As Chicago's youth violence made national headlines, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and business leaders in 2013 launched what they called a game-changing initiative to quell the bloodshed.

You know those infuriating surveys that attach a dollar figure to the work parents do at home?

Arrest and booking photos are provided by law enforcement officials. Arrest does not imply guilt, and criminal charges are merely accusations. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty and convicted.

Putting a lump in Chicago's throat, 9-year-old C.J. Reif triumphantly raised his arms Thursday at Soldier Field after Blackhawks forward Kris Versteeg awarded the boy the championship belt for the Stanley Cup-clinching game.

Chicago Public Schools Principal Elizabeth Dozier - who has led Christian Fenger Academy High School in Roseland since 2009 - will leave the school district in July, officials said Thursday.

Answering a plea from Pope Francis to protect the planet, Chicagoans - Catholics and non-Catholics alike - pledged Thursday to collect rainfall, conserve tap water, recycle their cans and bottles, and switch off the lights when they leave a room.

Remembering legends, celebrities and other newsmakers who died this year.

Chicago-area newsmakers and celebrities who died in 2015.