We’re actually in the Harold Washington exhibit, in the Harold Washington wing of the museum,” said Perry Diggs, the ...

1852: The first direct train from the East arrived in Chicago to the sound of a firing cannon and the sight of an immense ...

It was the biggest fire most people had ever seen, but the owners of Morgan Li furniture factory said they were determined to ...

The Toronto crash comes on the heels of several recent airline crashes, including the mid-air collision over Washington, D.C. involving an American Airlines flight and a Blackhawk helicopter. All 67 ...

As we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who George Washington was. That kind of national amnesia isn’t ...

A Chicago man was charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting last month in the Washington Park neighborhood.

Feb. 22, 1732 — today’s Illini Legends, Lists & Lore highlights the men and women letter-winners in Illinois athletics ...

Aldermen also decided not to change Chicago’s speed limits. By a vote of 28 to 21, the city council rejected a proposal that would have lowered the speed limit on city streets from 30 miles per ...

Two significant storms forecasted to bring heavy snow to Chicago and Washington, D.C., with potential for widespread impact.

Since Trump has taken office, nearly 4,000 workers have filed for unemployment insurance as part of a surge that began at the ...

The first storm dumped over a foot of snow in parts of the Appalachians and mid-Atlantic, including Washington, D.C., which ...

(The Center Square) – American Civil Liberties Union Policy Director Ed Yohnka says the growing number of legal settlements that Chicago taxpayers are being forced to pay out stemming from ...