potentially providing a spark to the Loop. Vance said Gap's return to downtown is a very positive sign, and could be a test for other major retailers who might have been eyeing Chicago.

The second round of snow this week is arriving in the Chicago area, with those who commute later in the evening potentially encountering traffic problems.

University of Chicago researchers asked Chicagoans to draw their neighborhood boundaries for a new map. Block Club reporters ...

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. There’s some good news about the retail ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago man has been charged ... under the Washington/Wabash CTA station in the Loop. Coleman has been charged with two felony counts of first-degree murder, and one count ...

More than 160 people were injured and 11 were killed. (Chicago Tribune) 1977: A bystander called it “a slow-motion horror.” The Tribune called it the worst crash in Chicago Transit Authority ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 14-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man are facing charges after police said they were involved in a South Loop carjacking and kidnapping. Chicago police said armed thieves ...

The Loop retail vacancy rate was 29.78% in 2024, down slightly from 30.13% in 2023, according to a report from Chicago-based retail brokerage Stone Real Estate. Though the rate remaining flat is a ...

There are more than 1,300 storefronts in the Loop, but right now more than a third of them are empty. Remote work and ...

The Headline Newsstand is located inside a busy building at 2 N. LaSalle Street. "I sold the winning ticket!," Headline Newsstand employee Khadija Jiwani said. "It was bought by one of our regular ...

Police arrested Coleman with the help of U.S. Marshals; his detention hearing is set for Feb. 1. CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of two teenagers who were ...