Cook County residents will cast their ballots in the 2026 primary election through March 17 for a range of federal, state, and county elected officials, including judges, deciding which party nominees ...

or scrolling on their phone. Either way, the odds have been defied. They say that ghosts can’t read but I’ve seen odder things. “come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and ...

Chicago’s two-to-four-flats are disappearing across the city as single-family homes and vacant lots are popping up in their place. A-two flat in the Bridgeport neighborhood that has been converted ...

The South Side Sports Roundup’s first monthly spotlight falls upon professional baseball player Michael Massey, who attended Brother Rice High School on 99th and Pulaski before playing for three years ...

The exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art highlights early railworkers and boxcar camps that formed on the South Side in the 1900s. Co-curator Ismael Cuevas points to a model railroad set ...

A wide, outdoor view of the former Mauser Packaging Solutions plant in Little Village, located on the corner of 32nd Street and Millard Avenue. The industrial building sits behind a chain-link fence ...

The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP), a 440-acre development on the former site of the U.S. Steel South Works plant, June 13, 2026. Credit: Marc C. Monaghan A group of graduate ...

When Angela Dugan founded South Side Tours, she wasn’t just launching a business—she was creating a moving oral history project on wheels. Since rolling out its first official tour in August 2024, ...

As funding cuts threaten Pilsen’s murals and war destroys Ukrainian mosaics, two communities are learning what makes public art endure. The large-scale mural El Abrazo (The Embrace) in El Paso ...

Founded in 2013, South Side Weekly is dedicated to producing local journalism that is for, by, and about the South Side of Chicago. Over the past decade, the Weekly has grown from a volunteer-run ...

he Obama Presidential Center opened over the Juneteenth weekend, dazzling visitors with art, a fruit and vegetable garden, athletic facilities, a playground, and an eight-story museum—but no ...

n a warm Tuesday evening in early July, half a dozen young tap dancers congregated on the upper floor of the Harold Washington Cultural Center in Bronzeville at Making A Difference Dancing Rhythms, ...