Kevin Pearce, who grew up in Wilmette, vividly remembers learning a song about the Great Chicago Fire when he was 4 or 5 years old. The words go something like this: One dark night, when we were all ...

FILE - This general view shows the Chicago Court house and downtown area in the aftermath of the fire in Chicago, Ill., 1871. AP did not have photographers at the time of the Chicago fire but has ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago seems to like to pin ...

Chicago seems to like to pin the blame for its misfortune on farm animals. For decades the Cubs' failure to get to the World Series was the fault of a goat that was once kicked out of Wrigley Field.