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Pete Kastanes, Creator of Vanished Chicagoland, Dies at 62

His grassroots archive earned recognition from the Chicago History Museum.

Caputo Bakery Closes After 124 Years in Carroll Gardens

Lammes Candies to Close All Stores After 141 Years

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Salem’s Dairy Witch Ice Cream Closes After 74 Years

Uptown’s Holiday Club to Close May 17 for Planned Apartment Project

Minden Marks Two Years Since EF-3 Tornado With Visible Rebuilding

NIOSA 2026 Kicks Off at La Villita With New Layout and Live Coverage

Los Angeles Designates Original King Taco a Historic-Cultural Monument

Rodney Marshall Named Boston Fire Commissioner, First Black Man to Lead the Department

Peru Sets May 1 Long Weekend as Buenos Aires Towns Declare April Days Off

Overnight Fire Heavily Damages Bridgewater Home, Destroys Two Vehicles

Kansas City Voters Overwhelmingly Renew 1% Earnings Tax

Three Bronze Plaques Stolen From Elizabethtown Courthouse

San Antonio Survey Backs Restoring Durango Boulevard as City Weighs Chávez Street Renaming

Live 81mm Mortar Found in Sacramento Yard Was Safely Disposed

Rod Diridon Sr., Architect of South Bay Transit, Dies at 87

Chinatown Nonprofit Buys Empress of China to Anchor New Cultural Campus

San Antonio Panel Grants Initial OK to Missions Ballpark and Mixed-Use Plan

Newburyport Police Probe Thefts of Historic Bronze Plaques From Cemeteries and Parks

Vigo Port Board Approves Move of 140-Year Archive to Tinglado