At issue: Were gambling regulators in the right to revoke a video poker license from the west suburban Steak N Egger restaurant, whose operator once testified under immunity at a mob gambling trial?

Lights, camera, fashion! Chicago may not come to mind when it comes to fashion capitals, but the inaugural Chicago Fashion Awards Saturday honored scores of emerging and established “creatives pushing the city’s culture forward.”

Chicagoans gathered Sunday with heavy hearts to light the menorah on the first day of Hanukkah. The shooting, that left at least 15 dead and 42 wounded, was Australia's deadliest in nearly 30 years.

The CHA is one of a handful of housing authorities across the country being audited.

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Brinshore Development’s relationship with the Chicago Housing Authority was on rocky ground before the developer listed the bulk of its CHA-affiliated properties for sale last month, public records show.

Temperatures reached a low of 5 degrees outside Soldier Field on Sunday morning before the Bears took the field for their largest margin of victory since 2020.

Steep Theatre’s new space will feature a flexible 70-seat black box theater and a lobby lounge. Founded in 2000, Steep occupied a storefront for 12 years until the building was sold for commercial development in 2020.

Embattled Det. Marco Torres told another officer that he needed his former girlfriend’s address to give to a gang member who had requested “a grand” to “get rid of her.”

The Bears are cruising against the Browns, who are doing plenty to help them, and lead 14-0 at halftime in a game that began with the temperature at 8 degrees

It was by no means an easy win over the Hornets on Friday night, and that included a Nikola Vucevic benching that had to be explained afterward.

Workers and a volunteer for the street-medicine nonprofit spent hours driving around several West Side locations Saturday, handing out hot cocoa, gloves, coats, sandwiches, scarves and badly needed medical care.

The DREAM Team at Solorio High School on the Southwest Side has collected more than $6,000 for their classmates. The money is used to help students with parents who’ve been detained or deported pay rent and other expenses.

In a sea of Santas, stockings and Christmas trees, one Wrigleyville establishment brings a unique holiday experience to the Chicago bar scene. Advertised as the city’s first and only Hanukkah pop-up bar, 8 Crazy Nights is hard to miss.

The Rev. Vicki Garlock, a children’s book author and religion educator who grew up in Kankakee, set a Guinness World record for visiting the most places of worship in one month.

Three Chicago suspects remained in custody Friday after two robberies in suburban Will County, including one involving a 73-year-old woman who was bound and robbed at gunpoint during a home invasion earlier this week.

The Chicago-based national affordable housing provider has been a long-time partner of the Chicago Housing Authority, but records show the housing authority had failed to make timely payments to Brinshore.

In a text message included in the lawsuit, Chicago police Det. Marco Torres allegedly wrote that he wanted his ex-girlfriend’s address “so this guy from gangs can get rid of her,” adding that he “wants a grand.”

“We’ll see who wants to play in those conditions … ” running back D’Andre Swift said. “I feel like that’s our personality as a team. Physical, Tough.”