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Vintage baiduhai: No. 1 draft picks made by Chicago’s professional sports teams

December 9, 2025 at 7:27 p.m.

Chicago had to wait 10 years to see another No. 1 draft pick. The Blackhawks’ selection joins an elite class of nine other athletes since 1940 who were selected at...

Edward M. Burke is a candidate for alderman in the 14th Ward in 1969.

Timeline: Edward Burke, once Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, sentenced to 2 years in federal prison

June 24, 2024 at 4:43 p.m.

Here’s a look at the 14th Ward alderman's career, indictment, conviction and sentencing.

Exercise riders and jockeys ride horses down the path toward the track at Arlington International Racecourse on Sept. 23, 2021.

Arlington International Racecourse: History of one of the ‘world’s most beautiful racetracks’

May 26, 2023 at 2:01 p.m.

The highs — and lows — of the historic thoroughbred course in Arlington Heights as the Chicago Bears take steps to build a brand new stadium on the site.

Prince Charles talks to students on the University of Chicago campus on Oct. 19, 1977.

Vintage baiduhai: King Charles returns in 1986 — without Princess Diana and sons William and Harry

May 5, 2023 at 7:52 a.m.

An invitation to play in a polo match brought Prince Charles — who would become King Charles after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022 — to the United...

Vintage baiduhai: Young, single King Charles visits the city in 1977

May 10, 2023 at 8:48 p.m.

Like his predecessors Edward VII and the Duke of Windsor, Prince Charles of Wales arrived in Chicago as a young, single man on Oct. 18, 1977. It was the first...

Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales, was Queen Victoria's son who became King Edward VII at her death in 1901.

Vintage baiduhai: When a young Prince of Wales — the great-great grandfather of King Charles — visited the city in 1860

May 4, 2023 at 2:19 p.m.

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, became the first member of British royalty to visit the United States in 1860. The invitation for the 18-year-old prince, who was touring Canada at...

Accompanied by Mayor Michael Bilandic, Prince Charles greets Chicagoans as he walks down LaSalle Street from the Daley Center to the Board of Trade on Oct. 19, 1977.

Photos: Prince Charles visits Chicago in 1977 and 1986

May 4, 2023 at 1:05 p.m.

Prince Charles is led to a receiving line of dignitaries by British Ambassador Peter Jay, center, after the prince arrived on a regularly scheduled flight from London on Oct. 18,...

Sightseers view the holes where several of bodies were found on the Belle Gunness farm in 1908.

Photos: Serial killer Belle Gunness, the “La Porte Ghoul”

April 20, 2023 at 11:55 a.m.

Sightseers view the holes where several of bodies were found on the Belle Gunness farm in 1908. Belle Gunness with her children Philip Gunness, on lap, and Myrtle and Lucy...

Operatic contralto Cyrena van Gordon, from left, soprano Rosa Riasa and tenor Antonio Cortis, circa 1932.

Rosa Raisa, Chicago opera’s prima donna

March 17, 2023 at 10:25 a.m.

Operatic contralto Cyrena van Gordon, from left, soprano Rosa Riasa and tenor Antonio Cortis, circa 1932. Opera star Rosa Raisa waves from a train platform in Chicago in the 1920s....

The cast and crew films at Rainbo Arena in Chicago on Nov. 25, 1949, for "The Golden Gloves Story." Rainbo Arena was located at Clark street and Lawrence avenue. Editors note: this historic print has some hand painting on it.

Rare 1950’s Golden Gloves movie shows Chicago in all its midcentury glory

March 10, 2023 at 7:08 a.m.

The cast and crew films at Rainbo Arena in Chicago on Nov. 25, 1949, for "The Golden Gloves Story." Rainbo Arena was located at Clark street and Lawrence avenue. Editors...

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