1920: “ Big Jim” Colosimo, father of the Chicago Outfit, was shot and killed by a person who had been hiding in a cloakroom ...

1995: For the first time since his first retirement, Michael Jordan put No. 23 back on for the Bulls during Game 2 of a ...

A new exhibit at the Chicago History Museum highlights the history of the city's Latino population. The exhibit, called "Aqui en Chicago," has been in the making for six years after students from ...

Thought you knew everything about Chicago? So did we, but wait until you see what new things we learned thanks to the help of ...

The four largest homicide waves in Chicago history have occurred over the course of a century, separated by the emergence of new political leaders and new social movements. But through those years, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --When the lights go out at the Chicago History Museum on Halloween, dolls that have spent decades locked away in storage will emerge from the shadows to play. The "Haunted Dolls and ...

Timuel Black, beloved Chicago historian, civil rights activist and University of Chicago alum, died Oct. 13 at his Hyde Park home. He was 102. Black, AM’54, is being remembered by the University ...

Ever notice a branded stamp in the sidewalk? Some signify Depression-era infrastructure projects by the Works Progress ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7 Chicago celebrates Black History Month with vignettes, a series of news stories, programming and a half-hour special, "Our Chicago: History & Heritage." Hosted by ABC 7's Cheryl ...