Leslie Bonilla

Domestic violence stabbing victim Keziah Clark in Chicago on March 18, 2021.

Bronzeville family struggles to navigate social safety net after surviving domestic violence: ‘What kind of assistance do people help me with in a situation like this?’

March 19, 2021 at 7:49 p.m.

Keziah Clark's hands burn. Clark, 43, and her four youngest children now live crammed in a hotel room downtown, along with one of her sisters, Keturah Haynes, 42. Haynes is...

Kristin Pink pulls open a mound of a grasslike hummock sedge at Country Lane Woods near Willow Springs.

Salt may be a savior for roads, but it imperils Chicago-area water and wildlife. Some communities and agencies are working to change that.

March 18, 2021 at 3:14 p.m.

A narrow strip of land separates two wetlands in the Cook County Forest Preserve District. On one side, Little Buttonbush Slough is thriving. Grasslike hummock sedges poke out beside sensitive...

People brave a snowy North Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood on March 15, 2021.

Chicago hit by ‘briefly heavy’ snow and sleet, making for messy afternoon rush hour: ‘Take it slow!’

March 16, 2021 at 12:35 a.m.

The sleet, snow and ice that made for messy and slippery roads in the Chicago area Monday gave way to an icy drizzle for the evening commute, as the sloppy,...

Cicero man accused of shooting lifelong Bridgeport resident identified in video, records and by witnesses, prosecutors say

March 15, 2021 at 12:43 a.m.

A Cicero man charged in the February shooting death of a 68-year-old Bridgeport native was identified by multiple surveillance videos, witness statements, phone call and text records, cell site location...

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Bronzeville family struggles to navigate social safety net after surviving domestic violence: ‘What kind of assistance do people help me with in a situation like this?’

Salt may be a savior for roads, but it imperils Chicago-area water and wildlife. Some communities and agencies are working to change that.

Chicago hit by ‘briefly heavy’ snow and sleet, making for messy afternoon rush hour: ‘Take it slow!’

Cicero man accused of shooting lifelong Bridgeport resident identified in video, records and by witnesses, prosecutors say

Blustery winds set to give way to rain and snow this week

Cicero firefighter hospitalized after inhaling ‘intensely’ hot smoke in house fire

Dry, sunny start to Chicago weekend to give way to sloppy start to workweek

Customs seizes $1.5 million in counterfeit ‘Rick and Morty’ vape pens at O’Hare, officials say

Authorities identify 3 killed in Mount Prospect traffic crash as Des Plaines residents

Police ask for help finding shooter targeting Gold Coast high-rises