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The remodel of the Spanish Baroque Revival-style building into a 61-unit affordable housing complex secured its final funding piece — $13.2 million in tax increment financing.
The Chicago area recorded ozone levels of 156 late Monday afternoon. Levels above 100 are considered unhealthy. Residents with respiratory issues, children and the elderly are advised to stay indoors and limit exposure to air outside until Tuesday evening.
A new primate habitat was unveiled at Brookfield Zoo Thursday, which will include four outdoor habitats for western lowland gorillas, Bornean orangutans and several species of monkeys.
Staff at one of Chicago’s largest hospital systems say they are seeing increased tick bite cases, but there’s not enough data to know if the city is having a spike in cases.
A man in police custody after the death of Robert Harper, 56, at the CTA Clark/Lake station Friday, has been released without being charged, according to Chicago police.
A property listing for the island on Grass Lake has been the subject of interest and some ridicule online, with locals expressing concern over its dilapidated state.
Obbie Sanders, 49, is charged in the killing of a 46-year-old man Saturday morning in the 800 block of North Cambridge Avenue.
It happened outside a restaurant as people were leaving an album release party for Chicago rapper Mello Buckzz. Another mass shooting happened at a club that operated from the same address in 2022.
Although support for Pride events remained strong, drag performers in Chicago say business was slower this June under the shift in political climate since President Trump returned to office.
Shedd announced the results of recent on-site voting for the name of its newest nonreleasable southern sea otter, who was rescued in Marina, Califonia.