Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio’s investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the city’s official Ferris Bueller Day, the ...

Mayor Harold Washington is buried in a cemetery that was once for “whites only.” Protests and legislative fights desegregated ...

The Libertyville Historical Society is racing to save the rapidly deteriorating 165-year-old banner by fundraising $30,000 to ...

War of the Worlds at Lifeline Theatre Credit ... Hildreth’s play, set in the Chicago area in the present day, is an irreverent take on the orginal with an eye toward building community in times of ...

Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson echoes Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s warning and highlights President Donald Trump’s ...

The National Civil War Museum, located at One Lincoln Circle ... Most common tags: Civil War, African American History. Editor Charles Mitchell discussed the role of Maryland during the Civil ...

You have a president that is cutting off medicine and food, a president that is working to erase culture. I mean, you can’t ...

Foodies are drawn to the area with staples like Mango Mangeaux bistro, Mama Rosa’s Family Italian Restaurant and Scratch ...

Illinois shaped Memorial Day with Alton’s historic parade and the tragic 1937 Chicago Memorial Day Massacre, honoring ...

After the recent killing of two Israeli Embassy staff members in D.C., Jews in Houston and across the country are sounding ...

Authorities raided the Chicago apartment of a 30-year-old left-wing activist accused of killing two Israeli embassy workers outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., Thursday, a day after the ...

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — This Memorial Day Weekend, the Pennsylvania Military Museum will be hosting "Battle Cry of Freedom: the Civil war Experience." The event, which runs from 10 a.m. until ...