Community bank shares its recipe for success on its 40th anniversary
By Yimian Wu How does a small, privately-owned community bank compete against the dominant banking giants? Cultivating long-term personal relationships, developing niche products and embracing
VIDEO: Ice sculptures bring awareness to ALS
By Anne Arntson Jessica Holloway walked by Daley Plaza after finishing jury duty Tuesday afternoon. She saw frozen shapes that looked like people and wanted
VIDEO: High school athletics experiencing budget obstacles
Obstacles from Chicago’s budget deficit are forcing many coaches to spend their own money or suffer the consequences. By Connor Morgan Coaching high school sports
Fairdale residents look to rebuild; White Sox donate to relief
By Hannah Beery Tornado survivor Tom Marston saw his small farm town of Fairdale, Illinois demolished by an EF-4 tornado last month. “If you had
Video: Special Olympics brings Spring Games to Chicago
By Lukas J. Voss Over 3,500 athletes gathered on Chicago´s Southeast Side to celebrate the annual Special Olympics Spring Games. The week-long competition featured athletes
VIDEO: Maggie Daley Park’s Rock Climbing Walls Open
By Evan Garcia The Malkin-Sacks Rock Climbing Walls at Maggie Daley Park opened somewhat anticlimactically on Tuesday. For most of the afternoon, park employees outnumbered
VIDEO: Man puts positive spin on ALS diagnosis
By Kira Boyd Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is an incurable neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. It
VIDEO: Thousands turn out for ‘Chiraq’ casting call
By Aisha I. Jefferson More than 3,500 people started arriving as early as 4:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Sabina Church in the Auburn Gresham community
VIDEO: Evanston farmers market celebrates 40 years of community
By Sara Shouhayib Farm Manager Philip Guida at Lake Breeze Organics farm in Benton Harbor, Michigan, unloaded Italian spinach, lettuce heads and purple passion asparagus
Report ranks Chicago the nation’s 6th ‘sneeziest and wheeziest’ city
By Jia You As Chicagoans brace themselves for another peak asthma and allergy season, a national report ranks the Windy City among America’s top 10
VIDEO: Illinois advisory board recommends expanding medical marijuana coverage
By Avinash Chak Cancer, HIV/AIDS and Alzheimer’s are a few of the diseases that qualify patients for medical marijuana usage in Illinois. The Illinois Medical
Macy’s posts weak quarterly earnings
By Siyuan Du Macy’s Inc. reported quarterly earnings and revenue that were below Wall Street expectations as the retailer coped with bad winter weather, the