Our hard-hitting look at area high school nicknames marches on. Well … not exactly hard hitting. We’re just trying to have a ...

1926: Chicago Cubs center fielder Lewis “Hack” Wilson hit the “longest home run ever knocked” at Wrigley Field (to that point ...

Chicago Maroon: How did you become the school’s mascot, Phil the Phoenix? Stephen Bonnett: One of my friends was very active in the pep band and she had seen me being a force of energy in all ...

Despite desire from Native Americans in Illinois, the ban on Native imagery for mascots in K-12 schools stalled in the Senate ...

Andrew Johnson, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and executive director of the Native American Chamber of Commerce of ...

Fortunately for North, this dream would come true as she officially committed to play for the Chicago Maroons early on in her senior year of high school. However, during her first year on the team, ...

The Maroons clinched the NFL Championship by beating the Chicago Cardinals 21-7 on Dec. 6, 1925 in Chicago. The title was rescinded after the Maroons played an unsanctioned post-season game with ...

Chicago posted the seventh biggest population gain of any city in the country last year, leading a wave of growth that also lifted many suburbs, particularly those on the fringes of the metro area.

Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS News Chicago covering breaking, local and community news in Chicago. She previously worked as a digital producer and senior digital producer ...

Chicago, a uniquely meme-able city, was the center of a ton of jokes. Here is some of the internet’s best work. By Hank Sanders Hank Sanders lived in Chicago for five years before moving to New ...

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According to church leaders from the Archdiocese of Chicago, newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first pope to hail from the United States, has a heart for the poor and is also a baseball fan.