Plenty of business and offices will be closed on Monday, but that’s not because it’s the day after the Bears’ big NFC Divisional Round playoff game at Soldier Field vs the Los Angeles Rams. It’s ...

According to the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, MLK Day is a state holiday, and a result, state ...

Sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. moved his family to a run-down apartment on Chicago’s West Side, ultimately ...

Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday commemorating the Civil Rights leader.

Their service benefits the South Suburban Humane Society in Matteson, Illinois. The shelter is home to about 60 dogs on any ...

"They fought long and hard for the rights that we are seeing eroded today," one speaker said during the event.

Most people celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day the day of. But two Northern Illinois University groups will come together ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many Illinois workers will soon have a day off in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, giving them the chance to rest or ...

Here are some of the steps that led to the creation of the federal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, as well as some of the ...

Like the civil rights movement itself, the federal holiday didn't come together seamlessly. It wasn't officially adopted until 15 years after King's assassination.