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Pleasantdale Middle School teacher Jennifer Lauermann and her fifth grade students look over an assortment of rocks at Pleasantdale Middle School in Burr Ridge on May 20, 2022.

Like Charlie Brown on Halloween, Illinois got a rock, thanks to students at Pleasantdale Middle School in Burr Ridge — an official state rock

May 27, 2022 at 8:58 p.m.

You can thank Pleasantdale Middle School fifth graders for making sure Illinois had an official state rock. And you can also thank them for making sure coal was not chosen...

University of Chicago first-year students Quadri Durojaiye, from left, Antonio Castano, Max Reisman, Bella Alfaro and Blake Harris present a prototype of a cellphone case that can store things like an identification card. Teams of freshmen who were given an assignment to make something that improves the lives of first-year students presented their final projects at the Harper Center on campus on May 26, 2022.

U. of C.’s Prototype for Success program seeks to grow diversity in STEM’s future leaders

May 27, 2022 at 9:06 p.m.

The laughter and conversation at Hyde Park's Polsky Center on a recent April evening was infectious. The boisterous scene centered on uncooked spaghetti, marshmallows and tape. More than two dozen...

Bertha Escamilla, center left, and Rosemary Cade, members of Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition and Solidarity, attend an event to recognize those who have experienced incarceration, outside Cook County Jail on May 7, 2022, in Chicago. Escamilla's son, Nick Escamilla, and Cade's son, Antonio Porter, are both imprisoned.

MAMAS speak out on Roe v. Wade: ‘We need to couple the fight for Roe v. Wade with multiple fights at the same time’

June 6, 2022 at 4:17 p.m.

It's been three weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court's leaked draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was made public. Striking down the 1973 decision would end federal protection for...

Candace Behrens shows off a new Coach purse she received from the Coach social media team at her Chicago home on May 18, 2022. Behrens had bought what she thought was a genuine Coach purse at The Fox Club, a vintage store in Humboldt Park, but later found it to be a fake.

After TikTok video on faux Coach purse at Humboldt Park vintage store goes viral, store owners fear for their safety

May 19, 2022 at 5:26 p.m.

Candace Behrens was out shopping with her mom on Mother's Day, doing what she loves to do — support local, small businesses — when a black Coach bag in a...

Author Cynthia Clampitt speaks to members of the Daughters of the American Revolution about her book "Destination Heartland: A Guide to Discovering the Midwest's Remarkable Past," at the Palatine Library on May 5, 2022.

Food historian and travel writer Cynthia Clampitt highlights the greatness of the Midwest in new book, ‘Destination Heartland’

May 19, 2022 at 7:00 a.m.

Cynthia Clampitt thinks well of the Midwest region. So much so that "Destination Heartland: A Guide to Discovering the Midwest's Remarkable Past," is the food and travel writer's third book...

6-year-old Fiona Pizana of Boston works on an art project in the space that is part of collaboration between artist Hebru Brantley and the Chicago Children's Museum on May 12, 2022, at Navy Pier in Chicago.

Hebru Brantley’s Flyboy takes up residence at Navy Pier: ‘I couldn’t have asked for a better home.’

May 22, 2026 at 7:55 p.m.

Nevermore Park was the last time the public was able to walk through an environment imbued with the essence of the iconic aviator-goggle-sporting youth called "Flyboy." Until this week, when...

Daniel Ash, the new president of the Field Foundation of Illinois, on May 12, 2022.

Chicago Community Trust’s Daniel Ash is named the new president of the Field Foundation of Illinois

May 13, 2022 at 4:16 p.m.

It was around this time in 2021 when then-president Angelique Power was stepping down from the Field Foundation of Illinois. The Chicago native was in the role for five years,...

Dr. Maya Green, chief medical officer at Howard Brown Health, left, and Dr. Erica Taylor, medical director for congregate settings at the Chicago Department of Public Health, have a discussion before broadcasting an Instagram Live episode of "Dr. Taylor's Table" on May 5, 2022.

Meet Dr. Erica Taylor, host of CDPH’s Instagram Live program ‘Dr. Taylor’s Table’ which centers the Black community and the health disparities within

May 16, 2022 at 10:08 a.m.

Some may know Dana Divine's voice through gospel song, as a radio personality (on WGCI-FM or WVON Radio 1690), or her affinity for house music (she's the organizer of the...

Travel writer and photographer Jessica Mlinaric stands in front of the home where L. Frank Baum lived in the late 1800s while he wrote "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." The site of the mosaic mural and yellow bricks is one of the locations in Mlinaric's new book, "Chicago Scavenger," an interactive mission to explore 17 neighborhoods across the city.

Hit the streets: Jessica Mlinaric’s new book takes readers on a scavenger hunt across 17 Chicago neighborhoods

May 11, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Writer and photographer Jessica Mlinaric wants Chicagoans back on the streets. The last time we heard from her, it was 2018 and she was revealing tidbits of Chicago information, like...

Annette Prince, top, looks for dead and injured migratory birds on May 11, 2022. She is the director of the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, a volunteer group that collects dead birds and helps to get injured birds care.

Lights out, eyes open. The annual bird migration has begun. Birding pros offer hope and advice.

May 12, 2022 at 9:56 a.m.

Peggy Stenger casually admits to having a freezer of dead birds. The Cleveland native, who lives in the South Loop and works in the Loop, collects the creatures when she...

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