Its history not only preserved through its architecture and its role in the labor movement, but by two brothers who worked ...

The founder of Johnson Products Co., as he insists in his new memoir, “Afro Sheen: How I Revolutionized an Industry with the ...

Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer whose rich, steady baritone graced such hits as "For Your Precious Love," "Only the Strong Survive" and "Make It Easy On Yourself," has died at age 85.

CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 7, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

Mr. Goldberg was part of a wave of white musicians who emerged in Chicago in the 1960s — among ... When he was a child he would listen to South Side blues artists on his transistor radio late ...

There are a number of venues that could rightfully earn the title of 'cathedral of music,' but only one of them actually ...

This weekend in North Jersey, Feb. 6 to Feb. 9, experience music, theater, sports, nature and even a celebration of mac and cheese.

“While still in high school, Goldberg befriended guitarist Mike Bloomfield; the two often ventured from Chicago’s northern suburbs to the inner city night clubs on the South Side where ...

The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic Black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.