Halloween may still be over a month away, but haunted house season is already getting started around Chicagoland. While many area haunted houses don’t start operating until late September or October, ...

CHICAGO — Whether you’re into fireworks, parades, concerts, family-focused fun, or food — well, everyone’s into food — Chicagoland provides something for everyone during the Fourth of July holiday.

(NEXSTAR) — People in some areas of the U.S. may want to stock up on their own sparklers, Roman candles and fountains, because the weather may put a damper on Fourth of July fireworks displays. “Some ...

Once again, we asked and you answered! And now it’s time to show off all those awesome Halloween Houses around Chicagoland that you sent us. From the spooky to the silly, from the family-friendly to ...

Dennis McClendon was a self-taught mapmaker whose work can be found in the 2004 “Encyclopedia of Chicago” and in CTA trains and stations across the city. McClendon ran his own mapmaking firm, Chicago ...