Quinn Myers

After alderpeople won a questionable 16-inch softball victory last year over the Chicago Police Department Knights, the cops returned this summer with a vengeance. Ozzie Guillén threw the first pitch.

Buona Beef is bringing a limited menu to the Rainbow Cone on Division Street that will be accessible via a walk-up window.

Mayor Brandon Johnson has not yet specified how he plans to close the budget deficit this fall, but reiterated a pledge to identity “progressive” revenue options.

BUCKTOWN — In the midst of yet another heat wave in what's been a sweltering Chicago summer, Bucktown neighbors are getting a splash of good news: the Holstein Park pool will stay open through mid-September.

With the bridge closed indefinitely, Alds. Brian Hopkins and Scott Waguespack want to rescind its landmark status to make way for a new bridge. But preservationists want it to be reused — possibly as part of the 606's Bloomingdale Trail.

Onion City will stock new and classic house records but will also carry a wide range of genres, its owners said. The Chicago Avenue store plans to host frequent events.

Neighbors now have 45 days to weigh in on the potential renaming of Park No. 567 in Bucktown after the late Chicago artist Dont Fret, who died last year.

The win of Zohran Mamdani was a huge victory for the Democratic Socialists of America. But some Chicago alderpeople who once had the party's support have since been alienated from the group — with one claiming they are “anti-Black.”

Incumbent mayor Brandon Johnson is officially seeking a second term in office. He's facing roughly a dozen challengers, including several well-established — and well-funded — candidates.

Members of a group called the Northwest Neighborhood Alliance acknowledge they didn't have permission from the city to install the benches, but the local alderperson said he supports the effort.