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Mike Royko sits in his office at the Chicago Daily News.

Columnist Mike Royko through the years

April 28, 2022 at 1:07 p.m.

Mike Royko is seen at his desk at the Chicago Daily News in 1974. baiduhai columnist Mike Royko Tribune columnist Mike Royko, left, on April 8, 1987, sits in...

Chicago police Officer Tyrone Newell watches the platform at the CTA Red Line State/Lake station on April 12, 2022.

Riding the CTA amid spiking crime and nuisance behavior

April 21, 2022 at 11:02 a.m.

The CTA is dealing with spiking crime and complaints about nuisance behavior. Ticketing data shows most violations in 2021 were for alcohol consumption and smoking on the train. CTA and...

A monarch butterfly clings to a plant at the Lurie Gardens at Millennium Park in Chicago on Sept. 7, 2021.

Monarch butterflies in Chicagoland

July 21, 2022 at 3:57 p.m.

A monarch butterfly clings to a plant at the Lurie Gardens at Millennium Park in Chicago on Sept. 7, 2021. A monarch butterfly is seen in Debbie Kostolansky's butterfly garden...

Mark Hanson, left, and Matt Dieterich, technicians from PlaneWave Instruments, install a 24- inch reflective telescope in Doane Observatory at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago on Jan. 28, 2020. The new 24-inch model replaced a 20-inch one and collects 44% more light than the old telescope, according to the Adler.

New telescope for Adler Planetarium observatory

January 29, 2020 at 12:09 p.m.

Adler Planetarium's Doane Observatory gets an upgrade - a new, 24-inch reflector telescope. The observatory, which opened in 1977, first had a 16-inch reflector telescope. A 20-inch telescope was installed...

A spectator takes a photo during the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Chicago's Millennium Park on Nov. 22, 2019. This year's tree is a 55-foot blue spruce donated by Gene and Connie Nelson, of Elgin.

Chicago’s 106th Christmas tree lit

November 23, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

Chicago's 106th Christmas tree is lit during a ceremony at Millennium Park. The 55-foot blue spruce was donated by Gene and Connie Nelson, of Elgin.

Jack, a cockapoo belonging to Cindy and Daniel Bondavalli of Downers Grove, is photographed with Santa at the Yorktown Center shopping mall in Lombard on Nov. 18, 2019. Santa's posing with pets at the mall on Mondays through Dec. 16, 2019.

Pet photos with Santa

November 23, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

Santa's posing with pets on Mondays through Dec. 16, 2019, at Yorktown Center mall in Lombard.

Ten most stolen vehicles in 2018, Illinois

November 19, 2019 at 2:29 p.m.

Here are the ten most stolen vehicles in 2018 in Illinois, according to the annual "Hot Wheels" report released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

A boat of commercial fisherman Drew Koch, returns home on Sandusky Bay after fishing in Lake Erie on Sept. 27, 2019. The warm, shallow waters of Lake Erie act as an incubator for algae and toxin-producing, which gives the lake its trademark green tinge.

Lake Erie algae blooms

November 14, 2019 at 9:50 a.m.

Lake Erie is the shallowest, southernmost and warmest of the Great Lakes and It's naturally an incubator for algae blooms.

Commercial fisherman Drew Koch releases fish that aren't keepers from his boat near in Lake Erie near Sandusky, Ohio, on Sept. 27, 2019. He was sorting fish caught in trap nets.

Lake Erie fishing gets tougher with algae blooms, dead zones

November 14, 2019 at 5:29 a.m.

Lake Erie, the most populous watershed and productive fishing ground in the Great Lakes, is imperiled each year by toxin-producing bacteria that threatens drinking water and kills fish. The large...

Andrew Freund and JoAnn Cunningham police mugs

November 8, 2019 at 5:35 p.m.

Andrew Freund and JoAnn Cunningham police mugs

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