As the first pitch nears for this summer’s inclusive baseball league at Ranney School, local nonprofit BaseABLE is ...

Jason Lesniewicz, Senior Director of Cultural Tourism at Choose Chicago, joins Steve Dale to offer ideas for the Fourth of July and more summer events in the city!

The initiative left a lasting impression on the Special Olympic Bharat athletes, giving them an empowering and memorable experience. It was also a reminder of how inclusive sporting platforms can ...

The biggest part of the day is the fundraiser for the Special Olympics of New York. Through the buy-in of about 50 teams, raffles and other things, the CSEA is hoping to raise over $15,000.

Woman, 20, found fatally shot in Washington Park A 20-year-old woman was found shot to death about 9:40 p.m. Friday in the 5400 block of South Prairie Avenue. No one is in custody.

The Violet Hour, a James Beard Award-winning cocktail bar in Chicago's Wicker Park, is closing permanently after 18 years.

Sweat, smiles and passion filled Ithaca this weekend as New York athletes with intellectual disabilities competed in Special Olympics NY’s State Summer Games and shared their stories with The Sun.

The Special Olympics torch Friday morning will make its way from Palo Alto to Santa Clara, carried into the South Bay by law enforcement officers.

Athletes and coaches cheer at the opening ceremony for the New York Special Olympics at Ithaca College's Athletics & Events Center on June 20, 2025. Photo: Nathan Ellison/Sun Fellow at the Ithaca ...

A 14-year-old boy was among two people seriously injured in a shooting Thursday at a park on the city's West Side, Chicago police said.

The Law Enforcement Torch Run stands as the foremost grassroots awareness campaign and fundraiser for the Special Olympics. Participants—dubbed the Guardians of the Flame—comprise law enforcement ...

With the Special Olympics “Flame of Hope” as an inspiration, four Special Olympics athletes and about 60 local law enforcement officers run along West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz Thursday ...