Gold Star Bar's owner Susan Stursberg (l.) died in 2012; her mom runs the bar. [Gold Star Bar/Facebook] CHICAGO — If the walls of Chicago's oldest bars could talk, you would need to pull up a stool ...

UPTOWN — The North Side rapper who was the target of at least two fatal shootings in Rogers Park in recent years was gunned down Friday morning in Uptown, authorities said. Two bullets to the back ...

CHICAGO — Hard to believe, but there was a time when pizza in Chicago was a novelty, not a given, when restaurants specializing in it got more buzz than a Brendan Sodikoff spot and squirrels could ...

HIGHLAND PARK — The famous glass and steel home that served as the set for Cameron Frye's house in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" is undergoing a historic renovation — and it's not because a bright red ...

LAKEVIEW — For some, going to church is like coming home. And for others, that's true in an even more literal sense. But perhaps no rebirth lends as much scope to the imagination as houses of worship ...

ANDERSONVILLE — The neighborhood that once was a hub for Chicago's lesbian community — known to many as "Girlstown" — is now home to more married gay men than hitched gay women, data shows. For ...

MIDTOWN — A decades-old art-supply store’s time in Midtown is drawing to a close. Lee’s Art Shop — the four-story, family-owned shop at 220 W. 57th St., between Broadway and Seventh Avenue — will ...

DOWNTOWN — It's been about 10 years since "Cloud Gate," aka "The Bean," was "birthed," as one official said at the time. The sculpture wasn't yet finished when a huge tent that had shrouded it was ...

CHICAGO — You can still vote early in Chicago, but "voting often" is pretty much a thing of the past, some experts say. Chicago is famous for its history of people voting from the grave and for ...

DOWNTOWN — At its beginning headwaters deep into northern Lake County, the Chicago River is no deeper than a few inches and just 1½ feet wide. Chicago's famous river begins with three forks that start ...

NEW YORK — Actor Alec Baldwin was arrested Tuesday morning after mouthing off to a pair of female officers who stopped him for riding his bike the wrong way, police said. Baldwin, 56, was spotted ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published Jan. 18. DOWNTOWN — When violence in Chicago gets national media attention, one refrain is heard again and again: Bring in the National Guard! Before ...