Jimmy Carter was introduced to Chicago at a South Shore church during the 1976 presidential campaign. After leaving the White ...

As Inauguration Day nears, it’s clear that President-elect Donald Trump believes he has a mandate to enact the largest ...

An Illinois town’s 74-year-old mayor was assaulted in an unprovoked attack as he assessed storm damage, authorities say. Bengi McGee, the mayor of Energy in southern Illinois, was surveying damage ...

Johnnie Putman and Steve King are back for another year of fun guests, conversations and stories! Kick up your feet and sit ...

The fight over a hemp bill that never got called overshadowed legislation that was passed during the Illinois General ...

Levi Strauss heir and nonprofit executive Daniel Lurie was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th mayor of San Francisco. He vowed a ...

Also, Justice Wangelin released a Shiloh man on murder charges because he determined the automatic gun was fired by accident.

Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio’s investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the opening of Chicago’s first public library, ...

Mayor Adams is running for reelection this year, but a spate of violent subway crimes is tarnishing his former-cop, ...

Historians say it’s an impossible question to answer. Major events have shaped Chicago from its very start in 1837, but one ...

As Inauguration Day nears, it’s clear that President-elect Donald Trump believes he has a mandate to enact the largest deportation in U.S. history. What happens next could forever alter what ...