Water, wildlife, and wide-open spaces; the prairie's most valuable assets gave birth to what would become Chicago, and those ...

1979: The city was walloped by a massive blizzard that dumped 20.3 inches of snow. At the time it was the second-largest snowfall in city history. Today, it’s the fourth-largest. It was not only the ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 21, according to the Tribune’s archives. The Tribune had one criticism of the church’s interior design: “The decorator deserves whatever ...