Not your parents' pot: what Chicago parents heard
A forum at Kenwood Academy made the case that today's THC products are a different drug than the one parents remember.
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Chicago news
The latest from Chicago, Illinois, from the newsrooms that cover it, in one-minute summaries.
Downers Grove North's banged-up QB flips the script
A quarterback who barely practiced came off the bench and turned an 11-point hole into a 24-14 win.
14 cards 3m 5Lil Durk walks free in murder-for-hire trial
A federal jury took three days to clear the Chicago rapper of every count tied to a deadly Los Angeles shooting.
13 cards 2m 6Loyola's Will Mettee was the best player on the field
A Boston College recruit scored on both sides of the ball to keep Loyola unbeaten in a 27-24 thriller over Brother Rice.
15 cards 3m 6Week 4 shook up the Super 25
Loyola survived Brother Rice by three, Nazareth crashed to 1-3, and five ranked teams beat other ranked teams.
11 cards 2mThe White Sox are winning by not caring more
Chicago leads the AL Central by 1.5 games and its young clubhouse is refusing to treat September any differently.
15 cards 3mA clear blue sky over Navy Pier, 25 years on
Chicago firefighters marked a quarter century since Sept. 11 with a ceremony that said almost nothing out loud.
13 cards 2m 6Evanston Folk Fest bets on Chicago's own roots
A lakefront festival in its third year pairs Indigo Girls and Trampled by Turtles with the Chicago scene that raised John Prine.
19 cards 4mChief Keef comes home, on his own terms
After a decade shut out of Chicago venues, Chief Keef headlines his own hometown show, then says he's done with LA too.
20 cards 4mThe mural that walks you into the next neighborhood
Two Chicago artists are painting viaducts so Bronzeville, Chinatown and Pilsen stop feeling like separate worlds.
15 cards 3mA 911 dispatcher was killed on her way through Back of the Yards
Natalia Rodriguez spent a decade answering Chicago's worst moments, then was shot while driving home through the South Side.
12 cards 2mThe influencer who quit Big Law now speaks for Chicago's mayor
Rachel Cohen went from Harvard Law to viral resignation to tear gas at Broadview, and now she runs Brandon Johnson's message.
17 cards 3mThe engineer and the artist: Ben Johnson's bet on Caleb Williams
Ben Johnson built precision offenses around a robot quarterback. Now he's redesigning one around a improviser who breaks the pocket 120 times a year.
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