Johnson turned to Burnett last summer only after the post had been vacant for 10 months following Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, ...

Lifeguard Charles Leto is accused of fatally shooting 15-year-old Marjay Dotson and seriously injuring 14-year-old Jeremy ...

Ald. Monique Scott (24th) and her brother, former Ald. Michael Scott say the park district has too few lifeguards, too little ...

The Chicago Park District is launching reform efforts after a lifeguard allegedly shot and killed a teen at Douglass Park earlier this year.

Ald. Walter Burnett confirmed his exit Wednesday as speculation mounts over Mayor Brandon Johnson tapping him to lead the ...

The Chicago Park District has concluded its internal review into a former lifeguard who allegedly shot two unarmed teens, killing one of them last month in Douglass Park.

The shortness reflected the urgency of the need to preserve affordable rental housing, said its sponsors, including Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, then 35th Ward alderman and now superintendent of the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is open to NASCAR returning to Chicago, but hinted Tuesday the city may need a better deal before stock car drivers again race through its streets. NASCAR has 90 days to request ...

Johnson has a pattern of tapping political allies to lead city departments, including naming Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa to run the Park District.

Before NASCAR’s drivers take center stage in Grant Park this weekend, some local teens got their shot to race today. WBBM’s Andy Dahn was there and has the story.

A 15-year-old boy died after a shooting at a park in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood on Thursday night. Around 7 p.m., Chicago police said two teens, 14 and 15 years old, were in the 1400 block ...