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Maureen Riordan, center, 12-year-old Megan, left, and Kelsey, 9, on Oct. 11, 2017, in their Lincoln Park home. Riordan leads both of her daughter's Girl Scout troops at Oscar Mayer school in Lincoln Park.

Boy Scouts to accept girls? Thanks but no thanks, respond many involved in Girl Scouts

May 23, 2019 at 12:02 a.m.

The members of Maureen Riordan's Girl Scout troop have experienced everything from rafting Colorado waters and zip-lining to computer coding, career planning and pottery. So the Lincoln Park mother says...

As weather turns colder, stink bugs go inside

June 2, 2018 at 3:36 a.m.

With the arrival of fall and cooler nights, a flying pest is showing up around yards and patios — and even sneaking into homes. But Chicagoans who reach for a...

All in One Smoke Shop General Manager Cody Rector inside his store in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood on Sept. 25, 2017.

Retailers suffer, but officials say raising tobacco age decreases smoking

June 2, 2018 at 11:51 a.m.

In the past year, Cody Rector has seen most of the regular customers at his smoke shop near Loyola University disappear. He said he's had to adjust his marketing to...

Attorney provided artwork of the Lifetime Fitness health club in Burr Ridge where Patricia Austin was found dead in a bathroom stall two days after she entered in July 2017.

‘Many unanswered questions,’ says son of woman found dead at Burr Ridge health club

May 22, 2019 at 5:23 p.m.

The son of a Chicago woman found dead at a Burr Ridge health club two days after she was last recorded entering the facility in July filed a petition in...

FBI investigating robbery at TCF Bank inside Jewel store in Lisle

May 22, 2019 at 2:45 a.m.

The FBI is investigating a bank robbery at a TCF Bank inside a Lisle grocery store. At 7 p.m. Monday, a man entered the bank branch in the Jewel-Osco store...

Three women display their tattoos at Riot Fest on Sept. 15, 2017, at Douglas Park in Chicago.

New report cites risks youths face when getting tattoos and body piercings

May 22, 2019 at 11:56 p.m.

Despite the growing popularity of tattoos and body piercings, some parents still suffer shock and dismay when their college freshman comes home for the first time with a slight modification....

Streets of Woodfield signage as seen from the West Frontage Road along I-290/53 in Schaumburg.

Schaumburg village president feels validated by being ranked 9th best place to live in U.S.

June 2, 2018 at 10:14 a.m.

Schaumburg is the ninth best place to live in the U.S., according to a recent report by Money magazine that ranked towns with populations between 10,000 and 100,000. Longtime Village...

Olivia the Ovary part of NU’s animated approach to teach reproductive health to kids

May 22, 2019 at 11:56 p.m.

Northwestern University's medical school has launched a website featuring animated characters Olivia the Ovary and Timothy the Testis to teach reproductive health to children. The site, called Reprotopia, features the...

St. Charles fire leaves home uninhabitable, but no one injured

May 14, 2019 at 9:07 a.m.

No one was injured in a house fire early Monday in St. Charles that investigators say was likely accidental. St. Charles firefighters were called to a single-story house in the...

At Little Haiti Hardware and Lumber in Miami, owner Jean Rameau is already exhausted by the rush of people coming for supplies Sept. 7, 2017.

Chicago-area residents with Florida homes brace for Irma

May 22, 2019 at 11:54 p.m.

After owning a vacation home in Florida for five years, Jill Nolan was looking forward to spending her first entire winter there after recently retiring. "I hope I have a...

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