(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) The ‘Re-Reconstruction’: Mayor Brandon Johnson doubles down on outreach to Black Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has made weekly rounds with Chicago’s Black ...

(Chicago Tribune historical photo) 1928: “Diamond Joe” Esposito, 19th Ward boss, was slain near his home on South Oakley Boulevard in Chicago. His death reportedly was the result of a dispute ...

Chicago Public Schools board President Sean Harden leads a board meeting on March 20, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune ... 73 Vice President Stacia Scott came out against the ...

(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Participants run out after plunging into Lake Michigan with temperatures in the 20s during Polar Plunge Chicago. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) The first wave of ...

(James Mayo/Chicago Tribune) First Black woman to earn a pilot’s license Born in Atlanta, Texas, Coleman moved to Chicago around 1915. She attended beauty school to become a manicurist ...

(Don Casper/Chicago Tribune) Lou Malnati serves up pizza at his Lincolnwood restaurant at 6649 N. Lincoln Ave., circa 1972. (Chicago Tribune archive) 1971: Lou Malnati and his wife, Jean ...

In the 1850s and 1860s, Kilgubbin was often mentioned in the pages of the Tribune and other Chicago newspapers. The name became symbolic of slums where poor Irish immigrants lived in ramshackle ...

This is the fifth lawsuit brought against the CTA in the last year for failure to comply with its FOIA obligations, including one by the Chicago Sun-Times. In recent years, the Tribune has ...

(Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Illinois Fighting Illini guard Kylan Boswell (4) goes up for a basket during the first half against the Kentucky Wildcats in the second round of the men’s ...

(John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Cubs designated hitter Seiya Suzuki (27) heads to the dugout after striking out against the Dodgers in the ninth inning at the Tokyo Dome on March 19, 2025.

“The scientist was accompanied by Mrs. Einstein,” wrote the Chicago Tribune, “who seemed to be spending most of her time seeing that her husband got into his overcoat and getting him to pose ...

(Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Activists and members of the Ukrainian American community march in the Loop in support of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a recent heated ...