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Anthony Driver Jr., president of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, has a favorite among the three finalists sent to Mayor Brandon Johnson, who has 30 days to decide. But Driver won’t say who it is.

On the Southeast Side, I discovered folks working to restore eco-preserves sprouting between shuttered mills. Here was a nascent template for the entire city and region.

A tornado blew through the Chicago area, anti-violence activists held a die-in protest in Daley Plaza, and the Windy City Smokeout kicked off outside the United Center.

A bill in the General Assembly would give police the authority to immediately remove a gun after a protection order is issued and would give them 48 hours to do it.

Bulls fans, don’t hold that against him. Ramirez has family there. He’s also the artist behind plenty of murals around Chicago and far beyond.

The Albany Park Theater Project and Third Rail Projects have transformed a Northwest Side commercial building to tell the stories of four immigrant families creating a community in Albany Park.

The Semrad Law Firm, which advertises as DebtStoppers, got millions in taxpayer-backed PPP loans while cutting U.S. staff and employing a Bulgarian company in which the law firm’s leaders have an ownership stake.

Take Back of the Yards, where almost every corner had a small grocer, a candy store, a bakery, a meat market or a tavern. Maybe it’s time to bring back the concept, in a less parochial, more cosmopolitan and more inclusive way, writes Chicago history expert and author Dominic Pacyga.

A civilian commission narrowed the field to Angel Novalez, Shon Barnes and Larry Snelling. Mayor Brandon Johnson now has 30 days to either choose one or reject them all and order the panel to launch another search.

Youths, activists from across South Side protest violence in Chicago: ‘This is not normal’

The founders of Chicago’s Funkytown Brewery went from brewing beer in a garage to winning a national brewing competition.