Chicago's old Stockyards just got a very 2020s addition: a brand-new, more-than-180,000-square-foot industrial building that is betting big on the South Side's logistics game. The Missner Group has ...

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

Who doesn't love a lakeside town with a charming downtown lined with shops and restaurants, many of them in historical ...

A look back at the most infamous, shocking, blood-curdling or mysterious true crime stories from Illinois that captured the attention of the nation — and the world.

The pair placed bets that onion prices would plunge, released their glut of onions into the market and cashed in.

Illinois builds things. We invent and innovate, too — everything from the Pullman car to plastic party cups. Below is a list of the inventions and innovations, business advancements and manufacturing ...

Whether you are a beginner looking for an easy rental trip, or an experienced paddler searching for a new adventure, our list will get you on the water.

The Paramount+ series spent eight months filming in the region.

Football supporters from Argentina and Switzerland who stop to read the inscription on the bronze plaque for Lamar Hunt ...

On 23 November 1910, Octave Chanute died of pneumonia at his home in Chicago. The following month Popular Mechanics ran his ...

A basketball tale from 1984 ...

Chanute was founded in 1873 by railroad engineer Octave Chanute, who negotiated a compromise between four townships to ...