Critic Kevin Whitehead reflects on the jazz notables who died this year, including Sheila Jordan, Andy Bey, Ray Drummond, Bunky Green, Chuck Mangione, Eddie Palmieri and Jim McNeely.

Chicago found a new name and their first big hit on their second album. They did so by carving up a song suite for parts.

Chicago is taking the national spotlight as it rings in 2026 with its largest New Year’s Eve celebration to date along the ...

A man accused of setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train last month has been indicted on an additional charge alleging he attempted to set City Hall on fire days before the train attack CHICAGO -- ...

CHICAGO — Felony charges have been filed against a Chicago man accused of killing a man and injuring a woman in a shooting on the West Side late last month. Chicago police say 31-year-old Zakaria ...

LOS ANGELES — Michele Singer Reiner, a photographer and producer who inspired the happy conclusion in the 1980s romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally…,” has died. Reiner and her husband, director Rob ...

A south suburban Chicago man stood charged Monday with shooting a man and beating a woman in the city's Englewood neighborhood this past weekend. Police said early Saturday morning, Damien Carter, 44, ...

It's Cameron Winter Winter. You already knew this. Geese's Getting Killed is the critical-consensus album of the year, and it's topping all kinds of year-end lists, including ours. Winter's solo debut ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Someone shot a man as he walked into a South Side bar early Saturday, Chicago police said. Police said the shooting happened in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood's 3300-block of West 63rd ...

A judge handed down a sentence of natural life in prison Tuesday for the man who shot and killed Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso in 2023. In July, Steven Montano was found guilty ...

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