Under the rainbow-filled banners lining North Halsted Street, a group of students from Heartland Community College joined thousands of attendees for this year’s Chicago Pride Fest.

The 2024 Chicago Street Race weekend supported 865 jobs, 115 more than the 2023 event. 53,063 unique attendees took part in the 2024 festivities, up from 47,405 in 2023, ...

Chicago hosts hundreds of street festivals annually, with about 1,300 held between 2021 and 2023. For those festivals, nearly 2,800 Chicago police officers worked a combined total of 27,000 ...

Chicago’s street festivals are a staple of summer culture. And at least one, the popular Wicker Park Fest, plans to scale back amid surging expenses and falling gate donations.

Those banners will be displayed again, officials said. East Dundee demolishing two houses on Van Buren Street East Dundee is in the process of demolishing two houses at 2 and 4 N. Van Buren St ...

In Chicago, communities leaders plan to resurrect the Black dollar this weekend, turning 75th Street and King Drive into the bustling business corridor it once was. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7.

Chicago’s summer festival season kicks off this weekend. Ald. Raymond Lopez, 15th Ward, says the city is not prepared to keep large-scale events safe.

When Chicago-area college students returned to campus this fall, they were greeted with more than just new lectures, readings and tests. Many local universities welcomed students back with ...

You won't see the Chicago Bulls' championship banners again this season. After a recent concert at Chicago's United Center that featured Disturbed, Three Days Grace, and Sevendust, the banners ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's iconic "Boystown" neighborhood has changed its name. But what does it mean for business and the future of the area, which is internationally known? New banners line ...

With a ladder and wire cutters in tow, a south suburban man went to the Loop early Friday and was caught trying to steal two Chicago Blackhawks banners from the lamp posts outside of City Hall ...