OEMC has announced street closures for the 2026 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. More than 55,000 runners from all 50 states and more than 130 countries have signed up to run through 29 neighborhoods in a 26.2-mile race. The marathon starts and finishes in Grant Park, the waves of professional races, including the whe...

With three of the four spots in the league championship series already clinched, Thursday night's White Sox-Guardians matchup was the lone game on MLB's postseason schedule. It gave Chicago an opportunity to end its long American League Championship Series drought. Instead, the White Sox came up short, falling 9-5 in G...

About 53,000 runners have spent months training for a crisp fall start to the Chicago Marathon. But instead of the cool conditions many were hoping for, Sunday's forecast is shaping up to be unusually warm, and that could make a big difference over 26.2 miles. Temperatures are expected to be in the low 60s downtown whe...

All eyes were back on Rate Field on Thursday as the Chicago White Sox were set to take on the Cleveland Guardians for Game 4 of the American League Division Series. The postseason for the White Sox is perfect no more. It came to a screeching halt on Thursday, as the Sox lost to the Guardians 9-3. Jo Adell and Jos&eacut...

Five Chicago and one suburban pasta shop just ranked on Yelp's first-ever list of Top 100 Pasta Places in the U.S., with one spot even cracking the top 20. The all-time list, revealed Tuesday, was compiled from real Yelp reviews and experiences, organizers said. Editors first identified businesses on Yelp in the "...

Chicago has earned a familiar honor once again, marking an impressive 10-year run, and it's a distinction many residents won't find surprising. Chicago was once again named the Best Big City in the U.S. by readers of the Condé Nast Traveler magazine, becoming the only city to hold the title for 10 consecutive ye...

The iconic Irish pub and concert venue Durty Nellie's has closed after 54 years in the northwest suburbs. For generations of suburban music fans, Durty Nellie's offered something increasingly hard to find outside Chicago: a legitimate concert venue steps from a Metra station. Durty Nellie's first opened in Palatine in ...

The Chicago White Sox bullpen once again held strong and the team's offense did just enough in a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday. The victory leaves the White Sox one win away from advancing to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2005, and gives them four consecutive playoff ...