The larger-than-life legacy of Abraham Lincoln lies, in part, in the smallest special-collections division of the University ...

1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

Around 4:39 p.m., Francisco Ramirez was driving his Harley-Davidson motorcycle south along 204th Street when a 25-year-old Elkhorn-area man attempted to turn his northbound Mercedes-Benz sedan ...

Zoom in: The photo shows the "Lincoln Park Beach," known to be the first public beach in Chicago, opened in 1895. It was ...