CHICAGO (WLS) -- Flames tore through a 154-year-old home in Chicago's Austin neighborhood Thursday morning. The fire was in the 600-block of North Central Avenue. Chicago fire officials said two ...

The Great Chicago Fire didn’t just level buildings—it redefined the city’s lakefront and shifted control over its most prized real estate. Out of destruction came a new vision for urban planning and ...

In October 1871, the Great Chicago Fire nearly wiped out one of America's leading cities. But what happened after the Great Chicago Fire? In the wake of a blaze that claimed hundreds of lives and left ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- This week, the Church of the Holy Family honored the man, known as Chicago's first architect. John Mills Van Osdel designed the interior of the historic church, one of five public ...