Business
Beef Tallow Has Been Big Business For This Bridgeport Company Since The '70s
South Chicago Packing has been producing high-end animal cooking fats and oils, including Wagyu beef tallow, for decades.
Black-Owned Funkytown Brewery Receives $3.7M Grant from Chicago
The funds will help the craft brewery open a new facility on the Near West Side.
Sensational Heating & Air Expands to New Chicago Location
Leading HVAC contractor opens state-of-the-art facility to better serve growing demand
Politics
Teen Daughter of Chicago Man Detained in Immigration Case Dies from Rare Cancer
Ofelia Giselle Torres Hidalgo, 16, passed away after battling stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.
Chicago Teen Dies After Advocating for Father's Deportation Release
Ofelia Giselle Torres Hidalgo, 16, passed away from a rare cancer after fighting for her father's path to citizenship.
Chicago Teen Who Fought for Father's ICE Release Dies
Ofelia Torres Hidalgo, 16, passed away after battle with rare cancer
Weather
Viral Video Shows Ice Forming Inside Chicago Hotel Room
The guest was shocked by the extreme cold conditions during her winter stay.
Chicago Poised to Break 100-Year-Old Temperature Record
Unseasonably warm air pushes temperatures into the 60s, shattering a long-standing daily high mark.
Chicago Forecast Calls for Potential Record Warmth
Residents to enjoy a prolonged taste of spring this week
Lifestyle
Report Alleges Chicago Universities Push High-Interest Loans on Low-Income Families
Loyola and DePaul among 41 colleges accused of favoring wealthier students with scholarships while steering poorer families toward debt.
Searchers find wreck of luxury steamer lost in Lake Michigan
Shipwreck World team locates Lac La Belle, a luxury steamer that sank in a late 19th century gale.
South Side church relaunches services after Thanksgiving fire collapse
Renewal Life Church congregation celebrates new home after devastating blaze destroyed previous building
Crime
Man killed in overnight South Side shooting
Police say victim had multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the hospital
Two 19-year-olds injured in West Rogers Park shooting
Police say the teens were inside a car when a suspect approached and opened fire
Huntley man sentenced to 9 years for fatal DUI crash
Drunk driver caused crash that killed 76-year-old father of 3 in Lake in the Hills
