Chicago is off to its snowiest start to winter in 47 years. We’ve had 17.1 inches of snow at O’Hare Airport through Dec. 9. That’s the most since 1978, and the fifth most overall through that time.

There will be a new No. 1 — pick, that is. The Chicago White Sox secured on Tuesday the first pick in the 2026 Major League ...

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the principal cast for its Winter 2026 production of Chez ...

Chicago's deep-dish pizza, born in the 1940s at Pizzeria Uno, remains a culinary staple with iconic spots like Lou Malnati's ...

1972: Forty-five people died when a United Airlines jet crashed into bungalows on West 70th Place while approaching Chicago’s ...

2008: Mayor Richard M. Daley struck a deal to close a budget shortfall — the city got a paltry $1.16 billion upfront in ...

Andrew Tibbs's debut was his only single to provoke racist backlash, but he had a string of regionally successful records through Aristocrat.

The Pulitzer Prize– and Emmy Award–winning journalist recounts a story of hope and heartbreak on the South Side of Chicago. From A Thousand Ways to Die: The True ...

The Pulitzer Prize– and Emmy Award–winning journalist recounts a story of hope and heartbreak on the South Side of Chicago. Carolyn Wortham holds a portrait of her family during a press conference on ...

Tuesday night’s thrilling 11-10 victory for the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field against the Dodgers featured just about everything one could imagine a ball game having. There were eight runs posted in ...

Bledsoe (The Forty Elephants) serves up a dynamic portrait of historical crime figure Virginia Hill, presenting her as a formidable player in the 1930s–1940s Chicago mob despite being known primarily ...

A Chicago historian tells the story of Evelyn “Jackie” Bross and discusses the importance of centering women in our understanding of U.S. history. To mark Women’s History Month, we learn about Jackie ...