This article was originally published with the title “Chicago Drainage Canal and the City of St. Louis” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 88 No. 25 (June 1903), p. 464 doi:10.1038 ...

The Oregon Pioneer arrived at the State Capitol on Sept. 16, 1938. He traveled by way of the Panama Canal, in a crate aboard ...

ALEXANDER EPHRAIM BROWN THE Brown Hoisting Machinery Company, world-famous for its hoists, cranes, ore- handling, coal-handling and other similar machinery, owes its precedence in this field to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago workers making minimum wage are set to get a raise starting next month. Starting July 1, the city's minimum wage will be $16.60 and the minimum wage for subsidized youth ...

The Chicago White Sox battled back from a four-run deficit Wednesday night but ultimately lost to the Detroit Tigers 5-4 at Rate Field.

Renee Ferguson, Chicago TV's first Black female investigative reporter, has died at 75. Her work led to the exoneration of a wrongfully convicted man.

WASHINGTON — The Chicago Cubs begin a grueling June stretch without slugger Kyle Tucker. Tucker was not in the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener at Nationals Park, sidelined after jamming his ...

BRATTLEBORO — The town's Highway Division will be conducting drainage work on Canal Street near the South Main Street intersection this week. The work will begin on Wednesday, June 11, and continue ...

The Chicago concert is part of Beyoncé's nine-city tour spanning the U.S. and Europe. Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" tour debuted in Los Angeles with a 39-song setlist.

Renee Ferguson, the first African American woman to work as an investigative reporter in Chicago television and a long-time journalist for WMAQ, has died, her family told NBC Chicago.