In the Loop (Segments)

With Illinois now leading the nation in the number of confirmed tornadoes, meteorologist David Yeomans says, “You can no longer say this is just a short-term blip.”

A person was charged with arson and a hate crime in connection with a cross burning in Grant Park. An alderman proposes renaming Northerly Island in honor of Pope Leo XIV.

President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law five years ago, making June 19 a permanent federal holiday.

Despite legislation protecting public libraries and schools from censorship on the basis of personal or partisan disapproval, attempts to ban books continue to surge across the country.

Compared to the city of Chicago as a whole, the number of short-term rental properties is increasing in neighborhoods near the Obama Presidential Center.

An investigation from the Illinois Answers Project finds that three of the seven programs aimed at preventing displacement never got off the ground.

ITL - Obama artists

With so many great buildings on beaches along Chicago’s lakefront, we continue a summer series for our biweekly "What's That Building?" segment where we explore their history. Next: the story behind the fieldhouse and shower buildings at Rainbow Beach on the city’s South Side. And how the South Side NAACP youth council decided to reclaim their right to use the beach and swim in the lake in August 1960. Our architecture expert Dennis Rodkin and an elderly couple who led the movement tell us more.

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, June 12, 2026: CPS CEO testifies before Congress, residents recover from severe storms and more

Renewed calls to finish the 500-mile Grand Illinois Trail