1975: Turn-of-the-century themed Old Chicago amusement park/shopping center — the first enclosed one in the United States — opened in Bolingbrook. It went bankrupt and closed in March 1980. Amazon ...

The La Grange Park Public Library celebrated its 50th anniversary on June 14, drawing a few hundred visitors on a pleasant ...

It's been a slow return to seven days, and the Park District’s pool season will be short this year, ending just before ...

A new regional campaign launched this week aims to put Oak Park and its neighboring communities firmly on the map for Chicago-area visitors. The Do West of Chicago campaign is a strategic push ...

The stratospheric balloons fly higher than airplanes, allowing them to map large disaster areas faster and cheaper than planes or drones.