Seventy years ago this week, McDonald’s opened in northwest suburban Des Plaines. No one except for its Oak Park-raised owner Ray Kroc may have believed the tiny place would one day become ...

McDonald's had grown into an increasingly popular fast-food establishment. The first drive-thru was introduced in 1975.

The ’70s were their golden decade, and you couldn’t go anywhere in 1979 without hearing a Doobie Brothers song. From the ...

Though the restaurant’s concept began with brothers Maurice and Richard McDonald in southern California, many of the company’s innovations have happened right here in Chicago. Here’s a look ...

Salem High School graduates Jayden and Jorden McDonald, twin brothers who have spent the last four seasons on the Virginia ...

He will be deeply missed. Henry was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Beth McDonald; brothers: Larry, Raymond, and David McDonald. Survivors are his wife, Nancy McDonald; daughters: Ely ...