Discover the forgotten history of Chicago's Chain O' Lakes, a 7,000-acre waterway once famous for enormous lotus gardens, ...

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 4, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. But it wasn't the last time Lincoln was ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 25, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Dr. Arthur J. Logie, a chest specialist ...

When Al Capone entered the federal courthouse in Chicago in October 1931, he did not look like a man expecting the collapse of his empire. In a yellowish suit, accompanied by his bodyguard, the ...

Al Capone was born in Brooklyn and made his way to Chicago as a young man. Al Capone was born in Brooklyn and made his way to Chicago as a young man. Lead support for CHICAGO STORIES is provided by ...

Keeping an eye out for approaching trains, I walked across the rails along Brainard Avenue at the state line, stepping onto a scrubby patch of land wedged between various sets of tracks. There wasn’t ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago authorities designated the head of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel Public Enemy No. 1 on Thursday, a first in Chicago since gangster Al Capone earned the top spot after the ...