Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 7, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. A bust of Jean-Baptiste Point ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 6, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. The German airship Hindenburg ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 5, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Evolving from a weekly into a ...

24, 1959, after the team won the American League pennant. (Steve Lasker/Chicago Tribune) John Schmale Sr., father of Nina Jo Schmale, who was murdered, is led out of the room by the coroner ...

Thousands rallied downtown on Thursday to commemorate the annual celebration with Chicago roots. Organized labor and activist groups marched from Union Park to Grant Park, calling for workers ...

Bob Zeni, of La Grange Park, grows heirloom tomatoes in a greenhouse in 2022. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) He decided to go all-in and started calling himself the Chicago Tomato Man.

(Michael Noble Jr./Chicago Tribune) Mayor Brandon Johnson has named media relations pro Guy “Chip” Chipparoni to lead the board of Choose Chicago, the city’s tourism agency responsible for ...

(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Sean Hammond: Moore, Odunze and Burden offer a heck of a wide receiver trio considering where the Bears started three years ago, beginning the 2022 season with a ...

While monthly home sales in Chicago and Illinois went up between February and March, national sales fell 5.9% over the same period. NAR confirmed to the Tribune that the slide was the biggest ...

Rick Hurd is a breaking news reporter for the Bay Area News Group and has spent nearly his whole life and career in the East Bay. He has covered crime, public safety and court proceedings since 2011.

The sixth inning Monday at Wrigley Field epitomized the type of havoc the Chicago Cubs’ offense can generate. Pete Crow-Armstrong’s power display has deservedly garnered attention over the ...

Kate Talerico is a Bay Area News Group reporter covering housing for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. Before that, she covered growth and development at the Idaho Statesman, and lived in ...