Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 8, according to the Tribune’s archives ... a plane piloted by WGN radio host Bob Collins and an aircraft flown by a student ...

It was the day that popular morning show host Bob Collins died, along with two others, in a small plane crash. What started as just another Tuesday became a day of tragedy. After the news was ...

Roger Triemstra was a popular meteorologist and a purveyor of folksy humor on Chicago’s airwaves, first on WGN-Ch. 9 and then on WGN-AM radio, where he was a staple on the late Bob Collins ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 8, according to the Tribune’s archives ... 2000: WGN-AM 720 ...