To learn more about 19th-century America, Stacker compiled a collection of 50 essential images that capture what life was ...

Springfield is a divided American everytown — with a Haitian community vilified by the Trump administration. Will we protect our neighbors? On the morning of Feb. 2, 2026, more than a thousand people ...

Sixteen years after being fatally shot in front of his parent’s Chatham neighborhood home, a street in the 8500 block of South Martin Luther King Drive was renamed, May 20, 2026, in honor of Chicago ...

Chicago police say the men, ages 41, 48, and 52, were in an abandoned lot when they were approached by an unknown man who ...

As the store withdraws from the South Side, Alderman William Hall refuses to address the obvious problem: unchecked retail ...

As I recover from foot surgery in Chicago, my break from the Walk Across America has given me time to do more than reflect. I’ve seen so many things on my walk so far through small towns, big cities, ...

Walgreens is planning to close another South Side store, citing theft and violent incidents — a move that’s drawing the ire of local leaders who say their communities rely on the store.

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicago police are investigating after a scooter rider was fatally struck by a vehicle on the city’s South Side Friday afternoon. The crash happened around 4:15 p.m. in the 3300 block ...

Chicago police are combing through surveillance footage after a series of overnight break-ins damaged storefronts and hit at ...

IBM announced a plan to hire 750 people over the next five years on Chicago's Far South Side. The company's CEO said that's just the start. "Direct jobs often have a multiplier effect of anywhere from ...