White Sox season remains a wild ride, to the very end of the American League Division Series (ALDS). After a pair of ...

White Sox took a 1-0 lead in the American League Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians, with a thrilling 3-0 ...

Reflections on what kept us going on the anniversary of Midway Blitz.

Since 2013, South Side Weekly’s Best of the South Side (BoSS) has celebrated the people, places and events that make the South Side an indelible vibe, a cherished destination, and most importantly, ...

Yeison Landero and his band were one of the many musical acts that were part of 18th Street Casa de Cultura’s summer Mercadito event programming which also featured local vendors on July 22, 2026.

Though Holy Rosary was itself integrated, many of its white congregants began to leave the community in droves. Racial demographics inverted, and the Archdiocese reports that by the mid-1960s the ...

The neighborhood of Chatham boasts a gorgeous array of architecture, showcasing the creative exuberance of generations of proud South Siders. Yet it’s not just the buildings that deserve our attention ...

CCJS shows up outside the jail to help anybody and everybody being released late at night get home safe and start reintegrating.

Editor’s note: Last month, we published Sixteen Minutes in a Burning Cell, which investigated the immediate causes of Martinez Duncan’s November 2025 death in Cook County Jail. Martinez was kept in a ...

The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP), a 440-acre development on the former site of the U.S. Steel South Works plant, June 13, 2026. Credit: Marc C. Monaghan A group of graduate ...

Martinez Duncan and Jeremiah Bush were locked in a Cook County Jail cell on Tier 5A when the fire started in their cell. People jailed on the tier called for help. At 7:15pm, an officer responded to ...

View of the Obama Presidential Center's campus from the Sky Room located on the eighth floor of the museum on June 3, 2026. Credit: James Hoeck After a joyous opening over Juneteenth weekend, the ...