On this day in Chicago history, an infamous event unfolded on North Side that's reverberated for almost a century and has become an inextricable part of the city's identity to this day.

After the Van Vliet family lost their home in a fire, residents of Homewood, Flossmoor and Chicago Heights have helped them ...

There’s been a lot of hesitancy, uncertainty — even outright fear — among many in the Chicago performing arts community, ...