Minnie Miñoso, who was Major League Baseball's first black player in Chicago when he joined the White Sox in 1951, has died, the Cook County medical examiner said Sunday.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will face off against Jesus Garcia in the second round of voting for Chicago mayor on April 7 after he failed to get more than 50 percent of the vote.
This Super Bowl Sunday nearly a 1,000 Chicago flights have been canceled due to a slow-moving winter storm that has blanketed a huge part of the Plains and Midwest.
Chance the Rapper attended the Chicago's Get Schooled, Get Connected Challenge event. Chance the Rapper used his celebrity power for a good cause on Monday in Chicago.
Car-service company Uber is giving its customers a belated Christmas present as it lowers prices in 48 U.S. cities. The move is aimed at boosting sales in the cold winter months, the publication noted.
Christmas is a time for giving, sharing and loving others. However, a few Scrooges have been popping up around the country, trying to steal the holiday spirit by stealing and vandalizing Christmas decorations.
Furry convention in Chicago abruptly stopped after chlorine gas permeates through hotel. The incident is believed to be deliberate, as chlorine powder was left on a stairwell.
The City Council on Tuesday voted to raise the minimum wage in Chicago to $13 an hour by 2019. The City Council on Tuesday voted to raise the minimum wage in Chicago to $13 an hour by 2019.
A group of conspirators apparently inspired by Islamist ideology targeted the Sears Tower and the studios of talk show host Oprah Winfrey, both located in Chicago, in a 2009 bomb plot, Judicial Watch reported based on "law enforcement and other sources."
There are plenty of things to do in Chicago for the holiday if you don't want to spend Thanksgiving trapped in the house with your relatives all day and night.
The bishop set to become the leader of the third-largest diocese in the U.S. vowed Monday night to be involved in the Chicago community by fighting gang violence and poverty and pushing for immigration reform.
An elderly couple walked away without any injuries after a small cargo plane crashed into their home in Chicago, only inches away from where they were sleeping. The pilot, however, died at the scene when his Aero Commander 500-B plane slammed into the Southwest Side house at around 2:40 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Nik Wallenda walks over the Chicago River nearly 8 stories above the ground for Discovery Channel's Skyscraper Live on November 2, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois.
More than 1,000 flights have been cancelled and hundreds if others have been delayed across the country after a fire put out of action a FAA air control tower.
Two brothers waiting at a train station on the Northwest Side of Chicago were violently attacked by a man wielding a machete on Monday after they refused to throw up gang signs.
Chicago train delayed due to minor derailment during rush hour Wednesday Chicago's metro train system is experiencing delays on the Blue Line after a derailment early Wednesday.
A federal appeals court in Chicago on Thursday upheld two lower court decisions that declared that state bans on same-sex marriage in Indiana and Wisconsin are unconstitutional.
After nearly 20 hours, a hostage situation in a suburban home in Chicago came to a peaceful resolution on Wednesday as police were able to bring the hostages to safety and the suspects into custody.
