The Latest Breaking News on Uptown

Taking the pulse of Argyle Street: From silent movies to voices rising over gentrification, representation, crime

Argyle Street, a pocket of Chicago’s Uptown community area, has long been known as a refuge for Asian immigrants, but…

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Chicago Park District begins work on Uptown Coastal Natural Area

It will include native plants and shrubbery to provide a rest stop for migrating birds and improved stormwater filtration and…

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Lil Nas X takes his horse (and other props) to an Uptown show that’s as much play as concert

Digital-age star tells his story in a three-act production complete with choreography, glamorous looks and an expert crew of dancers.

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Cops remove activists protesting planned luxury high-rise at Weiss Hospital parking lot in Uptown

They want the city to deny permits for the project and instead provide more affordable housing for the area or…

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Uptown has the most friendships between lower and higher income residents in the city, a new study finds

How common are cross-class friendships across the Chicago area? Look up your ZIP code here.

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Woman dies in Uptown apartment fire

A woman in her early 60s was pronounced dead following a fire in the 1300 block of West Winnemac.

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3-year-old boy dies after falling from 18th floor of Uptown building, officials say

Chaise Binion landed on the third floor of a parking garage in the 4500 block of North Clarendon Avenue Tuesday…

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No bail for man charged with murder after woman found dead in Uptown alley

The woman was found unresponsive Thursday morning and pronounced dead on the scene.

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COVID temporarily closed his River West tattoo parlor, so Louis Barak turned to murals

Growing up in Rogers Park and Uptown amid violence, drugs and gangs, creating art “was an escape . . .…

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3-year-old girl in bike carrier dies when mom goes around ComEd truck parked in bike lane and is hit by passing semi

The semi was pulling away from a stop sign at Leland and Winthrop when it knocked the mother off balance…

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State child welfare agency suspends 2 workers in death of 8-year-old girl

The employees of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services are suspended while it investigates their handling of the…

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Mother accused of killing 8-year-old daughter in Uptown home because she believed girl ‘didn’t love her anymore.’

Amaria Osby screamed, ‘Momma stop,” as Andreal Hagler placed a plastic bag over her head and held her down on…

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Girl, 8, found dead inside Uptown home

Officers were called to the 4600 block of North Winthrop Avenue around 11 a.m. and discovered the girl unresponsive, according…

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Despite its floral pastels, David Najib Kasir’s Uptown mural is about the horrors of war

The lightness in the mural near the Wilson Avenue L station is meant to draw people to its image of…

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After killing parents in Uptown senior home, man returned for well-being check with cops, prosecutors said

Ocie Banks Jr., 33, was arrested Tuesday after police identified him as the man who shot and killed Sheila Banks,…

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Westlake Hospital owner to sell last 2 Chicago area hospitals for $92 million

California-based Pipeline Health has agreed to sell West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park and Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown…

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