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Public officials celebrated at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new American Blues Theater on the Northwest Side, activists held a vigil for people who have died while detained at Cook County Jail, and construction workers began framing a “winterized base camp” for asylum-seekers in Chicago.

Joseph Pavlik spent 33 years as a firefighter before retiring in 2013, prosecutors said. He went to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with a tactical vest, helmet, goggles, a gas mask and a can of chemical spray.

Actor was sentenced to 30 months of probation for conviction linked to filing a false police report alleging he was attacked in Streeterville in 2019.

No need to panic even though Medicare’s annual open enrollment period is about to end.

Melanie Haas, 41, is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Maureen Wener, 49, was struck and killed while biking June 2.

The shooting left the baby shot in the head and in critical condition at Comer Children’s Hospital.

Completed in 1974 by Chicago artists John Pitman Weber and Jose Guerrero, the painting is inside the United Electrical Workers union hall, which soon could be sold and redeveloped.

In one of Nick Yokanovich’s tattoos, two characters jump from the pages of Shel Silverstein’s “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” permanently onto the 26-year-old’s leg.

Paul Newman, Robert Redford reunited with their ‘Butch Cassidy’ director to play swindlers with different takes on their racket.

We are primed for chaos, with a bunch of unbeaten teams going into championship weekend and a few teams behind them with absolutely stellar résumés.

Officials responded about 9:50 a.m. to the area of North Michigan Avenue and East Wacker Drive.