Chicago homicides in 2024: 213 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: The Field Museum evolves — take a look back as it turns 130
The genesis of the Field Museum 130 years ago may seem today like a mishmash of items, but it soon became a leading institution dedicated to scientific exploration and educational...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: American Airlines Flight 191 crashed near O’Hare airport 45 years ago. These are the 273 victims.
The victims were a cross-section of America — smart, funny, kind, brave, loving and hardworking. That's how their family and friends remember them.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Leopold and Loeb
Other "crimes of the century" have come and gone, but the "perfect murder" of Bobby Franks by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb continues to fascinate and infuriate Chicagoans 100 years...
Suburban Cook County biggest area population loser in recent years, census estimates show
Though the city of Chicago has lost residents in recent years, the suburbs in Cook County have lost more, while suburbs far from the city are booming, new U.S. census...
Census 2023 population estimates for the Chicago area: Did your city, town or village gain or lose residents?
How did things change in your area? Here's a look at 2023 population estimates for cities, towns and villages in Cook County and other Chicago-area counties.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Paul Durica’s April 1924 finds
Ballots, bullets and a birth certificate made headlines in Chicago one hundred years ago. That's what our friend Paul Durica, director of exhibitions for the Chicago History Museum, discovered as...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Paul Durica’s May 1924 finds — death, disappearances and demolition
Leopold and Loeb weren't the only local names making headlines in May 1924. Here's a look back at a few of the fascinating stories Paul Durica, director of exhibitions at...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Cicada invasion
Just as Illinois was the place to be in April to observe a rare total solar eclipse, it's also hosting an event this summer that's even more infrequent — one...
‘When I get through with Chicago, they’ll be loving me.’ Looking back at first words from the Bears’ top draft picks.
Here's what some of the Bears' first-round draft picks from the past six decades have said when they started their careers in Chicago.