Before gangsters were glamorized by movies and myth, they were known (and feared) as shadowy figures carving out power in ...

The Chicago History Museum will explore the heritage and traditions of Latinos, and the National Museum of Mexican Art will ...

While parts of “Child’s Play” were filmed at Culver Studios in Culver City, California, much of the movie was shot on ...

Horween, who was born in Chicago, became the first NFL player to reach 100 years old. He and his brother Ralph both played for the Harvard Crimson football team that won the Rose Bowl in 1920. They ...

1943: Mayor Edward J. Kelly cut a red, white and blue ribbon at street level near State and Madison streets to open Chicago’s first subway system. Kelly told the crowd that the 4.9-mile stretch — ...

Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio’s investigative correspondent, joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to share what happened this ...

Dozens of federal agents took individuals into custody during a winding patrol Sunday through Downtown Chicago, and a top U.S. Border Patrol official told WBEZ the agents were arresting people based ...

An innocent bystander who was killed in a shooting on New Orleans' famed Bourbon Street was identified as a Chicago woman who was visiting to celebrate her birthday, police said. The 33-year-old woman ...

Shaun Fleischhacker was a beat cop working the Albany Park police district in 1994 when the landmark Schurz High School, at Addison Street and Milwaukee Avenue, caught his eye. Why wouldn’t it? Built ...

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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the legendary chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago Ramblers men’s basketball team, is calling it a career after a remarkable run. According to The Loyola Phoenix, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An investigation is underway after a man was found dead outside of a building Wednesday in River North. Chicago police said a 71-year-old man was found unresponsive outside in the 400 ...