Illinois still hasn't legalized online casinos. Here's what that means for Northwest Side residents. And where Chicago-area players are turning while Springfield stalls.

BRIAN NADIG Alderman James Gardiner (45th) will hold a community meeting this month on a proposed coffee and dessert café ...

BRIAN NADIG The surburban-based Pollyanna Brewing Company has acquired the site of the former Alarmist Brewing in Sauganash ...

Police District Advisory Committee at its recent meetings honored two officers for their arrest of a homeless individual who ...

BRIAN NADIG A series of short- and long-term solutions to improving vehicle, bike and pedestrian traffic through  Edgebrook ...

CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI He was hated. He was beloved. But he told it like it is, writing prose with caustic wit, perpetually ...

Longtime Nadig Newspapers’ political columnist Russ Stewart died last month at the age of 76. He wrote about 2,500 columns for this newspaper since 1973. He passed away peacefully at his Norwood Park ...

A 13-year-old last week was robbed and pistol whipped in the Portage Park area on Chicago’s Northwest Side. He reported that a man attacked him and stole his bicycle at about 11:40 a.m. Thursday, June ...

Officials defended the city’s strategy of allowing water to pond on streets during rainstorms as residents questioned the approach during a 45th Ward community meeting. Chicago Department of Water ...

Despite some traffic and other concerns, plans for a dual-lane drive-through for a proposed Andy’s Frozen Custard at 5849-99 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Gladstone Park was well received at a June 30 ...

BRIAN NADIG The possibility of an under- or overpass on Devon Avenue to help address the sometimes nightmarish traffic backups in ...

Is Jefferson Park the place where development comes to die? There are several examples in Jefferson Park where buildings have been demolished and nothing new has been built, or land is rezoned for a ...