1910: A two-day fire at the Union Stockyards in Chicago killed 23 firefighters, including Chief James “Big Jim” Horan. The ...

1973: Illinois Gov. Dan Walker signed the Illinois Lottery into law, marking the 10th state in the contiguous United States ...

When Chicago Fire Department Battalion Chief James Spalla was a little kid growing up in Bridgeport, he remembers looking ...

Chicago Firefighter/Paramedic Daniel Capuano fell into an open elevator shaft at a warehouse fire 10 years ago.

• Drivers for shuttle buses between Loveland and DIA said that the holiday travel rush had begun with about seven trips per ...

A wrongful death lawsuit was announced in the shooting of Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera earlier this year. There is ...

Milwaukee Fire Department crews joined the Daisie Foundation on Thursday in surprising students, teachers and staff at ...

Internal debates offer a preview of how the Fed would handle President Trump’s drive to remake the central bank and push it ...

U.S. authorities have identified a 26-year-old woman who was doused in fluid and set on fire on a Chicago subway train last week. In a statement on X, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, a case that will decide whether Congress can require cause before the president removes the heads of most independent agencies.

The Chicago Fire Department on Tuesday honored former Lt. Scott Gillen, 25 years after he died.

The Chicago Fire Department on Wednesday remembered a paramedic who died during the COVID-19 pandemic, honoring Robert ...