront Trail when a driver hit him, police said.

If approved, equipment and employees from General Iron will move. The months-long analysis of the proposed Southside Recycling scrapper doesn't say whether the health department should allow it to open.

CPS officials denied any wrongdoing and defended their methodology, saying the discrepancy highlighted on Twitter will be cleared up.