HELPING FIRE VICTIMS: The state of Illinois is ... Michael Halpin: “I learned by driving through the former Chicago Union Stockyards. It’s industrial but with wide streets and little traffic.” ...

In the mid-20th century, such stockyards thrived in bigger cities including Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, Nebraska, and Fort Worth, Texas. But with the advent of refrigeration and the increasing ...

At least one firefighter was injured after a Chicago fire truck crashed into a church on the city's South Side Friday, and ...

At least one firefighter was injured after a Chicago fire truck crashed into a church on the city’s South Side Friday, and ...

In the mid-20th century, such stockyards thrived in bigger cities including Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, Nebraska, and Fort Worth, Texas. But with the advent of refrigeration and the increasing ...

In the mid-20th century, such stockyards thrived in bigger cities including Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, Nebraska, and Fort Worth, Texas. But with the advent of refrigeration and the increasing value ...

Jan. 17—ACCIDENT — A fire that swept through Friend's Stockyard along U.S. Route 219 Wednesday remains under investigation by the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal. Firefighters from ...

One of the world's largest cattle stockyards. But maybe not for much longer.

Jan. 17—ACCIDENT — A fire that swept through Friend's Stockyard along U.S. Route 219 Wednesday remains under investigation by the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal. Firefighters from at least ...

But maybe not for much longer. The Oklahoma National Stockyards — the last big-city stockyard in the U.S. — is for sale. The $27 million price tag includes 100 acres (40 hectares) of prime ...