After making a fortune on Wall Street, he bought The Nation magazine and founded The New York Observer, which one writer called a “maypole of Manhattan gossip and intrigue.” By Sam Roberts Arthur L.

Presidential history keeps a fixed guest list, and no matter how successful I get, I’m only allowed to invite certain names—Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Jackson, the Roosevelts, Kennedy, Reagan.

For generations of Chicagoans, Marshall Field’s was synonymous with the city itself. It was a place to meet, socialize, or find something meaningful. It was a place where families went to eat in the ...

Former NFL defensive lineman Arthur Jones has died. The Baltimore Ravens, who drafted Jones in 2010, announced his passing Friday afternoon. "We are terribly saddened to learn of Arthur Jones’ sudden ...

WTTW in Chicago has undergone a workforce reduction in recent months, according to two employees. The employees work in production at WTTW and requested anonymity because they were not authorized to ...

WTTW News digital reporter Patty Wetli is delivering a new way to get your nature fix. There's a reason the city's motto is "urbs in horto" or "city in a garden." Because for a city, urban nature here ...

As a couple, Phoebe Gates and Arthur Donald made sure to support one another’s biggest moments before they broke up in 2025. “My boyfriend, Arthur, giving me a lift post-ceremony,” Gates captioned a ...

Do you remember the song “One of These Things (Is Not Like the Others)” from “Sesame Street”? They showed four objects: three animals and one hat, or three boats and a tree. Kids flexed their brains ...

3 ICYMI: Next On Stage: Season 5- Meet the Top 5 4 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists Tickets will be available to the public starting June 13 at 10:00 ...

Dick Carter was a prolific producer and director for WTTW-Ch. 11 who from the 1960s through the ’90s oversaw the making of dozens of music and arts programs, some of which aired nationally. Carter’s ...

On the first day WTTW videographers filmed Damien Morris at work in Garfield Park, they responded to the scene of a shooting, a hospital where one of Morris’ colleagues had a son being treated for a ...

Popular culture has long been fascinated with the legends and myths surrounding King Arthur. This is an understandable impulse, given how so many great works of literature — from Malory’s Le Morte ...