15 West--a resident and volunteer-powered newsroom--will lead a two-part (Tuesday, October 6 & October 13) media literacy workshop that explains the layers of local government residents often find con...

15 West--a resident and volunteer-powered newsroom--will lead a two-part (Tuesday, October 6 & October 13) media literacy workshop that explains the layers of local government residents often find con...

Chicagoans will elect the city’s entire school board for the first time this November. Here’s what the board controls, what it doesn’t, and who families should turn to when they need answers.

With three stages, vendors, and neighborhood artists filling La Villita Park, Villapalooza shows how a festival can grow without losing the community that made it.

Two West Side agriculture programs show how paid work, responsibility and belief in young people can widen the futures they imagine

From school funding to constituent services, state representatives shape policies that directly affect West Side residents, but many people remain unclear about what those officials actually control.

David Avila asked the question while opening Berwyn's newest athletic field. Just steps away, a pile of dirt marks a flood relief project that remains on hold.

After losing several family members to cancer, Dolores Castañeda created a mural at 26th Street and Drake Avenue. Over 50 names honor residents lost to cancer and encourage early screenings.

After a new city report highlighted stark neighborhood inequities for Chicagoans with disabilities, local advocates say the work to make the city more accessible is far from finished.

Ballot measure asks voters to approve $40 million in bonds, but does not mention that the Ridgeland Common outdoor pool would be replaced.

Ballot measure asks voters to approve $40 million in bonds, but does not mention that the Ridgeland Common outdoor pool would be replaced.

In retirement, she's become the artist she always was.

In retirement, she's become the artist she always was.