1951: “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre II.” Sugar Ray Robinson won the middleweight championship from “Raging Bull” Jake LaMotta ...

An decision by the Diocese of Joliet about church closures in Will County could force the closure of Park Forest’s history ...

Teacher Jacqueline Alcántara's book is inspired by her experience as a first-generation child growing up in a Spanish-speaking household. Families can attend a launch party Saturday in Pilsen.

Lorraine Hansberry was a Chicago playwriting legend. Her father Carl was a real estate broker turned civil rights activist.

"Rafael (Palmeiro) was kind and generous with his time in giving me a tour of his home. We talked baseball, of course, and he ...

As the show gears up to celebrate its milestone, here are 12 moments over the past five decades when the show didn't just reflect pop culture — it drove it.

Seventy-one years after the Eisenhower administration launched a high-visibility operation to arrest undocumented immigrants, ...

While the Giants were the first to splash their coach after a Super Bowl, the original dunking is somewhat in dispute.

Once upon a time, Virginia McCaskey inherited memorabilia from a cousin, a collection that included a box of old ticket stubs. In it, she said, was a torn ...

In addition to supporting minority authors, Moore launched a “clear the shelves” program to provide books to Chicago Public ...

With Illinois lawmakers back in Springfield, Chalkbeat Chicago will keep a close eye on budget talks, school curriculum, and ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake ... Although it was originally dominated by Europeans, somewhere in its 150-year-long history, the population of the Lower West Side shifted; today ...