In the heart of what was once the nation's most infamous public housing project, a 137-year-old church is being gutted for $1 ...

Dec. 15, 2025 – Chicago and Cook County’s brainy real estate tax experts are pointing fingers of blame while trying to explain the perfect storm. When tens of thousands of Chicago homeowners realized ...

Homeowners in Chicago are reeling from unprecedented property tax increases, leading many to contemplate selling their homes and moving to rental apartments. Dec. 9, 2025 – Financially squeezed and ...

Dec. 8, 2025 – America’s most-watched New Year’s celebration will include live broadcasts from the Chicago Riverwalk this year. “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026” will air ...

A new exhibit, opening November 13, will feature rare memorabilia from the 1939 film, including the Flying Monkey costume and Dorothy’s ruby slippers. Nov. 8, 2025 – A prototype of the iconic Flying ...

Nov. 6, 2025 – As classic 16-inch Chicago-style softball teams mourn the loss of Chicago Joe’s – the memorabilia-filled restaurant and nostalgic, museum-decorated saloon in the North Center ...

Oct. 29, 2025 – Veteran downtown and North Side Chicago real estate brokers are starting to worry about the impact of armed National Guard troops and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...

Oct. 28, 2025 – An ambitious Chicago pastry chef returns to her Door County hometown for Christmas, rekindles an old romance, and must decide between her big-city career dreams and saving her family’s ...

May 12, 2025 – Back in the 1970s, creating historic landmark architectural districts was the rage in Chicago. The idea was based on the premise that historic landmark districts promoted gentrification ...

A new University of Chicago study reveals that reforms by Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi could have saved middle and lower-income homeowners $1.9 billion in property taxes. The assessment changes ...

Homeowners in Chicago and Cook County are left in limbo as the county struggles to finalize the 2024 property tax bills. Initially due on August 1, the due date has been rescinded amid ongoing issues ...

Sep. 2, 2025 – Chicago’s downtown apartment hunters may face sharply higher rents next spring as a result of a plummet in new rental unit construction starts. Chicago posted the sharpest drop in new ...