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A series of town hall meetings for customers to provide feedback are being held in Chicago through Oct. 26.

The Chicago News Cooperative takes an in-depth look at one of Austin’s tax increment financing districts.

Families with kids who are eligible for free lunch under the National School Lunch Program may qualify.

The week-long stay focused on learning about manufacturing education at Austin Polytechnical Academy.

Some West Siders complain about how long it took police to alert the community.

Sun-Times writer Mary Mitchell talks with a West Side woman who was robbed at gunpoint earlier this month.

After serving a little more than a year, the former 29th Ward alderman is now at a half-way house.

If chosen, the West Side would receive federal funding to strengthen schools so kids can go from “cradle to college to career.”

The deficiencies found at Columbus Manor Res Care Home earlier this year have been corrected, state officials say.

Dozens of people participated in a rally Thursday that was organized to bring attention to the issue.