Drew Brees led Westlake to its first state championship in 1996 before a decorated NFL career with the New Orleans Saints and ...

Chicago is making its first official move to keep intercity buses in the South Loop, kicking off a process that could pour roughly $50 million into buying and rehabbing the Greyhound terminal at 630 W ...

Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 4, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved a plan to transform the northern half of the former Lincoln Yards development site into a mixed-use community with more than 3,000 residences, new ...

CHICAGO — A Chicago man is facing a felony charge in connection with a deadly stabbing on a CTA train in the Loop over the weekend. Chicago police say 40-year-old Demetrius Thurman has been charged ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man died in a South Side fire on Sunday afternoon, Chicago police said. Police said a man was inside a home in the Back of the Yards neighborhood's 4700-block of South Damen Avenue ...

Elyssa is a digital news producer for CBS Chicago. She covers breaking news and manages the station's social media presence. Firefighters are battling a fire in Chicago's Back of the Yards ...

The price for John Novak’s year-end deal to buy the troubled southern portion of Lincoln Yards from JP Morgan Asset Management and Sterling Bay amounted to $34 million. Novak Construction acquired the ...

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Sterling Bay has sold another development site near its failed Lincoln Yards megaproject, continuing its retreat from the North Side area where it once envisioned a $6 billion mixed-use campus. An ...

Caleb Williams seems likely to at least break the franchise record for single-season passing yards Erik Kramer set in 1995. Michael Reaves / Getty Images Caleb Williams didn’t hesitate. As the Chicago ...