7+ hour, 12+ min ago   (645+ words) Another day, another physically taxing practice at Chicago Blackhawks prospect camp. Rockford IceHogs coach Jared Nightingale hasn’t given the prospects room to relax yet. The second-year bench boss admitted that the group was “a little tired from yesterday” but he’s…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (356+ words) “It’s about celebrating youth across Chicagoland that are doing phenomenal things in the community,” Walker-West said. “We have categories celebrating kids for dancing, singing, being scholars, athletes, humanitarians. There’s award events for adults, but we don’t have anything for kids....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (892+ words) Jessica Rule, 18, entered Illinois State University this school year ready to step into musical theater as a major. Javon Phillips, 18, left his Austin community for Northern Illinois University with his eyes on a future that includes computer science. The pair…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (595+ words) Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flood the City of Chicago to celebrate Mexican Independence Day this weekend at the city’s signature parades and festivals. A crowd of around 400,000 people is expected at the annual Mexican Independence Parade…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (29+ words) The marquee of the Chicago Theatre is a dazzling icon of the city that has hosted film premieres, film festivals, fashion shows, vaudeville entertainment, concerts, musicals and even memorials....

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (801+ words) The Chicago school board is weighing a resolution that would direct Chicago Public Schools to study how it could expand preschool and bilingual early learning opportunities. The proposal would launch a two-year review of the district’s preschool system, including staffing,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (365+ words) Fall enrollment rose and set records across several public university campuses in the state, including the University of Illinois Chicago and Chicago State University, according to preliminary data. The University of Illinois Chicago reported its highest enrollment numbers in school…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (152+ words) Stevie Wonder has announced a “Songs In The Key of Life: 50th Anniversary” world tour on Tuesday, including a concert at the United Center. Stevie Wonder announced a “Songs in the Key of Life: 50th Anniversary” world tour on Tuesday, including a…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (947+ words) Labor Day marks the unofficial yet traditional launch of the fall general election campaign, and for the major candidates it also means a shift in focus from downstate fairs, tours and rallies to the vote-rich Chicago area, where statewide races…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (415+ words) Some 30 years ago, Sheldon Epps had a cool idea for a hot show. Why not fuse the music of Duke Ellington with the plot of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” and set the whole thing in swinging 1930s Harlem? “My idea was…...