9-year-old girl killed, 10 injured in mass shooting at Southwest Side confirmation party
Three children and seven adults were wounded in a mass shooting that left a 9-year-old girl killed in the New City neighborhood.
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Warmer winters and a hotter Gulf of Mexico could be contributing to more tornadoes in Illinois, experts say
Illinois records 118 tornadoes in 2023, the most in the U.S. Experts say better observation and technology could also be playing a role.
Great horned owl that lived near Lincoln Park’s North Pond may have died from rat poison, experts say
After a small family of owls made Lincoln Park their home this spring, Chicago residents flocked to the area to try to catch a glimpse of them. The adult male...
Solar eclipse ‘a wonderful teaching moment’ for Chicagoans gathered at Adler, science museum
Museum representatives will be at Millennium Park, the Michigan Avenue Bridge, Oak Street Beach and the DuSable Museum with eclipse glasses and telescopes.
‘I know why a lot of people chase them.’ Solar eclipse lives up to its hype in Illinois.
Thousands headed to southern Illinois, which experienced its 2nd eclipse in 7 years, to view the spectacle. The next one in the contiguous U.S. occurs in 2044.
‘Like a holiday’: Thousands flock to eclipse crossroads in southern Illinois
Carbondale residents and out-of-towners celebrate southern Illinois as the Eclipse Crossroads — where the paths of the total solar eclipses of 2017 and 2024 intersect.
Despite rainy Sunday, weather service predicts clear skies for Monday’s solar eclipse
While Chicagoans will experience 94% eclipse coverage, parts of southern Illinois and central Indiana will be in the path of totality, where the moon will completely block the sun.
Crews begin removing Standing Beast sculpture from Thompson Center courtyard
Two years after Google Inc. announced plans to acquire the James R. Thompson Center from the state, construction crews began uprooting the center’s trademark sculpture from its courtyard Friday. The...