THORNTON, Ill. (WGN) — A Thornton distillery known for its deep ties to Al Capone and the Prohibition era has uncovered a striking new piece of its past, hidden for decades inside its walls. Employees ...

When the 18th Amendment outlawed alcohol in 1920, it set the stage for an underground empire unlike anything America had seen before. Prohibition-era gangsters stepped into the void, building fortunes ...

THORNTON, Ill. (WGN) — A Chicago-area distillery known for its deep ties to Al Capone and the Prohibition era has uncovered a striking new piece of its past, hidden for decades inside its walls.

Speakeasies were a necessity to imbibe during during prohibition, but some have remained a fixture over the last century.

The Wisconsin Historical Society and Old World Wisconsin are opening a historic tavern on May 17, 2025. Wittnebel's Tavern, established in 1906, has been restored to recreate a post-Prohibition 1930s ...

"And not many people know this, but it was also not illegal to be drunk in most cases — it was just illegal to have alcohol in your possession," she said. Exemptions aside, the Prohibition era saw a ...

A Thornton distillery with ties to Al Capone and the Prohibition era discovered a loaded Colt Model 1908 pistol from the 1920s hidden in an underground catacomb beneath the building. A Thornton ...