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Major C.L. Fordney, left, presents a silver trophy to pilot Jane Ray on Aug. 23, 1936, during the Rod-Air-O at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport near Glenview.

Flashback: ‘These are no dilettantes out for a thrill’: The Ninety-Nines helped female pilots break the glass ceiling

June 21, 2022 at 5:43 p.m.

A potential member once thought that the Ninety-Nines were more like a "kaffeeklatsch," a gathering of folks who gossip about the neighborhood over coffee. But the group of professional and...

Flashback: Secret experiments in a Cook County preserve aided atomic bomb efforts — and left nuclear waste behind

June 21, 2022 at 5:43 p.m.

If you walk down the wrong path, you're going to miss it. And if you visit too close to dusk, you might get lost trying to leave. That was probably...

Ben Wilson's father, Ben Wilson Sr., talks to the media during the murder trial in his son's slaying on Oct. 9, 1985, at the Criminal Court Building in Chicago.

Flashback: In 1984, prep basketball phenom Ben Wilson’s star was rising. Then two bullets destroyed everything.

November 21, 2022 at 9:41 a.m.

Less than a week before gunfire struck down prep basketball star Ben Wilson, shattering his family and classmates and stunning Chicago, a Tribune sportswriter mused about the Simeon athlete's future.

80+ Chicago area bike trails: Your guide for autumn rides

June 21, 2022 at 5:45 p.m.

With the weather cooling off and autumn approaching, it's time to get outside and take advantage of the many biking and walking trails in the Chicago area and northwest Indiana...

A Wheaton woman couldn’t believe she was the only one watching ’90 Day Fiance’ – so she started a podcast

December 12, 2018 at 8:42 p.m.

Jodie Hough grew up listening to talk radio. Her father always had a talk radio station on for background noise, and when Hough became a stay-at-home-mom to a son and...

Longtime WBBM Newsradio anchor killed in I-65 crash in Merrillville

May 13, 2019 at 2:00 a.m.

A longtime WBBM Newsradio anchor died following a single-car crash on Interstate 65 Sunday morning, according to authorities and the radio station. David L. Mitchell, 60, was driving a 2008...

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