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Philanthropist and three-time Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson has announced a gas and grocery giveaway event for Saturday, with $125,000 worth of gas and groceries to be given away at 15 gas stations and five grocery stores across Chicago.

While the Chicago White Sox will open the season at Minute Maid Park against the defending World Series champion Houston Astros, the South Siders will quickly head home after four games for their home opener at Guaranteed Rate Field against the San Francisco Giants on April 3.

Once long-known as an affordable fan-favorite at McDonald’s, chicken snack wraps have been absent from the menu for years despite frequent calls to revive the revered item.

Following days of “extensive” searching, the Waukegan Police Department says it is ending its search efforts for missing United States Navy servicemember Séamus Gray, 21, who was last seen around 2 a.m. Saturday leaving a nightclub in Waukegan.

I went to the rentable Still Bend house with what I thought was knowledge of Frank Lloyd Wright and his designs. But even that couldn’t prepare me for experiencing it

With a tightening race coming down to the wire, mayoral runoff candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas are continuing to battle for votes and higher turnout ahead of the April 4 election.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will headline a pre-election rally at the UIC Forum on Thursday to help mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson energize his base and boost turnout among young people.

Chicago mayoral candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson continue to vie for endorsements from political leaders across the city and the country with the election less than two weeks away, with some eye-popping names lending their support to the campaigns.

Tickets go on sale next week for this year’s Illinois State Fair Grandstand concert series featuring artists like REO Speedwagon and Maren Morris, fair organizers announced.

Sitting in Chicago traffic doesn’t make getting to O’Hare International Airport to catch a plane any easier. But what if you could bypass the roads — and take a flight to your flight?

Another legendary rock band has been added to the growing list of concerts coming through Chicago this year: Queen.

A winter weather advisory has been issued for parts of the Chicago area Saturday as a system threatens to bring bursts of heavy and potentially accumulating snow for many this weekend.

Starting a distillery isn’t easy, and staying on top of the game, takes work. Drew Fox knows that all too well. He started the 18th Street Brewery in 2010, expanding to a distillery a few years ago. This month, 18th Street Distillery had an event that marked their entry to the Chicago market.