Thursday’s event is the 35th celebration. It was also the largest year yet for the celebration. Antonia Royal Whitmore was a vendor at the event. She was selling her book “Our Independence Day: Why We ...

Chicago turned out Thursday with many Juneteenth celebrations. From the West Side to the South Side to the lakefront, there was excitement across the city as people reflected on the significance of ...

In the western suburbs, Governor JB Pritzker and Illinois Speaker of the House Emanuel “Chris” Welch joined local families at Hillside Memorial Park District for Welch’s fourth annual Juneteenth ...

From the city to the suburbs, Juneteenth celebrations are happening all across Chicagoland. In the western suburbs, Governor ...

Jamal Williams, a former alderman in Plano, Illinois, discusses his city’s annual Juneteenth celebration on “Morning in America.” Williams says divisive issues have made it harder to unify the ...

Angel Reese has a 7-word message for everyone on today's national holiday, Juneteenth. June 19 is a federal holiday. Back in ...

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, before it became a federal holiday.

A Juneteenth Celebration, featuring a car show, food trucks, live entertainment, and a tree-planting ceremony by U.S. Senator ...

It was a joyous and jubilant day in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood as hundreds gathered for the inaugural Juneteenth ...

Celebrations around the U.S. are marking Thursday as Juneteenth, the anniversary of the day in 1865 when Union soldiers ...

Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S. this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling temperatures and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A pedestrian was struck on the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago Thursday morning, Illinois State Police said. The crash occurred at about 2:23 a.m. in the outbound lanes of I-290 near ...