Chicago in and of itself is an innovative marvel to behold. Established on soggy land adjacent to Lake Michigan, the city underwent major architectural efforts to physically raise the urban area to ...

Ask questions, vote and discover answers about Chicago, the region and its people. From WBEZ. WBEZ’s Curious City series is an ongoing news experiment at WBEZ, online and on the radio dial ...

Chicago is the tops! Again! That’s according to the readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine. For the eighth year in a row, the Windy City has been named the Best Big City in the U.S. in the ...

The owner of a water buffalo that ran loose in a Des Moines, Iowa, suburb for days pleaded ... Fans named the animal PHill after the city. Police at one point shot PHill while trying to capture ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a ...

A 15-year-old boy was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Chicago letter carrier Octavia Redmond. She was gunned down on her route in West Pullman.

Known as the birthplace of the skyscraper, Chicago ... city, there are countless getaways within easy driving distance. You can explore rural Illinois or enjoy neighboring Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa ...

Iowa. On Wednesday, the Des Moines Register newspaper first reported on Wallace’s bankruptcy filing in February. Wallace earned $181,000 from the Chicago Police Department last year, the records ...

Sip through the city’s many excellent coffee shops with the help of Eater Chicago’s map of the buzziest caffeine havens in town. Eater maps are curated by editors and aim to reflect a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --We all know Chicago is a great city, but now the world believes it too. For an unprecedented 8 years straight, readers of luxury and lifestyle magazine Condé Nast Traveler have ...

We’ll never get tired of hearing it: Chicago has been named the Best Big City in the U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler. “A world-class destination known for its impressive architecture, first-rate ...