Tuesday marks the Lunar New Year, and for the first time in 60 years, the Chinese zodiac honors the "Fire Horse." ...

In the Chicago Urban Heritage Project, College students are turning century-old insurance atlases into interactive digital ...

Joabe Bayer Barbosa set out to become the first person to run every block in Chicago — 1,979 streets later, he’s almost done.

It's Black History Month: A new documentary is elevating Black stories that have never been told.

Celebrating another victory of Chicago’s political machine — the 1955 first-term mayoral election of Richard J. Daley — Chicago Alderman Mathias “Paddy” Bauler danced a jig as he happily announced ...

According to a new study, some cities have seen a significant deterioration in residents' personal financial outlooks.

Dry and windy conditions are sweeping across the plains amid Oklahoma wildfires. NWS has issued a Fire Weather Watch for parts of northern Illinois and Chicago.

Bill Daley and Ray LaHood said the timing is “not ripe” amid a polarized climate shaped by mid-decade congressional gerrymandering wars nationwide.

The backstory of Chicago’s century-old symbol — a “Y” inside a circle — that can be found dotted throughout the city.

Hundreds of tiny air-quality sensors are tracking pollution across Chicago’s neighborhoods, and the data is now at your fingertips. The Chicago Department of Public Health has launched “Open Air ...

Dozens of Chicago suburbs have flipped to majority nonwhite, changing schools and Main Streets across the region.

Timing is everything, and it's why Bill Daley and Ray LaHood are suspending an ambitious attempt to take some of the politics ...