CHICAGO (CBS) --A Chicago alderman on Wednesday put the brakes on his effort to lower Chicago's default speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph, calling off plans for a City Council vote. Ald.

The measure, which passed three months after late Mayor Harold Washington endorsed a “middle course” plan for 18 night games, also meant Wrigley Field could host the 1990 All-Star Game.

City Clerk Anna Valencia has joined forces with Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) on a resolution directing the Council’s Committee on Ethics and Government Operations to create a subcommittee charged with ...

A recent Chicago Tribune investigation has turned up some disturbing data about how the Windy City's network of red-light cameras used to be operated that may have given out thousands of bogus ...

Chicago City Council has approved a plan to borrow $830 million for repairs and upgrades to the city's transportation ...

See the most popular Photo of the Day images from March, featuring a landscape of Toad River valley, Chicago city lights, a crystal cave, and more.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 25, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

(Chicago Tribune) 1988: Chicago City Council approved eight night games ... Vintage Chicago Tribune: How Wrigley Field got lights and why Cubs fans had to wait past 8-8-88 to raise ‘W’ flag ...