The Oak Lawn resident officiated Illinois high school baseball, football and basketball games and was a ref for college bowl games.

Thirty years ago, in December 1995, with much fanfare and buildup, the City of Chicago introduced its first citywide recycling program. The Blue Bag program went ahead despite being savaged by critics ...

On Saturday, the BBC published a headline that might not instill confidence in Canadians waiting to watch Connor McDavid and Marie-Philip Poulin at the Milan-Cortina Olympics. It appeared on a story ...

In 1920, Charles Garland, the wealthy heir to a banking fortune, made newspaper headlines for doing the unthinkable: he declined to accept an inheritance of more than a million dollars from his late ...

For food that reflects your state's culinary culture, look no further than its best traditional restaurant They’re classics ...

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A winery tasting room and an Italian restaurant are moving into a closed Old Chicago location on the ...

Find an array of activities and cowboy-themed events commemorating the anniversary in Fort Worth during this year’s rodeo.

The Homan Square site was already home to the company’s mail-order plant when the store, which featured an optical shop and a ...

The Streeterville neighborhood in downtown Chicago is about to get a new hotel in a building that was used as a migrant ...

CHICAGO — A West Side casket warehouse has come back from the dead. The old Loyal Casket Company is now beating with brand-new life. A non-profit called Bandwith Chicago is transforming the space into ...

Navy Pier’s Harry Carey’s was the setting for the third annual “Harold Ramis Day,” which honored the actor who worked on some ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 1-year-old boy has died after falling from a North Side building on Friday morning, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said. It's still unclear how the baby fell from a high ...