Erie St. on Feb. 22, 1989. (John Bartley/Chicago Tribune) 1989: Oprah Winfrey’s restaurant in River North, The Eccentric, opened at 159 W. Erie St., Chicago. A year earlier the cavernous space ...

(Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune) American Airlines is planning to boost flying capacity out of O’Hare International Airport this year, marking a departure from the airline’s pullback at its ...

(Swain Scalf/Chicago Tribune) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 16, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us.

(Chicago Tribune archive) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 20, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us.

Papal thriller “Conclave” won four prizes including best picture on Sunday at the 78th British Academy Film Awards ... (Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP) How the Chicago Bears’ offseason road ...

(Chicago Tribune) 1994: American speedskater Bonnie Blair received the fourth Olympic gold medal of her career after she won the 500-meter race in Lillehammer, Norway. Vintage Chicago Tribune ...

Jerry Butler, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and original lead singer of the Impressions who later embarked on a successful career as a solo artist and a Chicago politician, has died at t ...

Jerry was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He served in Vietnam as an intelligence officer and went on to teach at the Air Force Academy. Jerry moved to Washington for a job with the Joint ...

Chicago soul giant Jerry Butler, who succeeded early hits as lead singer of the keystone R&B group Impressions and a notable solo career with years as a Windy City politician, has died ...

By Gil Kaufman Jerry Butler, the beloved Chicago soul singer, producer and, later, politician who began his career in the late 1950 singing alongside childhood friend Curtis Mayfield in the ...

(Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) Chicago Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu (11) drives on Miami Heat guard Alec Burks (18) in the first half of a game at the United Center on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Chris ...

More than 160 people were injured and 11 were killed. (Chicago Tribune) 1977: A bystander called it “a slow-motion horror.” The Tribune called it the worst crash in Chicago Transit Authority ...