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The Lincoln Park museum announced Wednesday that CEO Donald E. Lassere is stepping down. The leadership change comes after ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 13, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Mayor William Hale Thompson sits in a ...

As a former guest engagement employee at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, David Dowd was on the “front line.” Greeting customers and giving tours was fun, he said, but it was also ...

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who was at the center of several use-of-force lawsuits and the most violent, controversial actions of Operation Midway Blitz, was spotted back ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A woman was shot and critically injured while sitting in a vehicle traveling Friday evening on the city's Southwest Side. The shooting happened around 7:21 p.m. in the 600 block of ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 22, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Twenty-three firefighters died during a ...

The Chicago Bears are hosting the Cleveland Browns in what could be one of coldest games ever at Soldier Field on Sunday. An artic blast is bringing dangerous sub-zero wind chills to the Chicago area, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are looking for a young boy who went missing on the city's Southwest Side on Wednesday. Nicholas Hassan Jul Cuc, 4, was last seen with his father, Sergio Daniel Jul Cuc ...

Rose Hill Museum will be open and decorated from 2 to 4:30 p.m. both days. This is also your chance to see the Ann DiBenedetto Couture Hat Collection -- vintage hats dating back to 1840. After Dec. 28 ...

Chicago residents should prepare for a dangerous cold as a Cold Weather Advisory took effect at 8 p.m. on Saturday through noon Sunday, with wind chills dropping to minus 26 degrees. Temperatures will ...