Elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame more than 17 years after his final game, Jeff Kent couldn’t control his emotions. “Absolutely unprepared. Emotionally unstable,” ...

The CTA Holiday Train has been running for 34 years, providing holiday fun for families and giving back to the community by ...

The Goodman Theatre is a bold beacon of culture in Chicago, celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025 and 2026 with a ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis ...

CTA Holiday Train and Bus bring festive cheer to Chicago for the 34th year, with an increased number of bus routes and ...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation ...

TV’s Larry Potash to talk about his hosting duties at the Museum of Broadcast Communications (440 W. Randolph St., Chicago) ...

After a short delay, the 2025 Illinois High School Association football season comes to a finish Wednesday night in DeKalb ...

IBA also recognized Dave Eanet, whose two stints on WGN Radio encompass more than 30 years, with the 2025 Chicago/W. Russell Withers Jr. Broadcast Pioneer Award. Eanet is the voice of Northwestern ...

Astrology. Aliens. Ghosts. In this piece for Backstory, Larry Potash introduces us to Jim Underdown, the executive director of the Center for Inquiry West (Los Angeles), and a noted skeptic about just ...

There are currently at least 10,000 cults in the United States. Cults have been part of life here going back four centuries. Why is America such a breeding ground for these groups? Larry Potash goes ...

In this piece for Backstory, Larry Potash profiles a family tradition that has lasted more than a century. Two elegant dresses, one of them a wedding gown, passed down through generations of one ...