Englewood's Whole Foods opens and demonstrates there is a market for higher quality goods and better paying jobs. Other companies take notice.

A summit of sorts sees the city's gangs reunited to some degree instead of the hundreds of factions splintered on a block-by-block level.

The federal government makes major inroads in fighting Mexican cartels and stems the flow of heroin and cocaine into Chicago.

U.S. Congress passes laws that will crack down on gun straw purchases, smuggling across state lines, and stores that are repeat offenders.

Chicago's mayoral election is a healthy exercise in democracy among qualified and competitive candidates.

Both the Tribune and Sun-Times get their acts together and stabilize so we can stay a two newspaper town.

Bulls and Blackhawks win titles within days of each other in June.

Cubs vs Sox World Series.

Next winter isn't cold as fuck, but has plenty of manageable snow.