A portrait of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. hangs above a memorial service for the slain civil rights leader at Holy Angels ...

Chicago Public Schools students participated in a walkout on Jan. 14, 2022, at their respective schools then later in the day ...

1979: The city was walloped by a massive blizzard that dumped 20.3 inches of snow. At the time it was the second-largest ...

1999: “It’s not really 100 percent,” Michael Jordan said, “but it’s close. That’s where I stand. I’m not going to say never. But I will say 99.9 .” Jordan retired from the Chicago Bulls for the second ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 6, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

1900: The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (a project long championed by the Tribune) was completed, reversing the flow of the ...

On his best days — and there were enough of them to fill up books — no one in journalism could touch Mike Royko. He was a ...

1982: Chicagoans suffered through what was then the coldest day in city history — with a low temperature of minus 26 degrees. The bitter cold felt throughout the city was worse than what thermometers ...

Chicago Bears general manager Jim Finks, right, and head coach Jack Pardee, review the first-round picks at their La Salle ...

1993: Seven people — five employees and the couple that owned the restaurant — were killed inside Brown’s Chicken & Pasta at ...

1988: The “Fog Bowl” — which marked the first time the Bears ever played on New Year’s Eve — is one of the franchise’s most memorable games. It also marked the first time in three seasons the Bears ...

1923: A baby girl was born to Chicago Bears owner and coach George Halas. Virginia Halas McCaskey was the principal owner of ...