Sheriff Tom Dart is quietly lobbying the Cook County board for an AI jail security system and nearly $1 million for license plate readers.

Everything from the emails you send to the photos you save on your phone is stored in a data center. For decades, data ...

Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson is best known as a sideman to Magic Sam and Muddy Waters, but he could tear up a stage all by ...

Ragbagalia Fest aspires to build community while centering women, femmes, and queer people. This new daylong festival at ...

The people and groups behind the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, part of South Chicago’s quantum computing ...

Local filmmaker Johnny "MrLingoHimself" Jones is capturing the history, culture, and artistic power of his neighborhood with ...

Illinois abolished cash bail and drove down the population at the Cook County jail. Under the county’s top prosecutor, it’s ...

Reader submitted letters for the May 2026 issue.

As they prepare to open their take on Molière's Tartuffe, the Conspirators talk about developing "the Style" that informs ...

Mohammad Salahat spent a year and a half working in Pinckneyville’s solitary unit; what he witnessed was a warehouse for untreated mental illness.

These besties don’t let the challenging commute between Lincoln Park and Brighton Park keep them from slaying the day away together.

Australian duo Armlock dress up straight-as-an-arrow forlorn indie rock with the kind of expertly deployed special effects that helped make Alex G famous—a guitar that sounds like it’s stuttering and ...