Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 16, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Gale Sayers, left, and Brian Piccolo ...

Svengoolie returns tonight, with a screening of 1953's The War of the Worlds set to kick off on MeTV at 8 pm ET/7 pm CT. Here's our preview!

What better time than Halloween to turn to our city’s own longtime crypt keeper and ambassador of corny yet creepy movies? Svengoolie picked up in 1970 where Chicago’s original horror-movie host Mad ...

1970: Chicago Bears halfback Brian Piccolo died after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of testicular cancer that spread to his chest. He was 26. In May 1970 in New York, Bears running back Gale ...