Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 12, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.

Marcus Walker said the sexual abuse he experienced two decades ago as a teenager at an Illinois youth detention facility has ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is urging state lawmakers to fund a $200 million program to help taxpayers who’ve ...

Behind-the-scenes staff acrimony mirrors public tension betwee Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

Leslie Knox was a young girl in the 1960s when her Detroit-area city was accused of destroying neighborhoods to get rid of ...

With his help, the bustling community Hodge once knew is starting to come back, and he said his 10 years as mayor have flown by.

The Trump administration sued Chicago on Thursday alleging that ‘sanctuary’ laws in the nation’s third-largest city “thwart” ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Illinois and Chicago, arguing that their immigration policies interfere with federal enforcement efforts.

A Chicago Police Department spokesperson told WTTW News in a statement the department does not “utilize quotas” for traffic ...

A medical jet crashed in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday, leaving seven dead and injuring at least two dozen others. Here's ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s working on a new draft of the Anjanette Young ordinance, but wouldn’t say if it includes ...