Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 4, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. The coffins of Abraham and Mary Todd ...
A blast from the past! Workers at a Chicago distillery that allegedly once operated as a speakeasy under crime boss Al Capone have discovered a well-preserved pistol hidden inside its walls, according ...
On a freezing January afternoon in 1927, a group of journalists gathered outside a respectable looking house on Prairie Avenue in downtown Chicago and, presumably with some trepidation, knocked on the ...
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio’s investigative correspondent, joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the birth of Mike Ditka, Al ...