In today’s 6@6, we find out the origins of the phrase ‘paint the town red.’ The WGN Morning News teams also discusses cuttlefish, ironing boards and a lazy workout!

This is an expression that has been around for several hundred years, and its use is mostly limited to informal contexts. When you tell someone that you are going to paint the town red, you are ...

There are plenty of theories. One suggests that the phrase painting the town red somehow refers to the red-light districts found in American frontier towns.

A Florida town can require a resident to remove murals outside his home that depict town officials as Shrek and Donkey, a judge ruled.

3,000 youth singers to converge on Millennium Park for Paint the Town Red The annual event, scheduled for Thursday, is organized by the nonprofit organization Uniting Voices.