The Union Stockyards once made Chicago "hog butcher for the world." More than 50 years after they closed, developers are ...

Chicago’s history is seared throughout with catastrophes involving conflagrations. The most significant and sensational was the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which will forever be a part of our city’s ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 30, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. A theater near Dearborn and Randolph ...