Día de los Muertos tribute pops up on Magnificent Mile

Chicago's first Mexican cultural store to open on the Magnificent Mile has a unique attraction to lure people inside: a 10-foot-tall statue of La Catrina.

Hundreds of dancers compete for ballet scholarships in Chicago area

The “Youth America Grand Prix” was held at the Dominican University Performing Arts Center in River Forest, and at the Joffrey Ballet Tower in Chicago's Loop.

City should have shut down Loop club before weekend killing, Ald. Sigcho-Lopez says

Ald. Sigcho-Lopez says a killing outside a downtown nightclub last weekend might have been averted if the city had shut it down following a mass shooting this summer.

Chicago security guard charged with fatally shooting co-worker outside Loop club

Cook County prosecutors said the confrontation was captured on surveillance video and multiple witnesses identified Devontrell Turnipseed as the shooter.

Man fatally shot during fight in the Loop: police

Two men were in a fight in the Chicago Loop when one of them was fatally shot early Sunday morning.

12-year-old among 3 charged in Chicago Loop armed robbery
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A 12-year-old boy is among three people charged in an armed robbery that happened in the Chicago Loop on Tuesday morning.

3 in custody after gunman robs business in the Loop

Three people were arrested in connection with an armed robbery Tuesday morning at a business in the Loop.

'Walking Man' discharged from hospital months after being set on fire while sleeping

Joseph Kromelis — the famed "Walking Man" of downtown Chicago — has been released from the hospital months after he was set on fire while sleeping near Trump Tower.

Chicago man charged with having gun, cocaine on CTA train in the Loop

A Chicago man has been federally charged with illegally possessing a loaded handgun, cocaine and fentanyl on a Chicago Transit Authority train.

City streets locked down in response to crowds for Mexican Independence Day festivites
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Chicago police, with the assistance of state police, locked down many streets Saturday night to curb the spread of traffic and back-ups from Mexican Independence Day celebrations.