Local investor Marc Calabria and vertical farming firm Farm Zero are partnering on the project to create a controlled-environment agriculture campus.

Many of Chicago’s oldest schools are named after white men. The first one named after a Black person goes back to the 1930s.

A collaboration between Bad Bunny and a history professor is teaching people about Puerto Rican history in an event series at the Chicago Public Library.

Owner approval: Federal agents carried out a military-style raid on a South Shore apartment complex last fall with permission ...

Each year, CBS News Chicago remembers some of the many people who made the city tick through a variety of talents and achievements, and even in some cases infamy. Some of the people on this list will ...

As City Hall scrambles to close the over $1 billion deficit, and Mayor Brandon Johnson implores all departments to tighten their belts, cuts are quietly and disproportionately assigned to the Chicago ...

Attention CTA riders: Four busy train lines in the Loop and downtown will be shut down this weekend. According to a release, the CTA will be replacing "critical track switching equipment at the Tower ...

Chicago-area residents and visitors will have to find alternative modes of transportation in the Loop, as trains on four different CTA lines will not be operating in the downtown area. Elevated rail ...

It’s been nearly 60 years since broadcaster, author and oral historian Louis “Studs” Terkel wrote his first book, “Division Street: America,” in 1967, but his legacy lives on in a new format.

The Bronzeville greystone that was the home of former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington for five years of his childhood has sold for the first time in about half a century. The castle-like 1890s home on ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Public Library and Mayor Brandon Johnson announced "Olga Dies Dreaming" by Xotchil Gonzalez as the 2025 One Book, One Chicago (OBOC) selection Wednesday. "For more than 20 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new exhibit at the Harold Washington Library highlights Harold Washington's trailblazing path to City Hall and his accomplishments as mayor. "What this exhibit does is celebrate the ...