Each year, CBS News Chicago remembers some of the many people who made the city tick through a variety of talents and achievements. Here are 62 people whose memories Chicago is honoring in 2025.

These Black history figures are inspiring. It's about time they get the acknowledgment they deserve. Black History figures ...

When I landed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to report on Capitol Hill as a junior in college, I immediately reached for my phone, fingers shaking as I typed out texts to everyone I knew. I couldn’t ...

Russell Florence Jr. is a team leader/coordinator of Lifestyles/Dayton Daily News. He has been an arts/lifestyles reporter for Dayton Daily News since 2012. He has served on Dayton Daily News ...

More than 416,000 American military personnel were killed during World War II. One of those casualties was Marjorie Gertrude ...

She ensured the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park included contributions of Black men and women.

The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began to display a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at ...

Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate Lt. Col. Barry Gasdek, the recipient of awards for heroism and military service, ...

Ronald Rinaldi of NJ will participate in his 50th consecutive Christmas Day reenactment of Washington crossing the Delaware.

Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue ...

It was Dec. 17, 1944, and the Battle of the Bulge – one of the bloodiest, coldest battles of World War II – raged on for the second day. German […] ...