Bally's $1.7 billion casino project in Chicago is hitting snags, including a stalled public offering and construction delays. City officials and local residents express concerns over its viability and ...

16-Mar-25 – A donnybrook is shaping up on Chicago’s Northwest and West sides as hundreds of “Ma and Pa” rental apartment landlords are organizing to fight the so-called “anti-gentrification” ordinance ...

3-Mar-25 – An immersive theatrical experience that aspires to challenge perceptions and “reveal the brain’s inner mysteries” will open in River North this fall. Theater of the Mind is planned for a 19 ...

22-Feb-25 – Despite the overall failure of Cabrini-Green, and the eventual demolition of the once-notorious public-housing project, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) is on its way to repeating its ...

21-Feb-25 – One of the most gruesome murder scenes in cinematic history is near the end of the noir classic Fargo. A hired kidnapper is disposing of his accomplice’s body by feeding it through a ...

Neighbors of the proposed apartment tower at LaSalle Drive & North Avenue swayed Hopkins with their concerns about traffic and density. 31-Jan-25 – Though open to compromise, 2nd Ward Alderman Brian ...

19-Feb-25 – Pet owners in River North are being warned about stray voltage after two dogs were electrocuted while walking over a manhole cover. The incidents happened on February 15 in the northeast ...

As the Chicago Housing Authority prepares to build 4,080 new affordable units on the former Cabrini-Green site, residents of nearby Old Town are skeptical of the project’s design and impact on ...

12-Feb-25 – The demolition of the Tribune Freedom Center is nearly complete, and despite setbacks, Bally’s has not reconsidered its estimate of its casino, hotel, and entertainment complex opening in ...

27-Feb-25 – “What we have here is failure to communicate,” said actor Strother Martin in the 1967 movie, Cool Hand Luke. The famous quote truly illustrates the ongoing high-rise controversy in Old ...