Dozens of South Side Chicago homes became a training ground for Chicago firefighters Thursday. The homes were purchased by the Chicago Transit Authority for the Red Line Expansion Project, which ...

Alex Burkholder was born and raised in Chicago. He has a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Burkholder rode on Chicago Fire Department apparatus and ...

Imagine the acrid smell of smoke filling the air, the intense heat licking at your face as flames dance across the cityscape, consuming everything in their path. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was ...