2007: U.S. Sen. Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency outside the Old State Capitol in Springfield, which ...

1977: A bystander called it “a slow-motion horror.” The Tribune called it the worst crash in Chicago Transit Authority ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 9, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

The Emil Bach residence, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, joins the campus of Loyola University, as part of a donation by ...

Chicago’s path to being a sanctuary city began more than 40 years ago. Here’s a look back at the leaders and laws that have shaped Chicago’s involvement with the sanctuary movement. July 18, 1982: ...

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted Thursday to continue the designation process for Morning Star Baptist Church, 3993 ...

While Till's accused killers, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam, were acquitted by an all-white jury, the two later admitted to Till ...