Four games left, three things the Sky still have to settle
The Sky are out of the playoffs, but the last four games decide a coach's job, two rookies' futures, and whether the young core is real.
15 cards 3m
Chicago news
The latest from Chicago, Illinois, from the newsrooms that cover it, in one-minute summaries.
Keke Palmer's Pilates class is about strength, not thinness
The Robbins native turned a Chicago exercise festival into a room full of people learning to feel better, not look smaller.
18 cards 3mProvidence fires its undefeated football coach
Tyler Plantz was 4-0 and ranked No. 1 in Class 5A when his president asked him to resign. He said no, and got fired anyway.
16 cards 3mOne dead in Dan Ryan express lane crash
A two-vehicle wreck at 55th Street shut the Dan Ryan's northbound express lanes through the Monday morning rush.
9 cards 1m 40s59 points, and Ben Johnson wants more
The Bears hung 59 on Carolina, and their coach used the moment to say the quiet ambitions out loud.
10 cards 2mThe Little Village art space that opened without a license
Three friends lost their business license one day before the grand opening, so they put the art on the sidewalk and kept going.
20 cards 4mChicago's fall art season starts now
Chicago Exhibition Week opens more than 50 galleries this week, and the best shows run all the way into winter.
20 cards 4mHalf a game, three games, one season
The White Sox head to Cleveland with the AL Central lead shaved to a half-game and the whole year riding on three nights at Progressive Field.
15 cards 3m59 points, and the Bears say there's more
Chicago opened the season by hanging 59 on Carolina, and the podcast asks whether the defense can survive that kind of shootout.
10 cards 2mWrigley's wind ate two Pete Crow-Armstrong homers
Two crushed balls died in outfielders' gloves, and the Cubs' offense went quiet at the worst point of a wild-card race.
15 cards 3mA daytime argument in South Shore ended in gunfire
A Sunday afternoon dispute on East 77th Street left a man shot in the stomach and in serious condition.
8 cards 1m 30sSwift cashes in as Bears bury Panthers 59-37
Two days after signing a $33.75 million extension, D'Andre Swift had the kind of game that makes the check look cheap.
12 cards 3m'Good, Better, Best' is back in Chicago
Ben Johnson's locker room cheer returns after the Bears hang 59 on Carolina in the opener.
11 cards 2mLittle Village marches back at full volume
A year after immigration raids cast a shadow over the parade, Chicago's Mexican Independence Day celebration went for the full 400,000.
11 cards 2mA perfect game, then a 3-1 loss in St. Louis
David Sandlin was perfect into the sixth, and the White Sox still found a way to lose the rubber match.
16 cards 3mA Humboldt Park block, seven people shot
Two cars pulled up on North Christiana Avenue at midday Sunday, and gunmen got out firing.
10 cards 1m 50sBears drop 59 on Carolina, and the grades are wild
A record-setting opener, an MVP-caliber Caleb Williams, and one fourth-down gamble that should have cost them.
19 cards 4mBrother Rice loses and still climbs to No. 4
Loyola survives the game everyone circled, and the Week 5 Super 25 rewards a loss while punishing two winners.
18 cards 4mProvidence fires an undefeated coach
A top-five Illinois team was rolling at 5-0 when Providence Catholic let its head coach go, and nobody is saying why.
11 cards 2mPalencia feels great, the numbers don't agree
A Cubs reliever says he's back to himself, but the ERA, the strikeouts and the save count all tell a different story.
15 cards 3mA Labor Day shove on the Red Line, and a murder charge
A 29-year-old was pushed from a moving CTA train on Labor Day. A week later, a 15-year-old girl is charged with his murder.
10 cards 2mThe Bears won 59-37 and the defense still lost
Chicago scored a franchise record in Week 1, and the only real story is how badly the defense played.
12 cards 3mRobyn still dances on her own, and means it
Sixteen years after the millennial breakup anthem, Robyn returned to the United Center with a new album, a new life and a glitter storm.
18 cards 4mA mail truck vanishes on South State Street
A postal worker stepped out for one delivery in the Loop, and someone drove off with the truck.
8 cards 1m 30s 5
