CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago business owners are still struggling to recover one year after the unrest following the murder of George Floyd. In many ways, River North has come back from that devastating ...

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John Stamos finally made his debut at Chicago’s Riot Fest on Saturday, performing alongside the Beach Boys in an appearance that was a dozen years in the making. Organizers had been pursuing Stamos ...

Editor's note: Hundreds of African Americans died at the hands of white mob violence during "Red Summer" but little is widely known about this spate of violence a century later. As part of its ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Riot Fest kicked off at Douglas Park on Friday as a busy weekend gets underway in Chicago. The music is loud, but Riot Fest fans are mellow for the most part. James Aguado dresses up ...

In August of 1908, mobs of white people attempted to drive the African American citizens of Springfield, Illinois, from that city during two days of murder, arson, and beatings. Outraged that such ...