1977: A bystander called it “a slow-motion horror.” The Tribune called it the worst crash in Chicago Transit Authority ...

1971: “Grease” was performed for the first time — at Kingston Mines Theatre, 2356 Lincoln Ave., Chicago, in a building that ...

The Chicago area has long produced athletes with Olympic dreams. Billy Fiske won gold as the driver for the United States’ ...

The Homan Square site was already home to the company’s mail-order plant when the store, which featured an optical shop and a ...

2001: The Orlando Rage defeated the Chicago Enforcers 33-29 in front of a sellout crowd of 35,603 in the Citrus Bowl during ...

Themed “100 years of Black History Month,” the gala took a close look at the past century since Carter G. Woodson started ...

Maria Estela Parra didn’t know how to sew and knew even less about sports when W.G.N. Flag and Decorating Co. hired her as a ...

Past movements against repressive regimes were met with violence and repression, but gradually concessions were secured.

Milan’s San Siro stadium is the venue for today’s opening ceremony, which is usually the most viewed moment of the Games as millions around the world will watch on official broadcasters. Andrea ...

1982: In the first of its kind in the U.S., Morton Grove began enforcement of a controversial ordinance banning the possession of handguns. Residents turned in five guns to police on the first day.

Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day, including: the latest on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s public market plan, friends remember a slain Momence bar owner and what’s next for the ...

A former museum housing a helicopter and thousands of photographs, personal letters, documents and historic objects related ...