Jenna Smith

Mary Phelps gives a massage on Aug. 28, 2023, in Chicago.

Young workers finding their place in end-of-life care: ‘I realized death can be positive.’

September 8, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

At age 19, Mary Phelps stood at her grandmother's bedside. In mere minutes, she would watch the woman with whom she had shared a home and a life take her...

Shay Dunn, right, eats lunch outdoors in the backyard of her home with her children Nova, 6, from left, Khai, 9, Summer, 4, back to camera, and Phoenix, 1, in Montgomery on July 10, 2023.

Black Chicagoans are tired of waiting for solutions to maternal mortality — so they’re creating their own

August 14, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

At age 30, Jeanine Valrie-Logan was having a miscarriage. The room was sterile, cold. Guarded only by a curtain to maintain a semblance of privacy and a thin hospital gown,...

The Emmie, a gluten-free baked custard made with oats and sesame seeds, at Loba Pastry + Coffee on July 27, 2023, in Chicago.

Loba Pastry + Coffee’s comeback, plus 13 notable restaurant openings and closings

August 1, 2023 at 5:34 p.m.

After a nearly two-year hiatus, Loba Pastry + Coffee reopened earlier this summer at its new West Lakeview location. Originally housed for six years on North Lincoln Avenue, after making...

21-year-old man pulled from Lake Michigan Friday night has died

July 22, 2023 at 3:10 p.m.

A 21-year-old man who was pulled from Lake Michigan along the Gold Coast Friday night has died, fire officials said. The man was found at approximately 8:40 p.m. near the...

Police issue community alert over aggravated sexual assault in Lincoln Park

July 24, 2023 at 1:03 a.m.

Chicago police issued a community alert Friday asking the public for help to capture a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in Lincoln Park earlier this month. According to...

Four injured, one killed after midnight in North Lawndale shooting

July 22, 2023 at 2:16 p.m.

Minutes after midnight, four men were injured and one killed in a North Lawndale shooting, according to the Chicago Police Department. A 40-year-old man was pronounced dead after suffering multiple...

Beyonce, center, during her opening show for the North American leg of her tour at the Rogers Centre in Toronto on July 8, 2023.

Everything you need to know before Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance’ tour hits Soldier Field

February 16, 2024 at 1:05 p.m.

Beyoncé will bring her global "Renaissance World Tour" to Soldier Field this Saturday and Sunday. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the show is expected to begin at 8 p.m....

Bilingual ‘tree walk’ in McKinley Park celebrates 60 years of supporting trees, clean air

July 15, 2023 at 11:35 p.m.

Neighbors in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side and environmental advocates used a sunny Saturday morning to participate in a neighborhood walk showcasing the importance of tree lined...

Evergreen Park police work a crime scene after an employee was fatally shot Thursday inside the Mariano's store in the 2500 block of 95th Street in Evergreen Park.

Employee shot, killed at Evergreen Park Mariano’s in ‘domestic situation,’ police say

July 13, 2023 at 9:46 p.m.

A person was shot and killed Thursday morning inside a Mariano's store in Evergreen Park in what police are calling a "domestic situation." Authorities arrived at the scene on the...

Ayesha Ather (from left), Manizeh Raza, Areeba Hussain and Zehra Yomsak enjoy mocktails and Chai at an Eid al-Adha event at Chalo, in Chicago on Friday, June 30, 2023.

With chai and nonalcoholic cocktails, Chalo pop-up fosters community for Muslims

July 13, 2023 at 7:21 p.m.

To close out Eid al-Adha at the end of June, a studio inside Bridgeport's Zhou B Art Center transformed into a little corner of Pakistan. Garlands of white flowers draped...

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