Ron Lucarini has said for years he wanted to go to Chicago’s Columbus Day parade. The Chicago Heights resident, son of an Italian father and an Italian American mother, finally made it this year ...

A penguin named Pepe from Brookfield Zoo Chicago threw out the first pitch at a Chicago White Sox baseball game at Rate Field on Sunday.

Credit: Diane Mack/Joe Ward, Block Club Chicago. BRIDGEPORT — Diane Mack and her husband bought a bigger home in Bridgeport for the couple and their two kids last summer. The corner building at 2878 S ...

The Chicago Blues Festival is back in Chicago this weekend, featuring the biggest names in the genre. The free four-day festival kicks off on Thursday in the Bridgeport neighborhood and will be ...

Mario Villegas of East Granby was just 33 years old when he passed away last week, leaving behind his wife, Britnee, and their two young children, Luca and Milo. A GoFundMe for his family has raised ...

Pope Leo XIV met with the National Italian American Foundation on Wednesday and blessed their work. Saturday, June 21, 2025. A service of EWTN News.

BRIDGEPORT — A six-person jury acquitted a Bridgeport man of charges he impeded the investigation of a 2020 fatal shooting at an East Side club managed by a city councilwoman, but the defendant ...

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown of Chicago is readying itself to celebrate the election of one of its own as leader of the Catholic Church.. According to the Archdiocese of Chicago’s website, the ...

BRIDGEPORT — State elections watchdogs have dismissed a complaint that Bridgeport Generation Now Votes, a prominent city-based political organization, illegally partnered with mayoral contender ...

Springfield lawmakers tried to pass a $1.50 food delivery tax over the weekend that would have impacted restaurants across Illinois.The proposal’s details were unveiled hours before the ...

New Italian restaurant Pelato has opened in Charleston, South Carolina. It's located near Heavy's in the former space of James Beard finalist Butcher & Bee ...