Carl Sandburg hailed Chicago as “Hog Butcher for the World ... Chicago will become just another regional livestock market, with small packers slaughtering for the Chicago area.

One person in Illinois was among two individuals who died in a multi-state listeria outbreak possibly linked to meats sliced ...

Chicago's connection to beef started around the Civil War when it was the epicenter of cross-country food commodities and the hog and cattle trades ... of various meats to share," says Onal ...

Velma V. Butcher, formerly of Melrose Park in Chicago, IL, passed away Dec. 14, 2006 in her home in Covington, WA. Velma was born July 25, 1917 in Searcy, Arkansas. She married William Butcher on ...

CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly higher in early trading Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn gained 0.5 cent at $3.91 a bushel. Sept. wheat gained 2.5 cents at $5.45 a bushel.

The spotlight returned to small-town meat lockers — a boon for main streets, big box-weary consumers and local livestock producers — this past week after a fire destroyed a butcher shop in ...

Etheil Butcher was born December 18 ... Cleaster (Lillie) of Chicago, IL, Levester of Detroit, MI; a sister-in-law, Gloria Spikener; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

The comedian tied the knot with longtime love Paige Butcher at a private ceremony in Anguilla on July 9, as seen in photos obtained by People. Butcher, 44, wore a strapless lace gown by Mira ...

Nagpur: The Madhya Pradesh police have invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against three kingpins of an inter-state cattle smuggling ... who were summoned to butcher the animals ...

CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were higher Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn was up 9.5 cents at $4.00 a bushel. Sept. wheat rose by 2.75 cents at $5.48 a bushel. Sept. oats gained 9.25 ...