(Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) The specter of 1968 – with its angry confrontations and police brutality – hung heavy over Chicago in the lead up to the Democratic National Convention ...

The Chicago Board of Education will finalize its 5-year strategic plan for the city’s more than 600 public schools.

15, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) A person waves a flag through the window of the El Valor trolley during the Mexican Independence Day Parade in Little Village on Sunday, Sept.

4, 2024, in Amboy, Illinois. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Every two weeks, Abby Hampton gets a delivery to her home in rural Amboy, a little more than 100 miles west of Chicago’s Loop.

By Katie Robertson His reviews for The Chicago Tribune, and his encouragement of playwrights, directors and actors, helped make Chicago one of the country’s leading theater cities. The reporter ...

11, 2024, outside the Engine 42 fire station in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) Battalion Chief Jake Jakubec rings the ceremonial bell as Chicago Fire Department and elected officials ...

(E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is joined on stage by second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota ...

With just four months remaining in his quest to read every Chicago Tribune published in 1924, Paul Durica is taking his discoveries to the streets — and the classroom. Durica, who is also ...

8, 2024, at Soldier Field. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) Behind by 14 points at halftime, Edmunds walked into the Bears locker room and was struck by the vibe. There was no discernible grousing ...

The society’s 13 charter members, some whose names might not be familiar, were prominent members of Chicago’s business community and avid philanthropists: Though the Tribune reported lots of ...

The roll call of aldermen convicted of corruption includes a father and son charged nearly 30 years apart, the two most powerful aldermen over the last five decades and a self-styled good government ...