Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 20, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. 1953: Chicago recorded its ...

Friends Of Meigs Field continues to win early court motions to move forward with its lawsuit to prevent the city of Chicago from permanently destroying Meigs Field and turning it into a lakefront park ...

Meigs Field was the nation's busiest single-runway airport. So what happened? WTTW News explains. Along the Chicago lakefront is a little strip of land that was once home to a small airport called ...

SEN. PETER FITZGERALD (R-Ill.) is poised to introduce a measure instructing the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois to draft a plan "preserving and utilizing existing Chicago-area reliever and ...

The clandestine closing of Meigs Field by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, though criticized by Friends of Meigs Field, was viewed as a spark of light for suburban airport business. "It's good news for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 20, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

Along the lakefront is a strip of land that was once home to a small airport called Meigs Field. Along the Chicago lakefront is a strip of land that was once home to a small airport called Meigs Field ...