The Tribune bucked a nationwide trend, gaining 1.1 percent in circulation for the six months that ended Sept. 30, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported Monday.

In just three weeks, the Tribune, as current subscribers have known it, will become yesterday's news.

CHICAGO - A little more than a century ago, Chicago boasted 11 daily English-language newspapers.

CHICAGO — Media conglomerate Tribune Co. announced a definitive agreement to sell all but a 5 percent stake in the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field to the billionaire Ricketts family on Friday, capping a tortuous selection process that began nearly 2½ years ago.

When someone hits a home run into the outfield stands at a Big League Dreams ballpark, the ball isn’t snatched by an eager fan. Instead, it bounces off a smiling face in the crowd with a wooden thump. Those faces in the outfield are made up of wooden panels preprinted with photos of cheering crowds to make players feel as though they’re in the major leagues.

May 23, 2005

The Tribune has selected five outstanding graduating high school seniors as the All-Tribune Scholars of 2009. The students, nominated by their schools, were chosen based on their scholastic accomplishments, and school and community activities. They represent some of the best academic talent in East Valley high schools.

CHICAGO - Maybe the carpet should have been purple, instead of red. Twenty-two years after making her Hollywood debut in the movie version of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" and two years after her Broadway debut as producer of the musical of the same name, Oprah Winfrey walked the carpet Thursday evening as the stage show premiered in her home city.

John Leptich, a former reporter and copy editor at the East Valley Tribune and Scottsdale Tribune, lost his long and hard-fought battle against bone marrow cancer early Monday.

CHICAGO — Tribune Co. said Monday it is selling WCWN-TV in Albany, N.Y. to Freedom Communications Inc. for $17 million, the second announced sale of one of its 26 television stations in two weeks.

The East Valley Tribune won a first-place award for staff reporting and newswriting excellence and also took second place for general excellence in its category Saturday at the Arizona Newspapers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest.

LOS ANGELES - Five newspapers owned by Tribune Co., including the company's two flagship papers in Chicago and Los Angeles, said Wednesday they will cut jobs amid declining circulation and revenue.

Two Tribune reporters have won the 2008 George Polk Award for Justice Reporting for their five-part series that exposed how the Maricopa County Sheriff’s police protection suffered as the office focused on anti-illegal immigration enforcement.

Two Tribune reporters have won the 2008 George Polk Award for Justice Reporting for their five-part series that exposed how the Maricopa County Sheriff’s police protection suffered as the office focused on anti-illegal immigration enforcement.

Freedom Communications, the Irvine, Calif.-based parent company of the Tribune newspapers, filed for Chapter 11 reorganization Tuesday as part of a pre-packaged agreement with lenders on restructuring its debts.