As the Milwaukee Brewers won their first World Series title, Jeff MacNelly’s timeless cartoon on eternal optimism and baseball gets a new spin 44 years later.

Patrick Kane has had a slow start to his second Chicago Blackhawks tenure. Could a new line be the spark he needs?

DePaul is looking for another climb after moving up in the KenPom rankings from No. 304 before Chris Holtmann’s arrival to No. 122 and No. 99 in his first two seasons.

Since a record-setting Rose Bowl performance five years ago, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has emerged as one of the best in the NFL.

The race for state representative in the 84th District in the Nov. 3 election is between Democrat Saba Haider and Republican ...

At Culebra, which opened in April below Lonesome Rose, those roots are firmly planted in Puerto Rico. Consider some of its offerings: a piña colada inspired by a quesito, the Puerto Rican cream cheese ...

Dance students at Coolidge Middle School in Phoenix are thrilled with their new studio. “I can’t keep them off the mirrors!” ...

Mount Carmel, St. Rita, Oak Lawn, Morgan Park and Providence are the picks to click for the first round of the IHSA playoffs.

Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Wauconda, Antioch and Geneva are the picks to click in the first round of the IHSA playoffs.

Research shows that lead exposure increases violent crime. Chicago can help public safety with a better approach to removing lead water service lines.

In July 2014, a man sick with Ebola flew from Liberia into Lagos, Nigeria, one of Africa’s largest and busiest cities. One imported case in a place like that could have sparked an urban epidemic.

About 30 Chicago-area clergy, religious leaders and laypeople met with Pope Leo Wednesday to advocate for immigrants detained ...