CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC 7's 25-year tradition on New Year's Eve is still going strong! The longest running local New Year's Eve show, watched by the most Chicago television viewers at Midnight -- ...

Chicago will find out Friday if the city will host the 2016 Olympics. A $1.1 billion proposed Olympic Village would be built on the lakefront near downtown Chicago and an upgraded 31st Street harbor ...

When Mayor Daley launched the effort in 2008, he promised only private funds would be used. There was one exception: the Olympic village site, for which the city paid $91 million. It's not the ...

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Chicago's chances of landing the 2016 Olympic Games may be as high as 50 percent amid talk that the steam has run out of Madrid's bid and a possible poor showing by Tokyo in June. It's believed that ...

Chicago officially closed the books on its Olympic dream today when it filed its final financial statement for the failed 2016 bid. Chicago 2016 Chairman Patrick Ryan issued a statement detailing the ...

October 2, 2009 (COPENHAGEN) Voting began just after 10 a.m. Chicago time. The International Olympic Committee members were given electronic voting devices to cast ballots. And, Chicago's bid was the ...

The city of Chicago recorded 762 homicides in 2016 — an average of two murders per day, the most killings in the city for two decades and more than New York and Los Angeles combined. The nation's ...

As 2016 fades into 2017, Eater surveyed a group of critics, writers, and all around experts for their take on the past year. We asked them eight questions: from Top Standbys to Top Newcomers, from ...

CHICAGO -- One of the most violent years in Chicago history ended with a sobering tally: 762 homicides, the most in two decades in the city and more than New York and Los Angeles combined. The ...