The footprint of the Salt Shed music venue along the North Branch of the Chicago River could soon expand. The owners of the Salt Shed, at 1357 N. Elston Ave., want to build a large outdoor venue next door. To do so, Blue Star Properties aims to buy four lots on Magnolia Avenue between Blackhawk and Le Moyne streets. In...

Round 2 went to Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears. Williams passed for 308 yards and two touchdowns, and the Bears cooled off Drake Maye and the New England Patriots with a 30-24 victory Thursday night. It was the second meeting between the young quarterbacks since they were part of the 2024 NFL draft. Maye, who was...

Chicago sports bar Woodie's Flat has a new wing flavor through the end of October, featuring Chicago's most well-known, and hotly debated spirit: Malort. - The Old Town bar, which just won Best Overall Wings at Chicago's Wing Out for the fourth consecutive year, said their sauce blends a classic BBQ sauce with Malort f...

The Bears are back in the national spotlight Thursday, hosting the New England Patriots on Thursday Night Football! It's a showdown between two of the NFL's top young quarterbacks: Caleb Williams and Drake Maye. Both teams are 4-and-2 and coming off wins. Williams returned from a hamstring injury Sunday, throwing for m...

Delays are possible after Midway Airport closed one of its four runways for repairs through mid-November, the Chicago Department of Aviation announced. One end of Runway 22L is being repaired due to recent damage to the safety system that stops planes that overshoot it, the department said in a statement released late ...

Two Chicago pizzas have been named among the best in the U.S. in a new ranking from Food & Wine. The popular publication dubbed its 27 "most essential pies in America right now," with two Chicago zas and several Midwest options making the cut. For Chicago, the two pizzas ranked include the No Comply at Mi...

With the Midterm Elections in Illinois about two weeks away, early voting has expanded across Chicago and the suburbs. As of Monday, Oct. 19, early voting expanded to all 50 wards in Chicago. In suburban Cook County, early voting has increased from six locations to 56. Chicago residents can cast their ballots at any ea...

It's the middle of Spooky Season - 12 days out from Halloween - but it's beginning to look a little like Christmas in Chicago's Daley Plaza. The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events confirmed that the yellow-white lights being installed on trees on the Clark Street side of the plaza near the founta...