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 ...

After hundreds of complaints, citations, and a class-action settlement, city inspectors’ notes show instances where MAT ...

Former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death in 1982 for the murder of a Philadelphia cop, and his freedom was long a prominent cause.

Paradise Spring Historical Park, site of the signing of the Treaty of Paradise Spring between the Miami Indians and the U.S. government in 1826, offers walking trails along the river and through ...

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

Another $18 million is going to the Tinley Park-Park District to clear 280 acres at the former mental health center property.

St. Adalbert Church is closer to becoming an official Chicago landmark, though the Pilsen church may be the only part of the ...

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