Learn how Brookfield Zoo has cared for 54 okapi since 1955 and continues to pioneer conservation for this endangered species.

2018: The Chicago Blackhawks fired Joel Quenneville, the team’s 37th coach in franchise history, six games into the 2018-19 season. “Coach Q” led the Hawks to three Stanley Cup championships.

The giant Christmas tree that will light up Chicago's Millennium Park this holiday season has been selected -- and it's one of the "largest" in city history.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 24, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Capone was transferred by train in May ...

The Chicago History Museum will explore the heritage and traditions of Latinos, and the National Museum of Mexican Art will trace the role of Mexicans in railway work. A detail from “Ferrocarrileros,” ...

Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda and Hawi Feysa Gejia of Ethiopia are the 2025 Chicago Marathon champions in a race that also featured a new American record on the men's side. Kiplimo won the men's competition ...

Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS News Chicago covering breaking, local and community news in Chicago. She previously worked as a digital producer and senior digital producer for ...

When Old Chicago opened in Bolingbrook, Illinois back in 1975, it was billed as the country’s first indoor amusement park. Thousands of visitors showed up on opening day to see what the 345,000 square ...

A Chicago alderwoman was arrested by ICE agents on Friday afternoon inside a hospital in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th) had gone to the Humboldt Park Health to check on ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago alderperson said federal immigration agents handcuffed her while she was questioning them at a Humboldt Park medical center Friday. In multiple occasions this week in ...