Chicago’s most hauntingly fascinating museum: The International Museum of Surgical Science
This spooky season, we’re stepping inside Chicago’s International Museum of Surgical Science, where medicine meets mystery in the city’s Gold Coast. The museum blends science, history, and spookiness, showcasing medical relics from the past — including an X-ray shoe size fitter, an iron lung, and other fascinating (and eerie) artifacts that reveal how far medicine has come.
Gold Coast shooting: 4 wounded in Chicago drive-by, police say
Chicago police say four people were shot early Friday in a Gold Coast drive-by.
Gold Coast drive-by shooting leaves 4 wounded
A woman and three men were wounded in a drive-by shooting Friday morning in the Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.
Shooting reported in Gold Coast
Shots were fired overnight in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.
Chicago Air and Water Show 2025: What you need to know
The Chicago Air and Water show is coming back for it's 65th year. Find out whose performing, best places to watch, and how to get there.
Chicago police warn of sexual assaults involving fake rideshare driver
Chicago police have issued a community alert after two sexual assaults in the Gold Coast and Near North Side neighborhoods involving a fake rideshare driver.
Chicago boutique owner feels squeeze from Trump tariffs
Could President Trump's tariffs set the fashion industry back 50 years? Some experts think so, and Chicago stores are already bracing.
Chicago police warn of North Side armed robberies involving stolen banking information
In several cases, stolen phones were used to access victims' banking information.
Elvis Fest returns: Gold Coast nightclub celebrates the King’s 90th birthday
A hunk, a hunk of birthday love! Wednesday, Jan. 8 marked what would have been Elvis Presley's 90th birthday.
Fire breaks out at Gold Coast high-rise
Crews put out a fire that broke out in a high-rise Thursday morning in the Gold Coast neighborhood.
Missing 50-year-old woman in Gold Coast has been found, police say
Catherine Skarr, 50, has been located, according to Chicago police.
Chicago man sentenced to more than 14 years for series of armed carjackings
A man was sentenced to 14-and-a-half years in prison for a series of armed carjackings and shooting two people in Chicago in 2018.
Wisconsin man charged after violent bar fight in Gold Coast, police say
A Wisconsin man has been charged after allegedly striking another man with a glass during a fight at a bar in Gold Coast over the weekend.